Learn how to jump-start your digital transformation. DevOps workshops are different from the regular breakout sessions. They are interactive, small-group workshops, led by IBM DevOps experts, who oversee the discussion and provide inputs to further the attendees’ understanding with structured exercises and sharing ideas and experiences.

1. Complimentary:
IBM Bluemix Garage Method Field Guide &
DevOps for Dummies Series
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DevOps Workshops
Learn how to jump-start your digital transformation
Technical track & Management track

2. Who should attend Title When
DevOps Management
Workshops
Executives, Managers, Senior
Tech Influencers and
Architects
Apply Design Thinking to Accelerate
DevOps
Monday, Mar 20th
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Hold Your Horses or Let Them Run Wild?
A Financial Institution’s DevOps Journey
Tuesday, Mar 21st
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Get on the Bandwagon for Digital
Transformation with DevOps
Tuesday, Mar 21st
2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
Get Mapped – Lean Value Stream Mapping
for DevOps
Tuesday, Mar 21st
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
DevOps Technical
Workshops
Mid-level Managers and Senior
influencers (Architects,
Developers, QA Leads, etc.)
Continuous Delivery of Software
Innovation in Today's Complex Multi-
Speed IT World
Wednesday, Mar 22nd
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Get a SAFe® Agile Release Train Up &
Running in an Hour
Wednesday, Mar 22nd
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Simplify DevOps Transformation with IBM
Bluemix Continuous Delivery and Garage
Method
Wednesday, Mar 22nd
1:00 pm -2:30 pm
Mainframe DevOps: Managing the Cultural
Divide
Wednesday, Mar 22nd
3:00 pm -4:30 pm
Managing Multi-Cloud Environment with
Ease
Thursday, Mar 23rd
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Shift Application Performance
Management Left in the DevOps Lifecycle
Thursday, Mar 23rd
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
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3. Who should participate
Workshop facilitator
Workshop objectives
Apply Design Thinking to Accelerate DevOps
Monday, Mar 20th | 03:30 pm – 05:00 pm (#7007)
Reef Ballroom D
Design Thinking is a powerful approach to innovation and brand differentiation that is focused on
creating positive user experiences. With Design Thinking, teams conceptualize, design, refine
and prioritize features that will delight their customers. Join IBM experts and clients in an
interactive Design Thinking workshop and learn how the Bluemix Garage Method can help you
incorporate Design Thinking into your DevOps process.
• Create storyboards to iterate and
communicate ideas visually by telling user -
centric stories
• Build empathy maps to rapidly put your team
in the user’s shoes and align on pains and
gains
• Experience how ideation can generate
breakthrough ideas
Executives, Managers, Senior Tech
Influencers and Architects
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agenda.
Sarah Plantenberg
Senior UX Designer and Lead,
Worldwide IBM Bluemix
Garages
Chris Lazzaro
STSM, Cloud DevOps &
Garage Method Lead
Architect
Attendees will receive
Complimentary DevOps
for Dummies Series
with a copy of the IBM
Bluemix Garage Method
Field Guide

4. Who should participate
Workshop facilitator
Workshop objectives
Hold Your Horses or Let Them Run Wild? A Financial
Institution’s DevOps Journey
Tuesday, Mar 21st | 11:30 am - 01:00 pm (#7004)
Reef Ballroom D
To meet the FinTech challenge, incumbent financial institutions are rapidly adopting lean, agile
and DevOps practices to develop and deliver products and services. However, widespread
adoption of these practices remains a challenge due to organizational silos, regulatory pressures,
inflexible heritage systems and the like. Join IBM Financial services experts and clients to
understand how traditional organizations are rethinking foundational processes, technologies,
and culture to evolve and build a robust FinTech-like ecosystem to accelerate innovation.
David K Zimmerman
Global Solutions Executive and
Worldwide Cloud Leader, IBM
Global Banking & Financial
Markets
• Understand the relevance of DevOps within the
FSS landscape in terms of both innovation (e.g.
digital) and optimization (e.g. removing waste)
• Hear case studies of other organizations that
have succeeded with DevOps, the implications
on people, process and technology, and the
benefits realized
• Understand how to start your own DevOps
journey and how to quantify the value it will bring
Executives, Managers, Senior Tech
Influencers and Architects
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Peter Eeles
Executive IT Architect, IBM
Hybrid Cloud
IBM Cloud
Limited Seating: To ensure that
you have a seat please add this
workshop to your InterConnect
agenda.
Attendees will receive
Complimentary DevOps
for Dummies Series
with a copy of the IBM
Bluemix Garage Method
Field Guide
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5. Who should participate
Workshop facilitator
Workshop objectives
Get on the Bandwagon for Digital Transformation
with DevOps
Tuesday, Mar 21st | 02:15 pm – 03:45 pm (#7005)
Reef Ballroom D
DevOps is hot and plenty of success stories testify to its effectiveness in organizations of any
size, industry, or level of IT maturity. Understand the role of DevOps as a digital transformation
enabler that leads organizations on the road to maximizing productivity and innovation at
enterprise-scale. Join IBM experts and clients in this dynamic workshop that uses interactive
exercises to teach you how to assess your own organization’s readiness for DevOps and how to
identify next steps in your journey to Digital Transformation.
• Learn how DevOps can help you transition from
a traditional to a digital environment
• Discuss real experiences in transforming large
organizations for increased speed and quality
using DevOps
• Begin an assessment of your organization's
DevOps readiness and potential paths to
improving innovation velocity
Executives, Managers, Senior Tech
Influencers and Architects
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Limited Seating: To ensure that
you have a seat please add this
workshop to your InterConnect
agenda.
Sanjeev Sharma
IBM Distinguished Engineer and CTO,
DevOps Technical Sales and Adoption
Attendees will receive
Complimentary DevOps
for Dummies Series
with a copy of the IBM
Bluemix Garage Method
Field Guide
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6. Who should participate
Workshop facilitator
Workshop objectives
Get Mapped – Lean Value Stream Mapping for
DevOps
Tuesday, Mar 21st | 04:00 pm – 5:30 pm (#7006)
Reef Ballroom D
Transformation in technology has made customer experience a fundamental expectation, making
software delivery speed crucial for organizations. Value stream mapping helps the entire
organization see where the biggest bottlenecks are and how they negatively affect delivering
value to customers. It is a crucial step in assessing an organization’s DevOps capability. Join
IBM experts and clients in a value stream mapping exercise to identify waste, reduce cycle times,
and implement continuous process improvement for a seamless DevOps adoption.
• Discuss real experiences and industry best-
practices in successfully transforming large
organizations for increased speed and quality
using a DevOps approach
• Begin an assessment designed to illustrate your
organization's readiness and potential paths to
improving innovation velocity
Executives, Managers, Senior Tech
Influencers and Architects
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Limited Seating: To ensure that
you have a seat please add this
workshop to your InterConnect
agenda.
Mustafa Kapadia
IBM North America DevOps
Service Line Leader
Attendees will receive
Complimentary DevOps
for Dummies Series
with a copy of the IBM
Bluemix Garage Method
Field Guide
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7. Who should participate
Workshop facilitator
Workshop objectives
Continuous Delivery of Software Innovation in
Today's Complex Multi-Speed IT World
Wednesday, Mar 22nd | 8:30 am – 10:00 am (#7008)
Reef Ballroom D
Innovating in today’s world of complex applications is a daunting task for even the most
seasoned release engineer. Error-prone, manual processes run on a variety of technologies and
platforms often lead to delays in delivery. The time has come to review existing practices, work
towards eliminating bottlenecks, and finding new ways to achieve operational efficiency. Join IBM
experts and clients in this interactive technical workshop on a journey to unleash your delivery
potential.
• Identify which bottlenecks offer opportunity
for improvement and which are merely
distractions
• Find the business value in improving IT
process for your organization
• Witness the implementation of best practices
and deployment of simple application
changes to existing systems
Technical audience - Mid-level Managers
and Senior influencers (Architects,
Developers, QA Leads, etc.)
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Limited Seating: To ensure that
you have a seat please add this
workshop to your InterConnect
agenda.
Al Wagner
Executive Solution Architect,
BVA, Cost Benefit Analysis
Eric Minick
Executive IT Specialist,
Solution Architect,
Enterprise Scaled Agile
(SAFe) & DevOps
Attendees will receive
Complimentary DevOps
for Dummies Series
with a copy of the IBM
Bluemix Garage Method
Field Guide
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8. Who should participate
Workshop facilitator
Workshop objectives
Get a SAFe® Agile Release Train Up and Running
in an Hour
Wednesday, Mar 22nd | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm (#7013)
Reef Ballroom D
Many large organizations still struggle when it comes to scaling their agile implementations
beyond a few local teams. Join IBM experts and clients in this interactive DevOps technical
workshop to learn how to get a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) agile release train up and
running in an hour. Share ideas, collaborate, and discover SAFe tools and training to adopt lean
and agile principles at enterprise scale.
• Understand how agile and lean applies to your
complex, regulated organization
• Learn how specific challenges were overcome in
real enterprise organizations
• Learn to “design” your SAFe project and then
how to leverage tools to support it
• Understand how to get started with your own
recipe for success
Technical audience - Mid-level Managers
and Senior influencers (Architects,
Developers, QA Leads, etc.)
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Limited Seating: To ensure that
you have a seat please add this
workshop to your InterConnect
agenda.
Amy Silberbauer
Executive IT Specialist,
Solution Architect,
Enterprise Scaled Agile
(SAFe) & DevOps
Bhawana Gupta
WW Lead - CLM-IT,
Agile and SAFe, IBM
Cloud
Attendees will receive
Complimentary DevOps
for Dummies Series
with a copy of the IBM
Bluemix Garage Method
Field Guide
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9. Who should participate
Workshop facilitator
Workshop objectives
Simplify DevOps Transformation with IBM Bluemix
Continuous Delivery and Garage Method
Wednesday, Mar 22nd | 1:00 pm -2:30 pm (#7009)
Reef Ballroom D
IBM Bluemix Continuous Delivery is an integrated set of tools to build, deploy and manage your
apps. It’s a new service that leverages Bluemix Garage Method for DevOps Transformation to
enable continuous delivery of cloud applications. The combination of methods, toolchains, and
delivery pipelines give development teams an enterprise-ready practice for DevOps on Bluemix.
Join IBM experts and clients in an interactive technical workshop to learn how to design,
configure and create a DevOps toolchain that includes tools like GitHub, PagerDuty, Slack, and
Sauce Labs for team collaboration, planning, source code management, and testing.
• Bluemix Garage Method embodies the best
practices for DevOps transformation
• There is a powerful synergy when your
DevOps tools and methods are aligned
• Hands on with BCD: Follow along with your
laptop or watch the group demo
Technical audience - Mid-level Managers
and Senior influencers (Architects,
Developers, QA Leads, etc.)
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Limited Seating: To ensure that
you have a seat please add this
workshop to your InterConnect
agenda.
Chris Lazzaro
STSM, Cloud DevOps &
Garage Method Lead Architect
Attendees will receive
Complimentary DevOps
for Dummies Series
with a copy of the IBM
Bluemix Garage Method
Field Guide
Michael Elder
IBM Distinguished Engineer,
Chief Developer, UrbanCode
& Hybrid Cloud DevOps Visit: bit.ly/ibmworkshops

10. Who should participate
Workshop facilitator
Workshop objectives
Mainframe DevOps: Managing the Cultural Divide
Wednesday, Mar 22nd | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm (#7010)
Reef Ballroom D
Enterprises need to accelerate innovation while ensuring the stability, security and reliability of
core IT systems. While systems of engagement demand speed, agility and experimentation,
business-critical systems of record face the same challenges PLUS the challenges of
governance and predictability. Join IBM experts and clients in this interactive technical workshop
to learn how to adopt DevOps practices to speed mainframe development and delivery without
jeopardizing the stability, security and reliability of critical systems that span mobile devices to
mainframes.
• Learn how mainframe development can be
part of the overall organizational
transformation to DevOps
• Learn how to get started on the
transformation
• Learn how modern development practices
provide faster delivery while reducing risk
Technical audience - Mid-level Managers
and Senior influencers (Architects,
Developers, QA Leads, etc.)
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Limited Seating: To ensure that
you have a seat please add this
workshop to your InterConnect
agenda.
Rosalind Radcliffe
IBM Distinguished Engineer, Chief
Architect for CLM and DevOps, Member
of the Academy of Technology
Attendees will receive
Complimentary DevOps
for Dummies Series
with a copy of the IBM
Bluemix Garage Method
Field Guide
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11. Who should participate
Workshop facilitator
Workshop objectives
Managing Multi-Cloud Environment with Ease
Thursday, Mar 23rd | 8:30 am – 10:00 am (#7012)
Reef Ballroom D
Cloud portfolios within enterprises are expanding and driving the need for cloud management
platforms that can manage multi-cloud environment without losing the visibility, governance, or
operational control the IT teams require per the business need. Join IBM experts as they provide
hands-on experience to monitor, manage, and optimize workloads in a multi-cloud environment.
• Learn how to manage multi-cloud
environments using a single agnostic tool
regardless of the cloud provider
• Learn how to automate your cloud by
selecting from a catalog of Enterprise-class
pre-built patterns or create your own using
your favorite tools
• Learn how to create policy-based tasks
ensuring corporate governance
Technical audience - Mid-level Managers
and Senior influencers (Architects,
Developers, QA Leads, etc.)
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Limited Seating: To ensure that
you have a seat please add this
workshop to your InterConnect
agenda.
Jose Ortiz
Lead Architect Cloud
Automation Manager,
IBM Cloud
Shajeer K Mohammed
Architect - IBM Cloud
Orchestrator, IBM Cloud
Attendees will receive
Complimentary DevOps
for Dummies Series
with a copy of the IBM
Bluemix Garage Method
Field Guide
Visit: bit.ly/ibmworkshops

12. Who should participate
Workshop facilitator
Workshop objectives
Shift Application Performance Management Left in
the DevOps Lifecycle
Thursday, Mar 23rd | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm (#7011)
Reef Ballroom D
Embracing an Ops-mindset early in your software delivery process helps you reduce cycle times
from months to hours, but you must also ensure an engaging user experience. Join IBM experts
and clients in an interactive workshop to understand why you need to shift Application
Performance Management left in your DevOps lifecycle to deliver a more reliable service with
better insights, faster incident resolution and visibility into all monitoring data.
• Learn how to leverage dev lifecycle to
simplify the introduction of application
performance management
• Identify key APM capabilities to use early in
the dev cycle
• Identify key value propositions where APM is
going to produce ROI
Technical audience - Mid-level Managers
and Senior influencers (Architects,
Developers, QA Leads, etc.)
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Limited Seating: To ensure that
you have a seat please add this
workshop to your InterConnect
agenda.
Arun Biligiri
Offering Management -
Application Insights IBM Cloud
Attendees will receive
Complimentary DevOps
for Dummies Series
with a copy of the IBM
Bluemix Garage Method
Field Guide
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13. Allan Wagner
Al Wagner is currently a Technical Evangelist with IBM, driving thought leadership, strategic
initiatives, and tangible solutions with a specific focus on continuous deployment and testing
within the larger DevOps topic. In his twenty years of practical IT field experience, Al has
assisted, supported, mentored, and enabled teams to solve their IT application infrastructure,
development, implementation, and operations challenges. In addition to being a frequent speaker
on adopting a DevOps approach to software delivery, Al has co-authored the IBM Application
Release and Deployment for Dummies book, IBM Service Virtualization for Dummies book, and
authored numerous papers on continuous testing and test automation..
Amy Silberbauer
Amy is a Solution Architect charged with the definition and delivery of the Enterprise Scaled Agile
and IBM DevOps Plan solutions and strategy for the IBM Systems – Application Platform line of
business. She is a recognized subject matter expert on scaled agile and software development
lifecycle solutions, including enterprise modernization, SOA and collaborative DevOps. She has
been with IBM for 28 years and has two decades of software development experience as an
engineer, architect and manager. She is a certified SAFe® Program Consultant experienced in
leading and consulting on multiple internal and external SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework®)
transformations.
Arun Biligiri
Arun Biligiri is the leader of the Application Performance Management Offering Management
team at IBM. Arun has over 20 years of experience in technology in various different roles
including entrepreneurial, development, product management and sales engineering. He has
worked closely with innovative enterprises and has extensive experience in addressing cloud,
analytics needs in efficiently managing their data centers and clouds. He has an MBA from the
Wharton School, and MS from the University of California, Berkeley.
Bhawana Gupta
Bhawana is an expert in the area of Rational Unified Process, Rational Requirements
Management and Architecture Management. She has consulted many software development
delivery teams in adopting Rational tools and methods. As a part of productivity increasing
measures across teams, she has implemented best practices for various types of projects. Her
experience ranges from supporting teams with RFP's, pilot projects for Rational tool adoption and
helping teams rollout a complete tool implementation engagement.
Christopher Lazzaro
Chris is a lead architect, building tools that enable developer productivity and operational
excellence in IBM Cloud. He strives to enable customers to make the digital transformation to the
cloud with DevOps tools, standards, practices, and the ecosystem needed to innovate faster than
their competition. Chris began his career with IBM Tivoli in 1998, building systems management
tools, and he has helped transition those capabilities into SaaS and cloud-native operations tools.
With a focus on innovative, leading-edge solutions, he has obtained recognition as an IBM
master inventor.

14. David K Zimmerman
Dave Zimmerman is IBM’s Global Solutions Executive & Worldwide Cloud Leader for Banking &
Financial Markets. He specializes in business model transformation to help clients better compete
and grow. He is accountable for IBM’s Global Cloud strategy, industry solutions offerings, clients’
support and partner development. Dave’s previous leadership roles included leading IBM’s
Worldwide Core Banking business and Global Vice President at Cap Gemini, Ernst & Young. Dave
has over 20-years delivery and engagement experience developed by working with clients on three
continents.
Eric Minick
Eric Minick is a Technical Evangelist. He joined IBM through its acquisition of UrbanCode. He has
spent the last more than ten years helping organizations – large and small – adopt continuous
integration, delivery and now –DevOps. He is a frequent speaker on the topic, and co-authored
Application Release and Deployment For Dummies. Prior to consulting, Eric was a developer, test
automation engineer and support engineer, and has contributed to multiple generations of
UrbanCode products. .
Jose Ortiz
Jose Ortiz works as a Senior Technical Staff Member and Software Architect in IBM’s Hybrid
Cloud Business Unit. He is currently helping to develop and evolve the new Cloud Automation
Manager offering. Previously, Jose spent 10 years as an Architect/Developer IBM, leading
solutions around virtualization and cloud enablement in products like WebSphere Cloudburst
Appliance, IBM Workload Deployment and PureApplication System. Jose also help with client
enablement worried to use and integrate those products. He is also a frequent conference
speaker. Originally from Puerto Rico, he now works and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Michael Elder
Michael is the IBM Distinguished Engineer for Continuous Delivery. Michael holds a B.S. in
Computer Science from Furman University and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University
of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He has numerous awarded patents and has been honored with two
IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement awards. His passions include solving customer problems
to enable them to provide better experiences for their users.
Mustafa Kapadia
Mustafa is the Service Line Leader for IBM’s DevOps practice, a business advisory practice
focused on helping large enterprises transform their software & application delivery. He has over
17+ years of experience in the tech. space, both as a service provider and a management
consultant. His expertise is in DevOps, cloud, lean, application development, outsourcing,
offshoring etc. and has published several articles on DevOps. He lives in San Francisco Bay Area,
is an avid blogger (when time permits), a speaker, and advisor to start ups.

15. Peter Eeles
Peter is an Executive IT Architect, IBM Hybrid Cloud, where he helps organizations improve their
IT delivery capability in order to drive tangible business value. He has a particular interest in the
adoption of Architecture, Agile, DevOps and Cloud as innovation enablers. In the IT industry
since 1985, Peter comes from a delivery background and was previously Chief Architect of IBM
Rational’s Worldwide Solution Delivery organization where he led many large-scale
transformations in a variety of industries. Peter has written many papers and several books,
including “The Process of Software Architecting” (2009), “Building J2EE Applications with the
Rational Unified Process” (2002), and “Building Business Objects” (1998). He runs his own
website at www.architecting.co.uk..
Rosalind Radcliffe
Rosalind is a Distinguished Engineer within the IBM Rational organization. She is Chief Architect
for CLM and DevOps. She is responsible for driving the DevOps for multi-platform
architecture. This includes System z and Power system. In addition she is responsible for the
architecture for the Collaborative Management capability for Enterprise solutions. This includes
UrbanCode Deploy and Rational Team Concert's support for standard Mainframe development
activities. She is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology and a Master Inventor. Prior to
Rational, she was in Tivoli responsible for the SOA Management Strategy for IBM.
Sanjeev Sharma
Sanjeev is CTO and Distinguished Engineer for DevOps Technical Sales and Adoption in IBM
Cloud Unit. He is a 20-year veteran of the software industry with expertise in DevOps, Mobile
Development and UX, Lean and Agile Transformation, Application Lifecycle Management and
Software Supply Chains. He is a DevOps Thought Leader at IBM and speaks regularly at
conferences. He has written several papers and is the author of the DevOps for Dummies book.
Sarah Plantenberg
Sarah is a senior user experience designer located in San Francisco, California, where she has
designed for a broad range of clients, from start-ups to enterprises. Leveraging her cognitive
psychology and neuroscience background, Sarah's innovative designs have brought clients
closer to their users and improved user satisfaction. As the builder and leader of design teams,
Sarah's thought leadership has penetrated all levels of her clients' businesses. Sarah also helps
her clients achieve better overall business results by helping them apply design thinking
principles to team organization and development, organizational structure, and business
transformation.
Shajeer K Mohammed
Shajeer works as the lead architect for the IBM Cloud Orchestrator and is also part of the Cloud
Automation Manager Architecture team, He is currently working on developing the new Cloud
Automation Manager offering. He has more than 20 years experience and has worked in
Software development, Lab Services, Pre-Sales and Consulting roles. His core area of
specialties are on Cloud Management platforms, Systems and Service Management and
Application Performance Management solutions.

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