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Josh King

Chocolatey Software

Senior Infrastructure Operations Engineer

New Zealand

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About me

Geek, Father, Walking Helpdesk.

Josh King is a Senior Infrastructure Operations Engineer at Chocolatey Software and former Microsoft MVP. He has a long history working within Windows and VMware environments and has a passion for all things PowerShell, Ansible, and general automation.

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Meydenbauer Center - Center Hall B

9:00am PDT

Welcome to Summit Meydenbauer Center - Room 404

9:30am PDT

DevOps in the Age of AI: Human Powered Evolution Meydenbauer Center - Room 404Kellyn Gorman

10:15am PDT

Coffee Break / Vendor Tables Meydenbauer Center - Hallway

10:30am PDT

Using Pester with Test Kitchen to thoroughly test your Chocolatey Packages Meydenbauer Center - Room 407Cory Knox

11:30am PDT

From Burnout to Built-to-Last: The Open Source Org Advantage Meydenbauer Center - Room 401Gilbert Sanchez

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Meydenbauer Center - Center Hall B

2:00pm PDT

Stop Hand-Rolling Chocolate: Automating Chocolatey with psake Meydenbauer Center - Room 407Gilbert Sanchez

2:45pm PDT

Coffee Break / Vendor Tables Meydenbauer Center - Hallway

3:00pm PDT

Provenance Before Publish: Building Safer PowerShell and Chocolatey Pipelines Meydenbauer Center - Room 405Adil Leghari

5:00pm PDT

Happy Hour Reception Meydenbauer Center - Center Hall B

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Meydenbauer Center - Center Hall B

9:00am PDT

Announcements Meydenbauer Center - Room 404

9:15am PDT

State of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Meydenbauer Center - Room 404Stephanie Yen • Steven Ma

10:15am PDT

Coffee Break / Vendor Tables Meydenbauer Center - Hallway

10:45am PDT

Navigating the AI Revolution Meydenbauer Center - Room 406Jeffrey Snover

12:15pm PDT

Lunch Meydenbauer Center - Center Hall B

1:15pm PDT

Patch Happens: How Chocolatey for Business Benefits Organizations Meydenbauer Center - Room 407Rob Reynolds PowerShell Oddities & Curiosities: Language Quirks You Forgot (or Never Knew) Meydenbauer Center - Room 401Rob Pleau

2:00pm PDT

Getting the most of Chocolatey Central Management Meydenbauer Center - Room 407Stephen Valdinger

2:45pm PDT

Coffee Break / Vendor Tables Meydenbauer Center - Hallway

3:15pm PDT

PowerShell Perspectives Meydenbauer Center - Room 406Jason Helmick • Jeff Hicks C4B Implementation Journey for local Government Meydenbauer Center - Room 407Jarom Hein

4:15pm PDT

Accessibility‑Driven Automation: Bringing Inclusive Design into Windows Package Management and DevOps Meydenbauer Center - Room 407Jasmine Swint

5:15pm PDT

Behind the Mic: A Live PowerShell Podcast Experience Meydenbauer Center - Room 401Andrew Pla

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Meydenbauer Center - Center Hall B

9:00am PDT

Anouncements Meydenbauer Center - Room 404

9:15am PDT

State of the Shell (PowerShell 7.6) Meydenbauer Center - Room 404Michael Greene • Steven Bucher • Jason Helmick

10:15am PDT

Coffee Break / Vendor Tables Meydenbauer Center - Hallway

10:45am PDT

NoOps is finally here - Infrastructure FROM code Meydenbauer Center - Room 407Dan Erez

11:30am PDT

Lunch Meydenbauer Center - Center Hall B

12:30pm PDT

Source Control for Chocolatey Packages: Because Future You Deserves Answers Meydenbauer Center - Room 407Stephen Valdinger

1:30pm PDT

Foolproofing the Final Mile: Say Goodbye to the Messy Handoff Between Packaging and Deployment Meydenbauer Center - Room 406David James • Dan Gough

2:15pm PDT

Coffee Break / Vendor Tables Meydenbauer Center - Hallway

2:45pm PDT

Mastering PowerShell Parameters: Advanced Techniques and Best Practices Meydenbauer Center - Room 401Jeff Hicks

3:45pm PDT

Lightning Demos Meydenbauer Center - Room 404

6:00pm PDT

Summit Party Tavern Hall

8:00am PDT

Breakfast Meydenbauer Center - Center Hall B

9:00am PDT

Announcements Meydenbauer Center - Room 404

9:15am PDT

PowerShell: Designed for a Messy World Meydenbauer Center - Room 404Jeffrey Snover

10:15am PDT

Coffee Break / Vendor Tables Meydenbauer Center - Hallway

10:30am PDT

Markdown Madness: Static Sites for Fun & Profit Meydenbauer Center - Room 407Gilbert Sanchez

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Meydenbauer Center - Center Hall B