UPCOMING EVENTS

Cloud Architecture: Chicago (Rosemont/O’Hare), Illinois

Strategies for building and refining the architecture.

September 25, 2025

9:00am-5:00pm

7 CPE / 0.7 CEU / CISSP / 7 PDU Credits Awarded

Conference location: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Rosemont (O’Hare) Illinois

Overview

Designing Adaptive, Scalable, and Responsible Cloud Architectures for the Next Wave of Enterprise Innovation

What You Will Learn

In this one day conference attendees will learn:

• Architecting for Cloud-Native Resilience in a Multi-cloud World
• Modernizing the Enterprise Data Ecosystem: Cloud Architectures for Real-Time and AI-Ready Data
• Leveraging FinOps and Green-Ops for Sustainable Cloud Architecture
• Security by Design: Embedding Zero Trust Principles into Cloud Architecture
• Composable Cloud Architecture: Designing for Speed, Scale, and Change
• From Strategy to Execution: Cloud Architecture Lessons from the Enterprise (Panel Discussion)

CONFERENCE AGENDA

8:00am – 9:00am: Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00am – 10:00am: How to Bake Security Cognizance into Your Cloud Development and Governance Models- Fireside Chat

Val Mushinskiy, Principal and Vice President of Cloud Services ZS
Mitesh Naik, Director of Cloud Services ZS
John Fleuchaus, Senior Infrastructure Architect, Former US Cellular

As organizations accelerate their shift to the cloud, security is often seen as a separate gate or an afterthought—slowing innovation instead of enabling it. This fireside chat explores how to flip that mindset by weaving security cognizance directly into cloud development and governance models. We’ll discuss practical strategies for making security a natural part of design, deployment, and decision-making, rather than a bolt-on control. Attendees will hear real-world examples of how leading enterprises are fostering a culture where developers, architects, and governance leaders share responsibility for risk, compliance, and resilience. Key takeaways will include how to align cloud security with business goals, embed secure practices into agile workflows, and create governance models that both empower innovation and safeguard the enterprise.

Fleuchaus                      Mushinskiy            Naik                

10:00am – 10:30am: Refreshment & Exhibit Break

10:30am – 11:30am: Modernizing Windows and Application Delivery: Secure, Scalable Cloud Strategies

Dave Fiske, Lead EUC Strategist, Nerdio

Legacy environments drain IT budgets and complicate security, compliance, and scalability. In this session, we’ll explore practical strategies for modernizing Windows and application delivery in the cloud. We’ll cover end-user computing delivery models, application containerization, and profile management, along with proven approaches for migration. You’ll leave with a clear view of how to reduce costs, simplify management, and boost productivity while meeting enterprise compliance requirements.

Fiske

11:30am – 12:30pm: Architecting for Cloud-Native Resilience in a Multi-cloud World

John Capello, Field CTO, Nasuni

As organizations diversify across cloud providers, resilience planning must extend beyond single-platform paradigms. This session will explore architectural patterns for achieving operational resilience in multi-cloud and hybrid environments, including distributed failover models, control plane abstraction, and cloud-agnostic service orchestration.

Capello

12:30pm – 1:30pm: Lunch & Exhibit Break

1:30pm – 2:30pm: Demystifying Vectors in AI for Resilient Cloud Architectures

Owen Taylor, Senior Staff Solutions Engineer, Cockroach Labs

We’ll explore how companies are using vector databases to power intelligent search, recommendations, and semantic understanding across modern applications.

You’ll walk away with:

• A clear understanding of what a vector database is, in straightforward terms
• A live demo using a Battleship game to bring the concept to life
• Practical examples of where this technology is already being applied

Taylor

2:30pm – 3:00pm: Refreshment & Exhibit Break

3:00pm – 4:00pm: Composable Cloud Architecture: Designing for Speed, Scale, and Change

The future of cloud architecture lies in composability—assembling services and components like building blocks to rapidly respond to business needs. This session explores how to architect with composability in mind using APIs, low-code/no-code platforms, service catalogs, and infrastructure as code to drive agility and innovation.

4:00pm – 5:00pm:  From Strategy to Execution: Cloud Architecture Lessons from the Enterprise (Panel Discussion)

This interactive panel brings together enterprise IT leaders to share lessons learned from their own cloud architecture journeys. Panelists will discuss strategic pivots, organizational challenges, architecture mistakes, governance models, and future plans—offering candid insights and actionable takeaways for attendees navigating similar transformations.

Moderator: TBD

Panelists will include:

• Grant Havrilenko, IT Cloud FinOps Analyst, Ulta Beauty
• Ashley Lewis, Senior Manager Infrastructure, Morningstar
• Deepak Vishwakarma, Manager – DevSecOps & Operations, Kohler Co.
• Heiko Zuerker, Principal Architect, Infrastructure & Cloud Services, Northwestern Mutual
• And other Senior Cloud Architects & IT Leaders from enterprise IT organizations

         Havrilenko             Lewis                Vishwakarama                   Zuerker

Conference Price: $349.00 per person

Each attendee will receive a certificate awarding 7 CPE credits for CISSP continuing education, in addition to 0.7 CEUs and 7 PDUs. CISSP is a registered certification mark of (ISC)², Inc.

Exhibits

As is always the case at CAMP IT Conferences events, the talks will not include product presentations. During the continental breakfast, coffee breaks, and the luncheon break you will have the opportunity to informally meet representatives from the following sponsoring companies, who have solutions in the area of the conference.