AI, DevEx, and the Future of Engineering at Nationwide, Comcast, TD, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Jai Schniepp
Sr Director, DevX Product Management @ Comcast
Brent Foster
Head of U.S. Solutions Architecture @ TD Bank
Nidhi Allipuram
VP, Enterprise Developer Experience and Platform @ Nationwide
Praveena Patchipulusu
VP of Engineering @ Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Rebecca Fitzhugh
Lead Principal Engineer @ Atlassian
Abstract
In this panel discussion, leaders from Nationwide, Comcast, TD, and HPE will share how they're approaching AI and developer experience inside large, complex organizations: from AI‑assisted delivery lifecycles and new DevEx practices, to security‑minded enablement and the realities of "AI‑first" work in regulated environments. They'll also dig into a few hard but practical questions: what the engineer's role looks like in the next decade, how to think about value beyond "busy developers," and what it really takes to make these changes stick.
About the panelists
Jai Schniepp
Sr Director, DevX Product Management
Jai Schniepp has spent more than twenty-five years building and leading products where the hard stuff—technology, security, scale—meets the human stuff—customers, teams, and real-world value. A product leader by trade and a translator by nature, Jai specializes in managing deeply technical products from a non-technical, outcomes-first perspective—especially during moments of disruptive change. Today, that same lens is shaping her work in AI enablement: building guardrails, platforms, and funding models that allow teams to responsibly integrate AI into how they build, ship, and learn.
Brent Foster
Head of U.S. Solutions Architecture
Brent Foster joined TD as the Software Engineering Practice Owner in June 2022 from Amazon, where he led their global 'Joining Amazon' journey technology service team. Prior to joining Amazon, Brent has extensive experience in software engineering through progressively senior roles in other financial service organizations, where some of his notable achievements include leading the full-scale implementation of Agile using Essential SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) and the establishment of DevSecOps (development, security and operations) software engineering practices. Brent holds an MBA, MSE in Industrial Engineering, and BSE in Computer Systems Engineering from Arizona State University. The Software Engineering (SWE) Practice's mission is to deliver quality software products, Platform capabilities and customer experiences at speed while empowering our colleagues through a culture of learning, experimentation, self-sufficiency and Agile autonomy. Brent has also taken on an expanded mandate as Practice Owner of the Quality Engineering (QE) Practice, working to create a broader strategic engineering Practice. This unity of skills and talent is foundational to advancing our cause for our customers and colleagues.
Nidhi Allipuram
VP, Enterprise Developer Experience and Platform
Nidhi Allipuram is Vice President of Developer Experience and Platform (DevXP) at Nationwide, where she leads AI-enabled platform strategy to improve software engineering productivity and elevate the developer experience across the enterprise. With more than 20 years of progressive technology leadership at Nationwide, she has led digital transformation and application development across B2B and B2C products while shaping technology strategy, product delivery, and foundational engineering practices. Nidhi is a key leader in Nationwide's AI-driven development lifecycle and is passionate about advancing women and girls in STEM through mentoring, community leadership, and nonprofit board service.
Praveena Patchipulusu
VP of Engineering
Praveena Patchipulusu is a transformational engineering executive and Vice President of Engineering at HPE, with over 20 years of experience leading cloud-native platform modernization, AI/GenAI-driven innovation, and large-scale engineering transformations. She has a proven track record of building and scaling high-performing global teams, pioneering secure and scalable platform architectures, and driving operational excellence across multi-billion-dollar product portfolios. Praveena currently leads enterprise-wide GenAI initiatives across Hybrid Cloud, spanning developer productivity, customer insights, and executive decision-making. She is widely recognized for her ability to bring structure to ambiguity, align technology execution with business outcomes, and build inclusive, resilient engineering organizations.
Rebecca Fitzhugh
Lead Principal Engineer
Rebecca leads developer productivity at Atlassian. She has 20 years of experience and has worked at hyper-growth startups (Rubrik) and across different sectors (government, manufacturing). Rebecca holds a Master’s degree from Georgetown University and a Bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University.
