Forward Deployed: with Wonderful

​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.

​About Whale 🐳
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