Scaling AI in Production: AIOps, Architecture, and Human Oversight

We are thrilled to welcome you to our 9th edition of AI Native Netherlands, hosted at the Miro headquarters in Amsterdam.

We look forward to seeing you again for another evening with the AI Native community. This edition brings together operational AI, architecture leadership, and real world system design.

We'll be having another open panel discussion featuring all speakers, so come prepared with your questions.

If there are specific topics or formats you would like to see in future meetups, feel free to reach out. This community is shaped by the engineers in the room.

A massive thank you to our host, Miro, for providing the venue, food, and drinks for this evening and for supporting the Dutch AI engineering community.

We’ll cover:

• Designing AI-powered AIOps Command Centers for predictive intelligence and self-healing infrastructure
• Replacing reactive maintenance with unified observability and automated diagnostics in B2B SaaS core banking
• Preserving architectural intent while AI agents accelerate software delivery
• Aligning AI initiatives with governance frameworks and AI Native infrastructure principles
• Extracting deeper technical insights during the end-of-evening panel discussion

Speaker 1: Shekhar Kachole
Shekhar Kachole is a results-oriented visionary Chief Technology Officer with over 30 years of experience in the technology industry.

Known for consistently breaking new ground, he produces value by enhancing existing capabilities and delivering innovative solutions that yield lasting engineering and financial benefits for organizations.
As a dynamic and strategic leader and a certified Chief AI Officer, Shekhar has a proven track record of proactively addressing customer needs and expectations, both internally and externally.

Thriving in demanding, multi-task environments, he excels in providing cost-effective project designs and leading large-scale digital transformations using AI & Big Data across various geographies.
Shekhar is a motivational leader skilled in identifying critical team members to build strong project teams. An articulate communicator, he effectively engages with diverse groups at all corporate levels and is an organized planner with excellent time management skills.

Key areas of focus:

• Driving sustainable growth and competitive advantage by tying AI initiatives are integrated into the company’s strategic plan.
• Leading the end-to-end execution of scalable AI solutions that demonstrably optimize operations and unlock data-driven revenue streams.
• Establishing robust governance frameworks that ensure ethical AI practices and data privacy to build trust with customers, regulators, and stakeholders.
• Cultivating a world-class AI/ML talent engine and fostering a culture of continuous innovation

Talk: AI-Powered Operational Intelligence in B2B Saas Core Banking Platform
Operational excellence has become the defining battleground in B2B SaaS core banking. As financial institutions demand near-zero downtime and rapid innovation cycles, legacy monolithic architectures are increasingly strained. Engineering capacity is often consumed by reactive maintenance, production incidents, and fragile deployment pipelines — creating significant operational drag.
This talk explores the shift toward an AI-first operating model. By introducing predictive intelligence, unified observability, automated diagnostics, and self-healing infrastructure, organizations can reduce accumulated technical debt and reposition their platforms for scale, reliability, and faster feature delivery.
The session outlines how an AI-powered AIOps Command Center can transform operational constraints into strategic advantage, establishing a foundation for more autonomous and resilient systems.

Speaker 2: Kenny Schwegler
Kenny (Baas) Schwegler believes in collaborative software design where “every voice shapes the software.” Leveraging a domain-driven design approach and Team Topologies, he facilitates clearer communication between stakeholders and software creators through collaborative modelling and deep democracy. His work focuses on decoding complexity, resolving conflict, and ensuring software remains adaptable to evolving business demands.
As Lead Software Architect for DHL BeNeLux, independent consultant, and trainer, he specializes in technical leadership, software architecture, and sociotechnical system design. He works with organizations and teams to design and build sustainable and resilient software architectures.

Talk: Facilitating Software Architecture While AI Agents Write the Code
AI agents are accelerating software delivery. Code ships faster than ever before. The open question is whether architecture improves at the same pace.
Developers have always made implicit architectural decisions. What has changed is the speed at which those decisions are made — and increasingly, delegated. When AI systems generate code based on incomplete context, assumptions are embedded into design choices as if they were intentional. These assumptions compound over time, often without visibility.
This session explores how implicit architectural drift emerges in AI-assisted development, how cognitive biases amplify the problem, and how teams can retain architectural clarity and deliberate design while leveraging AI acceleration.
The focus is on keeping architecture intentional, explicit, and human-led in an AI-accelerated engineering environment.

Speaker 3: To Be Announced.
We are currently finalizing our second speaker, an expert who will bring a unique perspective to the AI Native landscape. Stay tuned for the announcement!

Agenda:
18:00 — Arrival, food & drinks
18:30 — Talk #1 | Shekhar Kachole
19:10 — Talk #2 | Kenny Schwegler
19:50 — Talk #3 | TBD
20:30 — Interactive Panel: Open conversation & audience Q&A
20:45 — Networking & more drinks
21:00 — Wrapping up

What to bring: Just curiosity and questions. We’ll be exploring AIOps, AI Agents, and AI/ML governance, and we’d love to hear your questions during the Interactive Panel.

Who is this for: Platform engineers, AI/ML engineers, SREs, architects, and engineering leaders focused on building and validating reliable AI systems in production.

Where to find us: Miro, Cozy Cafe, Fred. Roeskestraat 100, 1076 ED Amsterdam, Netherlands