Observability Sessions Atlanta

Agenda at a glance

Agenda

1. 12:30 pm

   Registration

   Get your badge, meet the Grafana Labs team, and settle in for a great afternoon.
2. 1:00 pm

   Opening Remarks

   Get a preview of the afternoon’s program and get to know your Grafana Labs hosts.

   

   • Vishal Nakra, Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering, Grafana Labs
3. 1:10 pm

   The Six Essentials of Observability Success

   Effective observability isn’t just about tools – it’s about leadership, too. In this session, you’ll learn the six essentials for building and sustaining a strong observability strategy. From aligning teams and securing executive support to avoiding common pitfalls, we’ll show you how these essentials work together to create a successful observability framework that empowers your organization to make better decisions, respond to issues faster, and protect what matters most.

   

   • Vishal Nakra, Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering, Grafana Labs
4. 1:40 pm

   How to implement your observability strategy with the Grafana platform

   Observability can help your organization ensure reliability that keeps customers engaged and coming back for more. But how do you move from what you’re doing now to a centralized, end-to-end approach to observability? In this presentation, you’ll learn how the Grafana platform offers all the tooling you need to make a seamless transition to a powerful new observability strategy. And you’ll see exactly how other companies are making the move to centralized observability with Grafana technologies.

   

   • Mike Johnson, Senior Solutions Engineer, Grafana Labs
5. 2:10 pm

   From Data to Decisions: How One Leader Delivered Observability Success at Multiple Companies with Grafana Cloud

   Discover how Kyle Shelton helped teams across industries—from telecom to high-performance motorsports—transform their observability strategies using Grafana Cloud and the LGTM stack. Drawing from lessons learned early in his career at a leading U.S. telecom provider, Kyle shares how he’s applied those principles as a DevOps, SRE, and network engineer to deliver scalable, resilient observability platforms.

   

   • Kyle Shelton, Senior Observability Architect, Grafana Labs
6. 2:40 pm

   Break

   Grab a refreshment and connect with members of your local observability leadership community.
7. 3:00 pm

   Grafana Cloud and OpenTelemetry: How C Spire migrated their Observability platform

   Migrating an entire IT department’s observability platform is a challenging process that involves much consideration and care. Join C Spire, a Mississippi-based telecom, as they discuss their journey into the world of Grafana Cloud and the lessons they learned during their migration.

   • Zachary Sistrunk, Software Developer III – Systems Integration, C Spire
8. 3:30 pm

   The business value of observability

   Are your observability processes engineered to provide a strategic cost advantage? In this session, you’ll learn practical strategies for using observability to optimize cost by streamlining processes and reducing waste, decrease time to market, accelerate developer adoption, and maximize business outcomes through data-driven decision making. Find out how observability can bring even more value to your business by surfacing new insights and opportunities for growth and innovation. We’ll also share real-world examples of what great observability looks like.

   

   • Matt Maloney, Senior Global Business Value Engineer, Grafana Labs
9. 4:00 pm

   Observability Journeys Panel

   Learn in a dynamic discussion with Grafana experts and local observability leaders from Dell and TekStream as they share successes, setbacks, and next steps in their observability journeys.

   

   

   • Vishal Nakra, Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering, Grafana Labs
   • Glenn McCoin, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, TekStream
   • Christopher Longfield, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Dell
10. 4:30 pm

    Closing remarks and Q&A

11. 4:40 pm

    Networking reception