If strategy is where engineering earns its seat at the table, execution is where it proves its worth. Today’s engineering executives face unprecedented pressure: deliver faster, harness AI, improve quality, and show measurable productivity gains — all while navigating complex systems and rapidly evolving expectations. This executive roundtable is designed to go deep on those operational challenges.

In small facilitated peer groups, VP+ leaders will surface the real questions they’re wrestling with: What does true productivity look like in engineering, beyond lines of code or story points? How do you balance speed with quality in an environment where AI promises acceleration but raises new risks? What frameworks actually work for measuring impact across the entire value chain, from ideation to delivery to customer outcomes?

The roundtable format invites candor — sharing what’s working inside organizations, where leaders are stuck, and how peers are experimenting with AI and new metrics. Each group will capture insights and share them back in a collective readout, building a shared executive playbook on productivity, quality, and delivery. For leaders navigating both the hype and the pressure, this session offers practical, peer-driven ways to rethink the engineering value chain and redefine what productivity means in the age of AI.