TechX: Rust

​This invite-only virtual roundtable is designed for senior tech executives exploring modern, high-performance systems and languages that improve safety, speed, and scalability.

​We’re thrilled to welcome Mike Krisher, Director of Engineering at Zyston, who brings nearly 30 years of experience building applications and data platforms. Lately, Mike has been focused on Rust and is writing a book to help Ruby developers navigate the Rust ecosystem.

​Mike will share real-world insights on where Rust fits into today’s engineering landscape, how it compares to languages like Python and Ruby, and why top organizations — including Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and NASA — are adopting it.

​Participants will explore:

• ​Why Rust is both performant and memory-safe

• ​Where Rust is gaining traction — from Unix utilities to the Linux kernel

• ​What Rust adoption looks like in teams — and how to overcome the learning curve

​This roundtable provides a relaxed, peer-driven setting to discuss opportunities, challenges, and use cases around Rust and systems programming at scale.