Upskill or Fall Behind: Building Government Software Teams for the AI Era

Software teams are under more pressure than ever—AI is accelerating delivery expectations, methodologies are being stress-tested, and the organizations that invested in their people and practices are pulling ahead fast.

This conversation is for leaders asking: how do we build teams and practices that can actually keep up?

Rise8's Adam Furtado (VP of Enablement), Mike Gehard (Software Engineering & AI Lead), and Matt Pacione (Platform Engineering Enablement Lead) will discuss:

• Why continuous learning and upskilling are non-negotiable in a rapidly shifting software and AI landscape — and what happens to teams that skip it
• How the best organizations are moving beyond project-based delivery toward genuine outcomes — and what that shift actually looks like in practice
• What separates organizations that are thriving right now from those that are falling behind, and the signals to watch for in your own environment
• How to evaluate whether your current methodology (or lack of one) is an asset or a liability as AI accelerates everything