This talk explores how AI is collapsing the traditional software development lifecycle and breaking long held linear DevOps assumptions, pushing meaningful work earlier through AI enabled prototyping and tighter collaboration across development, operations, and business teams. Drawing from real leadership lessons, it covers what actually reduced rework, what failed in practice, and how teams can adapt safely as these shifts accelerate.

Sadio Jonas is a 20-year technology veteran, Fractional AI Executive, AI innovator, and the Founder and Director of AI Strategy at AI Vantage Consulting—the first consulting firm built natively for the Generative AI era. She is also the Founder of The Academy for AI Strategy, focused on AI skills for visionary leadership in the "AI Augmented Era." Among other transformation efforts she has lead to enterprise-wide change to Dev Ops in the Financial Services Sector. She partners with organizations and their leadership teams to navigate enterprise-wide AI transformation with clarity, confidence, and a distinctly human-centered approach.