Mike Josi

Senior Director, SRE and CICD

Mike is the current Head of SRE and CICD at Transamerica, responsible for accelerating the business through availability and performance tuning of cloud applications and infrastructure. Mike started his career at UBS Zurich, writing the first currency program trading system for the Toronto Stock Exchange. He worked on Wall Street for Morgan Stanley, performance tuning trading systems and infrastructure and shifting core data systems to the cloud. Mike is an avid off-road racer, cyclist and pilot who lives in Denver, Colorado.


The cloud is sh.., long live the cloud!

If Journey2Cloud was like a fairy tale. We wouldn’t have much to talk about. But no, transforming large scale organisations to cloud infrastructure is fraught with a number of technical and organisational challenges.

Transamerica and many other organisations managing the transition towards the cloud have had to overcome a number of significant and costly hurdles. Join this session for a candid and transparent view of how large scale cloud migrations can impact organisations, initially with challenges but longer term with a number of expected and also unforeseen benefits. We will also be deep diving into the benefits of cloud adoption and what aspects remaining that are potentially slowing down and holding back cloud adoption more wide spread in the industry. We warmly invite you for this interactive session on cloud technologies and their adoption.

This talk will be co-presented with Mike Josi.

Frequently Asked Questions

For whom is Data & AI Leadership Day?

Data & AI Leadership Day brings together over 800 leaders and experts from across industries to share their experience and insights on the latest trends, best practices, and strategies related to data & AI.

Who is deciding on the topics?

The program is selected by an independent board of customer representatives and delivered by cloud practitioners and experts. Content is selected to provide maximum benefit to participants through relevant topics, innovative insights, and clear, actionable takeaways. 

When will the 2024 program be released?

Our board members are currently reviewing speaker submissions to decide which talks to bring to the Data & AI Leadership Day stage.

The first round of speakers will be announced at the end of February, so stay tuned!

When and where does Data & AI Leadership Day take place?

Data & AI Leadership Day will be on June 19, 2024, from 7am to 5.30pm CEST, followed by informal drinks and networking.  

This in-person conference will be held at: 

Arena Cinema Zurich 

Kalanderplatz 8 

8045 Zurich 

What type of tickets exist?

Early Bird tickets are available until December 31, 2023. Grab them before they fly away! 

Individual tickets, as well as discounted group tickets, will be available after Early Bird. For more info about pricing, head to our ticket shop or drop us an email.

What about the co-located Cloud Leadership Day?

Cloud is a relevant topic for future developments, which is why this conference will take place alongside Cloud Leadership Day. Ticket holders will have access to both conferences.