DevOps Midwest is a one-day, practitioner-first conference held at Webster University in St. Louis, MO, and organized by Sketch Development Services. It brings together developers, technical leaders, architects, and anyone in a technical decision-making role around a challenge every engineering organization is wrestling with: how to move fast without sacrificing reliability.
Rather than theoretical keynotes, the day is built around actionable instruction from practitioners who have implemented these approaches across a range of industries. Sessions span CI/CD and deployment reliability, Kubernetes strategy, AI-assisted development, DevSecOps, and measuring software delivery performance with data teams already have on hand. The day closes with a keynote from Wayne Brown, Senior Partner Solutions Architect on the Atlassian Platform.
Whether you're closer to the code or leading a technical organization, DevOps Midwest is designed for hands-on learning and real conversation, not a day of passively watching slides.
Join our CDO, Lee Barnes, for his speaking session: "Taming the AI Beast: Shipping the Unpredictable with Confidence"
AI systems introduce a different kind of engineering risk than traditional software: outputs shift, results aren't always repeatable, and the old playbooks for testing and shipping don't fully apply. In this session, Lee digs into how engineering teams can build real confidence in AI-powered systems in production, without waiting for a level of certainty that non-deterministic systems simply won't offer.
Don't miss this opportunity to hear from one of the field's most experienced quality leaders.
See you in St. Louis!
