Christina Kayastha

The Tech Radar is a powerful tool. It can be used to build a company-wide tech strategy, experiment with new technologies, document technical decisions, or even onboard new devs. In this talk, we will share our variation of the tech radar and strategies we developed to author, maintain, and open-source them.

The Tech Radar is a powerful tool. It can be used to build a company-wide tech strategy, experiment with new technologies, document technical decisions, or even onboard new devs. In this talk, we will share our variation of the tech radar and strategies we developed to author, maintain, and open-source them.

We’ll start with an overview of the technology lifecycle phases: assess, trial, adopt, hold, or retire. These are the foundations of the tech radar. We will also share our own experiences building and maintaining tech radars, and the tips and tricks you can take away. Finally, we’ll share a project that we have been working on to enable companies to open-source and share their tech radars.

Join us for the launch of the Open Tech Radar, where we'll guide you through the processes of authoring, documenting, sustaining, and open-sourcing your tech radar. Let's foster a culture of collaboration and knowledge-sharing across the industry!

Join me as we embark on a journey to dissect the anatomy of innovation, uncover strategies to unlock the full potential of ideas, and transform them into impactful realities. Let's build a strong culture of innovation, and make sure that it is not just a buzzword but a tangible outcome.

Innovation is one of the key cornerstones of a successful company. So why do so many new inventions get stuck in backlog graveyards never to see the light of day? How can we go from idea to innovation faster?

To me, innovation is the process of creating novel meaningful impact through intentional learning. In this talk, I will share this model of the innovation pipeline and strategies I developed to classify and efficiently scale up innovations.

I’ll start by introducing three types of innovations: disruptovations, sustainovations, and maintainovations. Each has its playbook for how to get it off the ground and prioritize it. I’ll also share examples from my own experiences, both the wins and the losses, and the takeaways you can grab from them. Finally, I’ll dive into a few projects that started as a passion project and grew into major patented initiatives stretching across multiple teams and domains.

Join me as we embark on a journey to dissect the anatomy of innovation, uncover strategies to unlock the full potential of ideas, and transform them into impactful realities. Let’s build a strong culture of innovation, and make sure that it is not just a buzzword but a tangible outcome.

Designing robust and scalable software systems is a challenge that grows with complexity. At MIT, I learned how tools like Design Structure Matrices (DSMs) and system engineering principles can transform software architecture. Join me to discover how system engineering methodologies can elevate software architecture!

Designing robust and scalable software systems is a challenge that grows with complexity. At MIT, I learned how tools like Design Structure Matrices (DSMs) and system engineering principles can transform software architecture.

In this talk, I’ll show how DSMs help visualize dependencies, uncover bottlenecks, and guide modular design. We’ll explore tradespace frameworks for managing complexity and balancing scalability, performance, and maintainability. I’ll share real-world examples of applying these techniques to microservices, monoliths, and hybrid systems.

Join me to discover how system engineering methodologies can elevate software architecture!