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Technology Executive Summit | Seattle, WA | Ascend Prime Steak & Sushi

Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Bellevue, WA
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Ascend Prime Steak & Sushi
10400 NE 4th St, Bellevue, WA, United States, 98004
Sponsored by:
Akamai
Perforce Delphix
HPE

Technology Executive Summit | Cloud/Devops & Infrastructure | Seattle, WA

The Talent Equation: Building High-Performing Teams in Cloud and DevOps

Wednesday, January 28th | 6:00PM PT
 

Join us, your technology colleagues, and Vaco Managing Director of Emerging Technologies, Lindsey Anne Thorne at this Technology Executive Summit. Lindsey will share her leadership mindset for building high-performing Cloud and DevOps teams—shaped by 18+ years of experience helping leaders balance technical excellence, cultural fit, and dynamic hiring in an ever-evolving technology landscape.

You'll benefit from her insights on:

  • The formula for creating high-performing teams through mindset, collaboration, and dynamic hiring
  • How to balance technical expertise with cultural fit and team dynamics
  • The role of leadership in fostering high-performing Cloud and DevOps teams

As the #1 leader of short-format technology events, TechTalk Summits facilitates conversations that matter. Our summits create a unique environment for decision-makers to engage in valuable discussions with solution providers. Interact with the leading technology organizations, get your questions answered by top experts, build valuable connections, and enjoy a dining experience at a highly-rated restaurant.

Register now for this Technology Executive Summit to elevate your career and network with the brightest minds in the industry.

Speakers
Lindsey Anne Thorne Managing Director – Emerging Technologies at Vaco Lindsey Anne Thorne is Managing Director – Emerging Technologies at Vaco, where she partners with founders, CIOs/CTOs, and engineering executives to design and execute talent strategy across DevOps, Cloud, Infrastructure, and frontier technical domains. Over 18+ years in recruiting and consulting—including 13+ years at Vaco—she has helped companies scale platform engineering, cloud modernization, and infrastructure organizations that support rapid business growth. Lindsey brings a relationship-driven, advisory approach to technical hiring and is known for helping leaders translate complex technical needs into high-performing orgs. She is also the Co-Founder of the Open-Source AI Collective in Seattle, a community initiative dedicated to connecting builders and advancing open-source leadership in AI.
Agenda
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Registration & Networking over drinks
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
First course dropped, Host's opening remarks
6:40 pm - 6:50 pm
Lindsey Anne Thorne, Managing Director – Emerging Technologies at Vaco

The Talent Equation: Building High-Performing Teams in Cloud and DevOps

6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Akamai

Akamai is the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online. Our market-leading security solutions, superior threat intelligence, and global operations team provide defense in depth to safeguard enterprise data and applications everywhere. Akamai’s full-stack cloud computing solutions deliver performance and affordability on the world’s most distributed platform. Visit akamai.com.

7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
Perforce Delphix

Perforce Delphix is the industry leader in automated, compliant data delivery, enabling enterprises to drive DevOps agility, AI innovation, and cloud transformation. By removing traditional bottlenecks, our platform allows organizations to release applications 2x faster, secure sensitive data with 77% less exposure, and reduce infrastructure costs by 80%.


With advanced data virtualization, automated data masking, ephemeral cloud data environments, and integrations with DevOps and AI tools, Delphix ensures data is instantly accessible, secure, and compliant. Global leaders like Dell, BNP Paribas, Michelin, and Morgan Stanley rely on Delphix to fuel innovation, strengthen compliance, and optimize IT efficiency.
 

7:10 pm - 7:20 pm
HPE

HPE delivers unique, open and intelligent technology solutions as a service—spanning Cloud Services, Compute, High Performance Computing & AI, Intelligent Edge, Software, and Storage—with a consistent experience across all clouds and edges, helping customers develop new business models, engage in new ways, and increase operational performance.

7:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner, Networking & wrap up with dessert and raffles