Tech Summit 2026: Full Schedule

10:00am CDT

Shifting Left: Using AI skills to create E2E test plans

Thursday September 3, 2026 10:00am - 10:30am CDT

This presentation explores building an AI agent that investigates automated test failures, diagnosing root causes and suggesting fixes, while walking through the incremental build process and the wins/pitfalls encountered.

Speakers

Dan Belasich

Thursday September 3, 2026 10:00am - 10:30am CDT
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Tech Talk

10:35am CDT

From Jira to Signed Proof: Agentic API Testing with Hatch

Thursday September 3, 2026 10:35am - 11:05am CDT

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Using claude to produce hatch test plans

Speakers

Mike Bordner

Michael is a Principal Software Engineer on SMB and has been at Enova for over 11 years, which in software years is roughly a geologic era. He works remotely from Cincinnati (by way of The Business Backer), plays upright bass in a bluesy bluegrass band and electric bass in a punk... Read More →

Thursday September 3, 2026 10:35am - 11:05am CDT
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Tech Talk

11:10am CDT

20 Strangers vs. One AI Prototype

Thursday September 3, 2026 11:10am - 11:40am CDT

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Speakers

Ben Dib

Ben joined Enova in February 2024 and has since designed experiences across all of Enova's brands. These days, he spends most of his time collaborating with our consumer Product and SE teams, never losing sight of the person on the other end of the screen.

Ben Van Heest

Ben Van Heest has been developing frontend code since the days when JavaScript was written in Notepad and FTPed to GeoCities. Still carries a torch for Flash.

Lewis Cafaro

Thursday September 3, 2026 11:10am - 11:40am CDT
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Tech Talk

1:45pm CDT

Prompt Engineering & Potty Training: A Survival Guide

Thursday September 3, 2026 1:45pm - 2:00pm CDT

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How talking to AI is surprisingly similar to reasoning with a two-year-old.

Speakers

Prerit Mahajan

Prerit has spent 3.5 years at Enova, where he now leads the SMB SRE team: basically, he's the guy who tells the systems to calm down. Born in Mumbai, raised near Philadelphia and now 14 years deep in Chicago, he still hasn't found a Midwest substitute for Wawa and has quietly accepted... Read More →

Thursday September 3, 2026 1:45pm - 2:00pm CDT
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Lightning Talk

2:20pm CDT

Tame the Beast Within

Thursday September 3, 2026 2:20pm - 2:35pm CDT

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"Lucid Coding," the practice of using AI not just to write code but to actively probe and problem-solve around AI's own limitations—collaboratively identifying constraints and working with the AI to circumvent or adapt to them.

Speakers

Andrew Kerr

Andrew joined Enova five years ago fresh to the field, barely understanding what a megabyte is. Now he even knows what gigabytes and terabytes are, but today he’ll be sharing some insight from his life before software development.

Thursday September 3, 2026 2:20pm - 2:35pm CDT
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Lightning Talk

2:55pm CDT

Axe: Accessing Accessibility Abilities

Thursday September 3, 2026 2:55pm - 3:35pm CDT

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Speakers

Joe Nevin

I’ve been an SE on NetCredit for 6 years. Outside of tech, I’m a new Dad to Blair. Outside of tech & parenting, I like Chicago sports, golf, & reading. Check out my latest side project: https://nixonindex.com/... Read More →

Thursday September 3, 2026 2:55pm - 3:35pm CDT
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Tech Talk

3:30pm CDT

Six Years, One Rebuild: What Production Incidents Taught Us About Building Better Incident Management

Thursday September 3, 2026 3:30pm - 4:00pm CDT

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Enova Incident Manager is something that nobody wants to see used, but so many people rely on to quickly & efficiently respond to incidents. It We will discuss how we got to this state, how we decided to re-build EIM from scratch, and how the rebuild improved our teams efficiency, and your incident experience.

Speakers

Bryant Schultz

Bryant is a SRE on the consumer reliability team. He initially started as one of the first SRE interns at Enova and has now been here over 3 years. Day to day, he focuses on improving system reliability and observability. Outside of work, Bryant enjoys reading, cooking, and achievement... Read More →

Henry Buster

Henry joined Enova just over a year ago as a member of the Resiliency team. At work when he’s not bugging people to help fix things during Production Incidents, Henry spends time bugging people to tell him how things will be improved during retrospectives. Outside of work, you... Read More →

Thursday September 3, 2026 3:30pm - 4:00pm CDT
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Tech Talk

10:00am CDT

10:35am CDT

11:10am CDT

1:45pm CDT

2:20pm CDT

2:55pm CDT

3:30pm CDT

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