Forward Deployed: with Wonderful
About this event
Wonderful is valued at $5 billion and operates in more than 35 countries. Its secret weapon? Forward deployed engineers, embedded directly within customers to make AI work in production.
On November 5, Sako Arts, CTO Netherlands at Wonderful, joins Whale for a fireside chat with Joris (leading Deployment at Duna) about all things forward deployed engineering.
We'll cover:
- What marks a good forward deployed engineer
- Why embedding with customers beats one-size-fits-all SaaS in an AI-first environment
- Navigating white-glove service and scalability
- managing executives and day-to-day stakeholders
- How to structure change management
Agenda
- 17:00 – Doors open
- 17:15 – Fireside chat & Q&A with Sako
- 18:00–19:00 – Drinks and bites
**About **Sako Arts
CTO Netherlands at Wonderful, the AI platform putting agents on the front lines of customer service across voice, chat, and email
This September, Wonderful raised a $550 million Series C led by Insight Partners, more than doubling its valuation to $5 billion in under six months. Before Wonderful, Sako co-founded FruitPunch AI.
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