Turning Platform Engineering Work Into Business Value Leadership Understands - D. Cook & S. Forster
Platform engineering Internal developer platform Developer experience Cloud native Business value Executive communication Devops ROI Infrastructure investment KubeCon Tech leadership
This session provides practical guidance for platform engineering teams on how to translate technical improvements into business value that executives can understand and approve. Speakers Danielle Cook and Simon Forster share real-world examples of materials, metrics, and framing strategies that helped teams secure funding for cloud native investments and internal platform projects. The talk is designed for platform engineers, DevOps leads, and technical managers who need to justify infrastructure and developer experience investments to business leadership.