Speaking & Industry Leadership

Make complex technology clear enough to act on.

Help your audience understand the options, trade-offs and next steps in AI, software delivery and HPC, with examples drawn from enterprise experience.

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Imran Hashmi, keynote speaker on AI, DevOps and engineering
Speaker bio

Enterprise experience, brought to the stage

Imran Hashmi is IBM’s DevOps, ELM and HPC Sales Leader for the Americas, with more than 25 years of experience in enterprise software. He helps executives and engineering leaders understand how AI, automation and high-performance computing relate to the challenges their teams face. Imran has presented at IBM conferences including Think, TechXchange and InterConnect, and at industry events such as FOST and apidays. His sessions use enterprise examples to make the choices, trade-offs and next steps clear. He is based in Toronto, Canada. Opinions are his own.

Signature talks

Talks for the decisions your audience faces

Faster to Prod. Safer by Design.

Enterprises have invested in Git, CI/CD, cloud, security and observability, yet database changes often sit outside that governed process. How bringing database delivery into the same automated, auditable model improves speed, compliance and resilience as AI-generated changes grow.

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From Faster Coding to Better Software Delivery.

AI can write code faster, but engineering bottlenecks are shifting toward design and decision-making. A look at fragmented engineering context and what organizations need to scale AI across the whole delivery lifecycle.

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Orchestrating AI, HPC and Quantum Workloads.

As quantum computing joins AI and HPC in the enterprise stack, the challenge becomes scheduling and scaling work across very different resources. How workload orchestration with IBM Spectrum LSF creates one foundation for classical, AI and emerging quantum workloads.

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Securing the Delivery Pipeline.

Credentials, API keys and certificates are often scattered across clouds, applications and servers. How centralized secrets management and audit trails strengthen security and compliance without slowing deployments, using the IBM DevOps Deploy and HashiCorp Vault integration as an example.

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On stage and in the room

Selected experience includes IBM Think, IBM TechXchange, IBM Innovate, IBM InterConnect, IBM World of Watson, IBM Insight, Information On Demand, IBM Impact, IBM Pulse, IBM Engineering User Conference, IBM Symphony Summit, IBM TechCon, TechEx, FOST and apidays.

AI-powered software engineering

Look beyond code generation to the context, quality and governance behind better software delivery.

Agentic software development

Explore where software agents can help and where teams need oversight, traceability and clear boundaries.

DevOps and enterprise delivery

Connect application code, database changes, testing and deployment in a governed release process.

Digital engineering and ELM

Keep requirements, design changes and test evidence connected across complex engineering programs.

Enterprise automation

Prioritize automation around productivity, operational resilience and the business case for change.

High-Performance Computing

Understand how workload orchestration connects simulation, analytics and AI to available computing capacity.

Recent

Recent sessions and industry conversations

  • October 2026

    Presented the IBM DevOps, Engineering Lifecycle Management and Spectrum Computing portfolio live from Toronto at the Americas Sales Bootcamp to more than 500 attendees.

  • October 6, 2026

    Co-hosted “Faster to Prod. Safer by Design,” a webinar with DBmaestro CEO Gil Nizri on bringing database changes into governed DevOps.

  • September 2026

    Fireside conversation with knowis AG CEO Dr. Gerald Gaßner: “From Faster Coding to Better Software Delivery.”

  • September 2026

    Partnered with FOST on the apidays conference in Toronto.

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