Webinar: Is Platform Engineering the Evolution of DevOps—or Its Replacement? by Techstrong Learning

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Is Platform Engineering the Evolution of DevOps—or Its Replacement?

About

Remember the viral phrase “DevOps is Dead”? It sparked intense debate across the tech world—some dismissed it outright, while others quietly acknowledged what many were already feeling: traditional DevOps practices, in many organizations, just weren’t delivering on their promise. This conversation marked a turning point, opening the door to a deeper discussion about what’s broken, what’s changing, and where we go from here.

In this inaugural episode of The Platform Engineering Show, hosts Luca and Alan bring together expert voices to unpack the relationship between DevOps and platform engineering. Is DevOps truly on the decline? What role does platform engineering play in addressing the gaps? And how can engineering teams move forward in a way that actually works? This roundtable will go beyond the buzzwords to explore the real shifts happening in the industry—with honest insights, real-world examples, and practical guidance you can apply in your own work.

By attending, you’ll learn:

• Why the "DevOps is dead" conversation started—and what it really means
• How platform engineering addresses long-standing DevOps challenges
• What a healthy, scalable developer experience looks like today
• How leading teams are successfully evolving their engineering practices

Who should attend: Engineering leaders, platform and DevOps engineers, SREs, and anyone involved in building, scaling, or supporting modern software delivery platforms.

Join us for a timely, thoughtful discussion—register now to be part of the conversation.

When

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 · 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (US & Canada) (GMT -4:00)

Presenters

Alan Shimel

Founder & CEO - Techstrong Group

Alan is founder, CEO & editor-in-chief of Techstrong Group, the company behind DevOps.com, Container Journal, Security Boulevard and Digital Anarchist, as well as co-founder of the DevOps Institute. As such, he is attuned to the world of technology, particularly cloud, DevOps, security and open source. With almost 30 years of entrepreneurial experience, Alan has been instrumental in the success of several organizations. He is an often-cited personality in the security and technology community and is a sought-after speaker at industry and government conferences and events. In addition to his writing, his DevOps Chats podcast, DevOps TV and Digital Anarchist audio and videos are widely followed. Alan attributes his success to a combination of a strong business background and a deep knowledge of technology. His legal background, long experience in the field and New York street smarts combine to form a unique personality. He is a graduate of St. John's University with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics, and holds a JD degree from NY Law School.

Luca Galante

VP, Product & Growth - Humanitec

Luca is the Core Contributor to PlatformEngineering.org, the world’s largest platform engineering community with over 200k members. He routinely speaks to dozens of engineering teams every month, and summarizes his learnings and takeaways from hundreds of setups into crisp, insightful content for everyone in the industry, from beginner-Ops to cloud experts. He is the host of PlatformCon, the world’s largest platform engineering event, and writes to over 100,000 engineers every Friday in his newsletter, Platform Weekly.

Jodi Ashley

Tracy Ragen

Creator & CEO - DeployHub

Tracy is CEO and Co-Founder of DeployHub. DeployHub is the first microservice catalog designed to facilitate the sharing, relationship mapping and versioning of microservices. Tracy is expert in configuration management and pipeline life cycle practices with a hyper focus on microservices and cloud native architecture. She currently serves as a board member of the Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF) where she is the elected General Member Representative. Tracy is a recognized evangelist in microservices and the continuous delivery pipeline. She is the creator of the Continuous Delivery Foundation Interactive Landscape, a blog contributor for the CDF and speaks at many DevOps events such as KubeCon and DevOpsWorld. Tracy is also a DevOps Institute Ambassador and speaks at AWS Marketplace webinar educational events.

Garima Bajpai

Software Engineering Leader

Garima is thought leader for broad range of technologies, spanning from DevOps, Cloud, Data Science & AI technologies. She is the founder of DevOps Community of Practice, Canada. She leads the ambassador program for Continuous Delivery Foundation. She has over two decades of experience leading large-scale multi-billion dollar R&D initiatives with a variety of teams and has helped them adapt technologies, achieve explosive market growth for new products in Telco domain.

Justin Ruth

Director of Solution Engineering - CheckmarX

Justin Ruth is the Director of Solution Engineering at Checkmarx, where he and his team help organizations build scalable application security programs by bridging the gap between development and security. Justin brings a practical background in implementing application security tooling across various aspects of the software development life cycle and helps leaders demonstrate the ROI of a successful application security program. An Offensive Security Certified Professional, Justin focuses on the exploitation of vulnerabilities to highlight the impact flaws can have on a business. He frequently speaks at conferences on emerging threats, such as the impact of generative AI on malicious code in software supply chains and participates in bug bounty programs.