Production AI and Agentic Systems:
Why Always-On Databases Matter
March 5, 2026 | 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM ET
As enterprises adopt AI to power customer-facing and mission-critical applications, databases are under unprecedented pressure to deliver continuous availability, elastic scale, and operational simplicity—often across multiple regions and cloud environments.
In this executive virtual roundtable, technology leaders will explore how distributed, cloud-native SQL databases are enabling AI-driven workloads that demand real-time data, global consistency, and built-in resilience. The discussion will focus on how organizations can modernize their data platforms to support intelligent applications while reducing operational risk, minimizing downtime, and simplifying operations at scale.
This session is designed for executives who are rethinking database strategy to support always-on digital services, AI-powered decisioning, and global growth—without compromising performance or reliability.
What Attendees Will Learn
- How production AI and agentic workloads change database requirements
Understand why autonomous, always-on AI systems demand strong consistency, low latency, and continuous availability at the data layer. - Why resilience is an executive concern for AI in production
Learn how outages, regional failures, and operational complexity directly impact AI-driven customer experiences and business outcomes. - What architectures actually support agentic AI at scale
Explore how distributed, cloud-native SQL databases simplify global scale, eliminate manual sharding, and support real-time AI decisioning. - How leading teams reduce operational risk while scaling AI systems
Hear practical lessons on automation, self-healing, and online changes that keep production AI running without constant human intervention. - How to move from AI experimentation to production with confidence
Identify the gaps between pilot projects and production-grade AI—and what infrastructure capabilities are required to close them. - What to prioritize in the next 12–18 months of data strategy
Walk away with a framework for evaluating whether your current database platform can support long-term AI and agentic innovation.
Current Speakers
Chris Casano
Sr Director, Customer Engineering
CockroachDB
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Chris Casano leads the Solution Engineering team at CockroachDB. Over his career he has implemented and produced solution architectures in the transaction processing, search, data warehousing and streaming spaces across a variety of customers in many industries over the past 25 years. Prior to CockroachDB, he worked at Cloudera/Hortonworks, Oracle, Endeca and Accenture. He loves his family, sports, the outdoors and a good dad joke.
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Amanda Hua
Sr. Director Of Software Engineering (AI)
Anywhere Real Estate
Sheneq Aranda
VP IT Service Delivery
Huntington National Bank
Vinay Reddy Ravoola
SVP Data, Analytics and AI
Elavon
CockroachDB is a cloud-native, distributed SQL database designed to enable global businesses to build and operate world-changing applications. CockroachDB is trusted to run mission-critical workloads for some of the world’s largest enterprises, including Bose, Comcast, Hard Rock Digital, Fortune 50 financial institutions, as well as category leaders in retail and media.
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Speaker:
Michael Booth, Senior Director of Sales, TigerGraph
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Michael Booth is a Senior Director of Sales for TigerGraph with more than 25 years of experience working with Analytics and Business Intelligence capabilities supporting Financial Services Organizations.
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Agenda
3:00pm-3:10pm (EST)
Opening Remarks & Executive Introductions
3:10pm-3:30pm (EST)
Host Introduction
3:30pm-4:00pm (EST)
Virtual Panel Hosted by CockroachDB
4:00pm-4:30pm (EST)
Executive Discussion
Title Representation
Industry Breakdown
Org. Size by Revenue
Got questions? We’ve got answers!
Why should I attend?
Your time is valuable and we make sure to make the most of it! We take the time to figure out your challenges and customize your experience to meet your needs. Our agendas are tailored to your feedback and we pride ourselves in covering the most cutting-edge content delivered by renowned industry experts. Look forward to building enduring partnerships and together we’ll go straight to the top.
What if I have dietary restrictions?
What if I want to speak at an assembly?
Apex is always looking for speakers that can contribute their valuable insight. If you would like to speak, please contact your Apex POC or fill out the Speaker Registration Form on the Assemblies page. Please keep in mind that we receive many inquiries for speaking and sessions are available on a first come first served basis. But no need to worry, we have plenty of opportunities available at future assemblies.
I plan on being in attendance, but what if something comes up and I have to cancel?
We understand that something may come up on your calendar! Before canceling with us, please know that we will have a separate room for attendees to step out for work-related activities (meetings, emails, conference calls, etc.). If you must cancel, we just ask that you let us know at least 48 hours in advance so that we can open up the waitlist for another member.
ROLE DESCRIPTION
We are looking for a Business Development Manager to join the company and take on one of the most opportunistic roles the industry has to offer. This is a role that allows for you to create and develop relationships with leading solution providers in the enterprise technology space. Through extensive research and conversation you will learn the goals and priorities of IT & IT Security Executives and collaborate with companies that have the solutions they are looking for. This role requires professionalism, drive, desire to learn, enthusiasm, energy and positivity.
Role Requirements:
Role Responsibilities
Apex offers our team:
Entry level salary with competitive Commission & Bonus opportunities
Apex offers the ability to make a strong impact on our products and growing portfolio.
Three months of hands on training and commitment to teach you the industry and develop invaluable sales and relationship skills.
Opportunity to grow into leadership role and build a team
Extra vacation day for your birthday when it falls on a weekday
All major American holidays off
10 paid vacation days after training period
5 paid sick days
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