Presentation: Container Adoption @ Large-Scale Orgs: Lessons Learned

Track: Sponsored Solutions Track II

Location: Liberty, 8fl.

Duration: 2:55pm - 3:45pm

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Abstract

Containers & Container Orchestration platforms are revolutionary  because they can spearhead enterprise modernization of legacy applications and create new cloud-native applications that are efficient, secure and portable.     

Successfully running the platform in production requires a tactical strategy that continually balances the deployment and footprint assessment while ensuring active collaboration among developers, operators, security teams, and other key team members - all of whom have a hand in how the delivery pipeline will ultimately look and function.     

In this conversation, Nanda will cover how all this can be done successfully. He will also discuss how container technology can be positioned so that large scale organizations can fully embrace the solution,  knowledgeably  showcase the value of containers to leadership, and execute strategy to achieve cultural transformation. We will also demonstrate how we have built a framework for the developer experience through intersourcing within the Verizon organization.

Speaker: Nanda Kumar

Digital Technology Transformation @verizon

Nanda Kumar is a Verizon Fellow whose primary focus is global technology transformation initiatives & strategic solutions. With expertise in Container technology adoption in the organization & digital transformation leveraging public cloud, he leads in efforts that equip executive level tech leaders to align IT strategy with future business goals. His passion includes fostering talent development & early identification of disruptive trends to discover innovative solutions. In 2017, Nanda published whitepaper – “Value Stream Architecture” to demonstrate the value of DevOps practices. A recent keynote speaker at DevOps Enterprise Summit, Nanda received his Master of Science in IT from Stevens Institute of Technology in 2009.

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Speaker: Paul Gershten

Distinguished Member of Technical Staff @verizon

Paul Gershten has worked at Verizon Wireless for over 17 years. Currently, he is a Lead Solution Architect on the MyVerizon Prepay Kubernetes/Docker project migrating application from on-prem to AWS. Previously, Paul served as the Lead Solution Architect on the MyVerizon FraudPlus, Postpay, and Prepay Applications.     

In 2008, FraudPlus System, a solution Paul led in developing, was presented at Oracle Open World and was featured in Oracle Magazine receiving their 7th annual Editor’s Choice award. He's certified as an AWS Associate Solutions Architect, an AWS Associate Developer, and an AWS Associate SysOps Administrator. Paul boasts of a love for new technology and traveling with his family and dog throughout the Caribbean islands.

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