Colin Dembovsky
Director of Field Services for GitHub Copilot
Spring, Texas, United States
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Colin Dembovsky is the Director of Field Services for GitHub Copilot. He is a self-proclaimed DevOpsologist and was a Microsoft ALM MVP from 2011 to 2022. He is based in Spring, TX but remains proudly South African 🇿🇦!
After completing an MSc in Computer Science at Rhodes University, he worked as a developer and later systems architect, implementing DevOps “by feel” and in the trenches. In 2010, he left development to start consulting, using his experience, insight and strategic thinking to help organizations put DevOps into practice. By 2019, Colin was leading a DevOps practice at 10th Magnitude. In 2021, Colin joined GitHub as a Solutions Engineer.
Colin is passionate about helping teams improve the quality of their software and do it more efficiently and securely. Colin is a frequent guest speaker and regularly blogs at http://colinsalmcorner.com and can be found on twitter at https://twitter.com/colindembovsky and on https://github.com/colindembovsky.
When he is not working, he is playing guitar, mandolin or drums, 3D printing, hacking an rPi, flying a drone, board-gaming, or entertaining his wife and 2 kids.
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Beyond Vibes: Getting to Production with Agentic Software Delivery and GitHub Copilot
Coding with GitHub Copilot often starts as creative experimentation full of great “vibes”. But getting real code to production requires discipline, strategy, and advanced workflows. In this practical, deep-dive session, you’ll learn exactly how Agentic Software Delivery transforms your GitHub Copilot experience into a structured, scalable process. Gain expert insights, actionable guidance, and hands-on techniques to reliably bridge the gap from promising prototypes to stable, secure and impactful production deployments.
Keep your CISO Happy: AppSec with GitHub for the Age of AI
Your code is moving faster than ever thanks to GitHub Copilot - which is great for you, but causing your CISO sleepless nights! In this session, you'll learn how GitHub Advanced Security bridges the gap between rapid innovation and rigorous security expectations, without ruining your vibe-flow. Through hands-on demos of GitHub Advanced Security's agentic and "at-scale" capabilities, you’ll see exactly how to reduce vulnerabilities, minimize risk, and systematically eliminate security debt. Your CISO will thank you as you continue to deliver more secure apps, faster. And they'll be able to get some shut-eye...
Colin Dembovsky
Director of Field Services for GitHub Copilot
Spring, Texas, United States
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