Memphis Technology User Groups

This month our speaker is Jandee Richards. Jandee will present Building Production-Ready Agent System with Dapr: From Prototype to Scale.

Making agents production-ready requires solving distributed systems challenges most prototypes ignore. This talk demonstrates how Dapr's distributed systems capabilities including durable workflows, persistent memory, and built-in observability provide the foundation for production-grade multi-agent systems.
We'll compare Dapr's approach to popular agent frameworks like AutoGen, CrewAI, and LangGraph. Through hands-on examples, you'll learn patterns for coordinating agents across services, handling failures gracefully, implementing retry logic, and maintaining audit trails.
The session includes a live demonstration building a multi-agent system showing context persistence, model handoffs, human-in-the-loop approvals, and failure recovery. We'll explore common multi-agent system patterns and how to apply them using Dapr's orchestration capabilities.

Key takeaways: proven orchestration patterns, durability strategies for distributed AI workflows, debugging techniques for agent systems, and a working Dapr agent template you can adapt to your use cases.

Bio:
Jandee Richards is Chief Data Officer at Iridius. She has spent over twenty years building data systems, leading architecture teams, and launching new initiatives across Big Tech, consulting, and industry. She focuses on agentic workflows for intelligent automation in highly regulated industries. She also serves on the University of Washington Analytics advisory board.

PS: The results of the poll came out overwhelmingly in favor of deploying FastAPI to Azure. I'll keep that in the queue for next month if we don't have anyone from the community speak. But I think Jandee will be inspiring.

Come join us at the Memphis Tech Lunch! This is a fantastic opportunity for local tech professionals to connect over a delicious meal in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Whether you’re deep into coding, managing networks, innovating in engineering, or just passionate about technology, this gathering is for you. It's the perfect setting to forge new friendships, exchange valuable insights, and maybe even find solutions to those tricky challenges you've been facing. Don't miss out on the chance to expand your professional network and share your experiences with fellow tech enthusiasts in Memphis!

Shortcut to Storytelling: The Fast Lane to Tableau Greatness

If you use Tableau, work with data, or just want to tell better stories with numbers — this is the one you don’t want to miss.

We’re bringing in Zach Bowders
— one of the biggest names in the Tableau community:
✨ 5-Time Tableau Visionary
✨ 6-Time Tableau Ambassador
✨ 14 Viz of the Day Awards
✨ 2 Vizzie Awards
🎙️ Host of the Data + Love Podcast

Zach’s presentations are packed with energy, creativity, and practical insight. He’ll show how to move from just building dashboards to crafting experiences that make your data come alive.

Come learn, connect, and get inspired — whether you’re a CPA, analyst, student, or leader looking to up your data game.

Thursday, November 20 | 5:30 – 7:00 PM
FedEx Institute of Technology – Room 225

Pizza + great conversation included
Free to attend | All are welcome

Hosted by the TSCPA Memphis Chapter in partnership with the FedEx Institute of Technology