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SUMMARY:Tech Talk: Model Context Protocols: Building Intelligence into Engineering Workflows
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Mahesh Reddy Konatham ((https://www.linkedin.com/in/maheshrkonatham/))\nTitle: Model Context Protocols: Building Intelligence into Engineering Workflows\nAbstract: As systems grow in scale and complexity\, preserving and transmitting context becomes a first-class design concern. Model Context Protocols (MCPs) are emerging as a powerful abstraction for embedding structured context across engineering workflows — from test infrastructure to deployment pipelines\, platform services\, and AI-assisted development.\nBio: Mahesh Reddy Konatham is a Senior Software Engineer at PayPal\, specializing in building scalable full-stack applications and distributed systems. He holds a Master’s degree in Software Engineering from San Jose State University and a B.Tech from NIT Trichy. Mahesh has contributed to diverse domains including fintech\, utilities\, and developer experience platforms. He brings deep expertise in backend services\, microservices\, React-based frontends\, and cloud infrastructure. At PayPal\, he has developed systems that power critical financial products and internal tools. Mahesh has led initiatives in automation\, visual testing\, and performance optimization across large-scale systems. He is passionate about Generative AI\, developer platforms\, and the design of Model Context Protocols (MCPs).His current interests lie in integrating structured context into engineering workflows and intelligent test environments. Mahesh is driven by curiosity\, clean system design\, and enabling engineers to build smarter\, more reliable software.\nSpeaker(s): Mahesh Reddy Konatham\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/495510
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LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/495510
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SUMMARY:Designing for Scale\, Reliability\, and Resiliency: Real-World Lessons
DESCRIPTION:**Designing for Scale\, Reliability\, and Resiliency: Real-World Lessons from Building High-Throughput Systems** \nLOCATION ADDRESS (Hybrid\, in person or by zoom\, you choose)\nValley Research Park\n319 North Bernardo Avenue\nMountain View\, CA CA 93043\nIf you want to join remotely\, you can submit questions via Zoom Q&A. The zoom link:\nhttps://acm-org.zoom.us/\nJoin via YouTube:\nhttps://youtube.com/live/ \nAGENDA\n6:30 Door opens\, food and networking (we invite honor system contributions)\n**7:00** SFBayACM upcoming events\, introduce the speaker\n7:15 speaker presentation starts\n8:15 – 8:30 finish\, depending on Q&A \nJoin SF Bay ACM Chapter for an insightful discussion on: \n**Talk Description**:\nAs modern software systems grow in complexity and scale\, the demand for architectures that are not just fast—but also reliable\, resilient\, observable\, and auditable—has never been greater. In this talk\, we’ll dive into practical strategies and real-world patterns for designing and operating large-scale distributed systems.\nTopics include: \n* Traffic segmentation and routing strategies across multi-cluster environments\n* Patterns for achieving high availability and failover across global infrastructure\n* Monitoring and observability at scale: what to measure\, how to alert\n* Auditing for compliance\, trust\, and debugging\n* Common failure modes and how to build for graceful degradation\n* Real examples from mission-critical production systems \nAttendees will walk away with architectural insights\, tools\, and mental models to apply to their own systems\, whether working in startups or enterprises. \n*** \n**Speaker Bio**:\nI’m a Senior Software Engineer at DoorDash and previously led platform initiatives at Conviva\, where I built scalable\, fault-tolerant systems handling tens of millions of sessions daily for customers like Disney\, HBO\, and Sky. My work has spanned everything from routing frameworks and disaster recovery to monitoring pipelines and SLA enforcement. I’m passionate about making infrastructure reliable and maintainable\, and I enjoy sharing lessons learned from real-world systems.\n[https://www.linkedin.com/in/karanluniya](https://www.linkedin.com/in/karanluniya) \n— \nValley Research Park is a coworking research campus of 104\,000 square feet hosting 60+ life science and technology companies. VRP has over 100 dry labs\, wet labs\, and high power labs sized from 125-15\,000 square feet. VRP manages all of the traditional office elements: break rooms\, conference rooms\, outdoor dining spaces\, and recreational spaces. \nAs a plug-and-play lab space\, once companies have secured their next milestone and are ready to expand\, VRP has 100+ labs ready to expand into.\nhttps://www.valleyresearchpark.com/
URL:https://svec.org/event/designing-for-scale-reliability-and-resiliency-real-world-lessons/
LOCATION:Valley Research Park\, 319 N Bernardo Ave\, Mountain View\, CA\, 94043\, United States
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