Day 1
By Rebecca, Employee Experience and Corporate Technology
DEVUP – Where we evolve, we innovate, we elevate, and we unleash the power of our community and build our future together.
I attended the DEVUP kickoff and am excited that this week is finally here! I have been looking forward to networking with my colleagues from around the globe and learning from their experiences. The DEVUP team did an incredible job transforming the Plano office into a conference venue, and I am grateful that I am here to experience this inaugural event.
DEVUP kicked off with an empowering video focusing how developers intuitively know what it takes to innovate by elevating experiences through:
- V is for value, because we know the worth of a winning idea
- V is for vibrant, working together with authenticity, energy and passion
- V is for victory, when we deliver something incredible
Sandhya Sridharan, Head of Core Engineering and Development Platform and a DEVUP Co-Sponsor, welcomed the 500+ technologists and data scientists who have traveled from 26 metro cities to Plano, Texas for the 2022 DEVUP Conference.
Sandhya challenged everyone to bring their authentic self, be present and to be curious in every conversation. She reminded us that we have to build the experience we want to have for ourselves. This resonated with me because I can be task-focused and don’t always take the time to invest in myself.
Lori Beer, our Global Chief Information Officer, delivered a keynote focused on inspiration. She asked everyone to consider how inspiration is the foundation of innovation.
Lori spoke about how the technology we create inspires our community and the profound impact we as technologists at JPMorganChase have on millions of people on a daily basis. This inspired the audience to think about their opportunities to solve complex problems and innovate.
She asked the other JPMorganChase technology leaders to join her on stage and share what inspires them. We heard from our business CIOs that they’re inspired by our unique culture and how we are able to coordinate across businesses and functions; our diversity and the energy in the room; the creative force we are, and how the conference was created by engineers for engineers to focus on engineering excellence, and the impact that we can make collectively.
Everyone was encouraged to take the insights back to their teams and pay it forward.
I am inspired by the 700 abstracts that were submitted, the 500+ technologists that traveled here, the JPMorganChase technology leaders that made this a priority, the 150+ speakers that invested their time in creating content, the DEVUP team that poured hours of time into creating this unique experience and the endless opportunities that will result from this incredible conference.