Cote's Talks
👋 Hi! This is a list of talks I've given. You can also see a selection of recordings, talks I'm currently giving, a bio and headshot, and even more about me. Also, you can play along and track my CFP acceptance/rejections over the years.
2026
2025
Enterprise Software: Goblin Mode Tanzu AI Workshop
2024
What is Tanzu? Why is Tanzu? VMware Explore EU
Enterprise AI for platform engineers VMware Explore EU
Working with Reluctance to Change TEQnation
2023
Escaping the Legacy Trap - a proven method for application modernization Future Tech 2023
Better Living by Changing Less - IncrativeOps 📹 Stackconf, Berlin
7 Lessons from 7 Years of Running Platforms 📹 O'Reilly Infrastructure and Ops Superstream
Escaping the Legacy Trap - a proven method for application modernization WeAreDevelopers World Congress
How the Cloud Foundry Community Can Help Platform Engineering 📹 Cloud Foundry Day EU
Lessons learned from 7 years of running developer platforms TEQnation
2022
The Eternal Recurrence of DevOps 📹 DevOpsDays Dallas 2022
How To Survive & Thrive In a Big Company DevOpsDays Amsterdam
Is DevSecOps a real thing? IDC Nordic Conference
OMGDEVSECOPSBBQ Spring One Tour Chicago
2021
Beyond DevOps Metrics UK VMUG, London
We Fear Change 📹 DevOps Loop
2019
Monolithic transformation cloud native london 2019 Cloud Native London
Monolithic Transformation Agile Scotland
Creating a DevOps culture, whatever that means 📹 Continuous Lifecycle London
Better software is better than worse software, Istanbul Spring Tour Istanbul
Platform as a Product, DevOps evolving Continuous Delivery Amsterdam
The meatware, it stinks DevOps, product thinking, & cloud native Cape Town DevOps Meetup
Platform as a Product Warsaw JUG
2018
Secrets of Success for Digital Transformation 📹 Dell Technologies Forum
Beyond the nonsense of digital transformation #DellEMCCSP
Metrics, beyond 'it depends' 📹 SpringOne Platform 2018
Kubernetes for the konfused 📹 VoxxedDays Singapore
Rethinking Enterprise Architecture 📹 DevOpsDays Charlotte
2017
Ignite Karaoke at SpringOne Platform 2017 SpringOne Platform
The Death of Enterprise Architecture: defeating the DevOps, microservices, and cloud-native assassins DevOpsDays Riga
Not actually a DevOps Talk DevOpsDays Kansas City
How to Survive and Thrive in a BigCo DevOpsDays DFW
Crafting Your Cloud-Native Strategy DC Cloud-Native MeetUp
Crafting Your Cloud-Native Strategy Austin DevOps Meetup
Not actually a DevOps Talk DevOpsDays Austin
2016
DevOps for Normals - what's happening as donkeys adopt DevOps All Day DevOps
DevOps for Normals - DevOpsDaysDFW 2016 DevOpsDays DFW
DevOps for Normals DevOpsDays Austin
Docker industry research roundup, circa. 2015 Austin Docker Meetup
2015
DevOpsDays Detroit 2015 DevOpsDays Detroit
Night of the Living Donkeys DevOpsDays Charlotte
Becoming a Software Defined Business VMware Business Forum, Madrid
The Coming Donkey Apocalypse - What happens when DevOps goes mainstream? DevOpsDays Austin
"Failing fast" for the uptight Geekfest 2015, SXSW (Austin)
Orienting yourself to continuous delivery & microservices Pivotal Cloud Roadshow
CI/CD from a donkey perspective HeavyBit Wheelhouse
2014
Docker orchestration - why and what, early requirement hunting CloudSoft webinar
Selling to Hoodie and the Sticker-Festooned - Building a Developer Relations Program to Win Over Developers as Paying Customers Hosting + Cloud Transformation Summit
Work Smarter Not Harder: Processes and tools for better IT operations (or, "DevOps, it's a thing") Modern Infrastructure Seminar
What Does "Enterprise Grade" Mean, Really? Uptime Institute Symposium 2014
OpenStack Summit 2014 - When is this DevOps Unicorn Going to Sprout Wings and Fly? 📹 OpenStack Summit Atlanta
What cloud trends mean for you - an analyst's view 📹 Red Hat Summit
The Cloud^H^H^H^H^HDevOps Milieu, circa March 2014 Ansible Meetup Austin
Dealing with industry analysts, for startups 📹 HeavyBit
2012
Re-integration: Don't fear "closed" systems DevOpsDays Mountain View
2011
Automating People Back into IT ServiceNow Knowledge11 (San Diego)
2010
What's up with "cloud"? Austin Cloud User's Group
2009
Java One 2009 Trip Report AJUG (Atlanta Java Users Group)
Cloud Computing and Linux Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit
2008
Building a Recession - Proof SOA Strategy MuleSource Webinar