Building A Production AI Platform: 3 Lessons Learned

Rick Oppedisano and John McAliley are the product and development minds behind Delta Bravo (https://deltabravo.ai/), the world’s first artificial intelligence platform for database management. Delta Bravo uses predictive analytics and machine learning to forecast database performance and security problems up to 30 days before they happen. Once a problem is predicted, Delta Bravo’s AI recommends a fix specific to that database’s use case, providing SQL statements and step-by-step instructions, saving hundreds of hours for developers and DBAs. Delta Bravo is in early release and being used by large enterprise customers like AccuWeather and Comporium.

Rick and John are going to share their experience building a production AI platform from the ground up. They’ll briefly discuss the design principles of Delta Bravo and how AI differs from automation or rules engines. Then they’ll dive right into some of the lessons they learned on the road to general availability - including their rationale for technology choices and hidden landmines unique to AI.

The meeting presenters are Rick Oppedisano and John McAliley,.

Rick Oppedisano, CEO, Delta Bravo

Rick began his development career as a UI engineer for IBM and launched his first technology company in 2001. Rick has experience growing technology companies from startup to $100M exits and was named to M&A Advisor's National Top 40 Under 40 in 2014.

John McAliley, CTO, Delta Bravo

Prior to Delta Bravo, John lead development of next generation audio software for Mood Media. Prior to Mood Media, McAliley lead entrepreneurial ventures MyHeatmap and Coupon Shack. McAliley also developed software solutions for IBM, Duke Energy and Department of Navy Information Security Systems.