Thursday, September 25
The financial services industry is at a crossroads. Innovation and compliance must align to drive progress and maintain customer trust. And advancements in data, AI, and DevOps could be the key to making it happen.
Join Perforce Delphix expert Paul Hermsen and industry experts John Pillar and Ian Povey from Natwest to explore the transformative benefits of leveraging AI, intelligent data creation, infrastructure as code, and DevOps practices to drive growth within a regulated financial organization. They will discuss:
- Modern Data Generation Techniques: Learn how data masking and other techniques empower teams to perform rich functional and performance testing with production-like data — all while safeguarding sensitive information.
- AI-Driven Automated Testing: Understand how artificial intelligence enhances testing accuracy and speed, enabling comprehensive coverage for increasingly intricate systems.
- DevOps and Infrastructure as Code: Explore how these practices are reshaping software development, enabling rapid response to market demands while maintaining compliance and lowering costs.
Presenters
John Pillar
As Head of Engineering, Environments and Release enablement with-in Payments Technology, John's remint consists of cultivating a culture of software engineering excellence as they build out the next generation payments technology eco-system.
He also holds the role of Distinguished Engineer which is a bank wide role advising on significant technical decisions and opportunities along with empowering the engineering community.
Ian Povey
Ian serves as the CIO of Payment Services & Technology at NatWest Banking Group, accountable for the operational and transformational delivery within a systemically important sector of the industry. His focus lies on the modernisation of the technological landscape, embracing new methodologies and skill sets, while ensuring operational continuity.
Ian's primary accountabilities include balancing a change-driven agenda that meets regulatory demands while also supporting key business objectives, fostering innovation, remediation, and maintaining high service availability. He is a well-connected leader, both within the organisation and in the broader industry.
Paul Hermsen
A Senior Sales Engineer at Delphix, always keen to fix problems, enable understanding and above all to connect with people.
Paul is an experienced presenter having hosted and participated in many webinars, conferences and industry events over the years. Working across all verticals and talking to a range of people in different roles has given many valuable insights and pitfalls to avoid.
Paul is a lover of imagery and analogies and a firm believer that learning should be fun, full of colour and questions, he also likes long walks in the sun and stealing chocolate from his children without them knowing.