In our 2024 State of DevOps Report: The Evolution of Platform Engineering, 43% of respondents say that they’ve had a platform team for 3-5 years.  

So — what advice can you steal to improve your own platform engineering efforts?  

Report authors David Sandilands and Margaret Lee will give you highlights of the 2024 report to show how platform engineering is helping DevOps achieve efficiency, speed, and security.  

Some key takeaways include:

  • Get practical + tactical tips for successful platform engineering based on key data.  
  • Having a product manager can make the difference between a thriving platform team and an overwhelmed platform team — learn why.  
  • Hear what's working, and what isn't as platforms mature. How have they expanded in scope from their initial adoption?
  • With some pushback around platform engineering as being ops-centric, learn who platform engineering is really for, and who benefits most.  

David and Margaret will translate the 2024 State of DevOps Report: The Evolution of Platform Engineering into bite-sized, actionable pieces so that you can get the most from the report and its findings.  

You don’t have to learn the hard way — we'll share what’s working and what isn’t for other organizations that are maturing their platform engineering approach.   

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Presenters
A headshot of David Sandilands of Puppet by Perforce taken in 2024.

David Sandilands

Community & DevRel Lead, Puppet by Perforce

As Community and DevRel Lead at Puppet, David bridges the gap between open source innovation and enterprise solutions. In addition, he focuses on the product management of Puppet's developer ecosystem and integrations. He is an author of Puppet's State of DevOps Report, sole author of Puppet 8 for DevOps Engineers, and a multiple award-winning innovator in the field of DevOps management and infrastructure engineering

A profile headshot of Margaret Lee, Manager of Product Management

Margaret Lee

Manager of Product Management, Puppet by Perforce

Margaret Lee is a product leader at Puppet by Perforce. She has always worked to give a voice to the Puppet user base, establishing her as an advocate for customer needs. She leverages her cross-team experience to identify the challenges Puppet customers face and find solutions that ensure DevOps success.