Sydney Executive Lunch
From “AI-First” engineering to agent orchestration in enterprise
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In collaboration with Microsoft and GitHub, PALO IT invites C-level and Director-level leaders to an immersive look at real AI development and replatforming implementations. We will share how our proven AI-first delivery methodology, Gen e2, enabled clients to reach up to 70% productivity uplift. We'll get hands-on with the realities of day-to-day AI adoption: real challenges, real wins and the executive blueprint.
What You Will Experience
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The Pragmatic Guide to AI-First Engineering: Fireside Chat with AMP leadership
The Gen-e2 journey from concept to scale, lessons learned directly from AMP deploying it in production. -
Impact across People, Process, Technology
“AI-First” engineering requires significant changes to the SDLC which triggers a high level of change across people, process and tech. You'll learn how to find the right balance between potential productivity gains and change management your organization is able to support - what it means for your organization's AI transformation, and what are the learnings from 18+ months of enterprise deployments. -
GitHub Roadmap Session
Practical insights on leveraging Microsoft and GitHub technologies responsibly at enterprise scale, and a 2026 roadmap focused on agentic development. -
Live Demo: What comes next with agentic orchestration
You're all familiar with “AI-First” engineering, the next phase will be about how to orchestrate swarms of agents to build or replatform software even faster. We'll share our new approach and why we believe having the context in a graph database with an orchestration layer is the future of software.
Who Should Attend?
CIOs, CTOs, and Heads of Engineering ready to separate what works from what's just noise.
Key Takeaways
- A concrete, tested, AI-native SDLC with real enterprise deployments
- Beyond tools: what changes in operating model, governance, and security
- CIO/CTO-impact in your role
- What we got wrong (and fixed) - no silver bullets, just honest sharing
Registration
This is an invitation only event, attendance is strictly limited to 20 senior executives. For registration contact: Kyle TATE (ktate@palo-it.com)
Speakers
With over 25 years in enterprise technology and deep expertise in DevSecOps, cloud, and self-healing systems, Dimitri Baikrich brings AI-first delivery to life across sectors like finance, transportation, and government, bridging advanced engineering with real-world business impact.
Shlomi Shaki is a tech Exec with 25+ years experience in sales and GTM of tnterprise software & services in the APAC region, with a focus on software engineering, cybersecurity and AI.
As Head of Technology (North) at AMP Bank, Julian Cook brings extensive experience in technology leadership and client service management, focusing on both tech strategy and IT infrastructure oversight.
Mike Way is an experienced business leader, with a background spanning Australian, European and Global roles. His work has included leadership of large teams with programs impacting over 100,000 staff and 20m customers, and overseeing transformation portfolios of up to $2bn AUD annual spend.