Why do so many platform engineering initiatives stall after the first sprint?
Ajay Chankramath, CTO at Brillio, will dive deep into the adoption paradox facing platform teams today, by drawing on field-tested experience and the frameworks, and exploring systemic blockers to adoption, the architecture of trust with dev teams, and how to align platform capabilities with real developer workflows.

In this webinar, expect insights on platform-as-product thinking, internal resistance patterns, and practical blueprints for delivering value fast, without compromising long-term platform integrity.

1. A diagnostic lens to identify and overcome the root causes of platform adoption resistance within your engineering org.
2. A field-tested framework for aligning platform capabilities with developer needs using platform-as-product and DevEx-driven principles.
3. Actionable strategies to accelerate adoption without adding friction - drawing from real-world case studies and scalable implementation patterns

After a 30-minute talk there’ll be a 15-minute Q&A, for which we encourage you to submit questions in advance.
A webinar recording and related materials will be shared with all attendees after the event.
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Speaker:

**Ajay Chankramath - Managing Director and CTO @ Brillio**
Ajay is the Chief Technology Officer and Global Managing Director for Platform & Products at Brillio. With over three decades of experience driving platform engineering and large-scale digital transformation, Ajay has led platform strategy and adoption at companies like Thoughtworks, Oracle Marketing Cloud, and Broadridge. He is the co-author of Effective Platform Engineering and a leading voice in the evolution of internal developer platforms, DevEx, and AI-augmented engineering. Ajay specializes in helping complex organizations modernize their tech stacks, scale engineering platforms, and unlock developer productivity at enterprise scale.

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Platform engineering: Why hype isn’t enough for adoption

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Discover how platform engineering teams can deploy AI-native apps faster using Vultr’s full-stack infrastructure: built for scale, speed, and sovereignty. Learn how to leverage GPUs, golden path templates, and hybrid cloud with built-in data residency and compliance.

In this session, we’ll hear from Kevin Cochrane as he shares insights on:

* How to deploy templated GPU-ready environments in minutes using Vultr’s full-stack cloud—purpose-built for platform engineers.

* How to streamline AI workloads across hybrid, multi-cloud setups with on-demand sovereign cloud and full data residency support.

* How to go beyond the neo clouds: offering not just GPUs, but a complete platform for AI, with composable infrastructure and developer-first design.

After a 30-minute talk there’ll be a 15-minute Q&A, for which we encourage you to submit questions in advance.
A webinar recording and related materials will be shared with all attendees after the event.

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Speaker:

**Kevin Cochrane - CMO @ Vultr**
Kevin Cochrane is a 25+ year pioneer of the digital experience space. Kevin co-founded his first start-up, Interwoven, in 1996, pioneered open source content management at Alfresco in 2006, and built a global leader in digital experience management as CMO of Day Software and later Adobe. Kevin has also held senior executive positions at OpenText, Bloomreach, and SAP. Now at Vultr, Kevin is now working to build Vultr's global brand presence as a leader in the independent Cloud platform market.

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Build AI-native infrastructure with GPUs and platform engineering

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