Forward Deployed: with Wonderful
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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 18, 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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