Philips North America
2021 to now
69 sessions
GitHub and Copilot courses, the 2025 Philips University program with 492 learners, and 27 AI sessions in 2026.
30 with participant feedback
Talks and workshops
Since 2010 I have taught more than 150 sessions to over 5,000 people, at every company I have worked for and at more than 25 colleges. I teach what I practice: writing software that lasts, measuring delivery honestly, and using AI responsibly in regulated engineering.
150+
talks, workshops and training sessions since 2010
At IBM, Exeter, Amazon and Philips, and at more than 25 colleges.
5,000+
people in those sessions
Counting only sessions with a recorded headcount; most internal sessions record feedback responses only.
174 sessions in 56 topics. Each card covers every time I ran a topic. Open it for the dates, ratings and participant comments.
AI in software engineering
Using AI for coding, requirements, traceability and testing under IEC 62304, with people making the final call.
Responsible AI · regulated medical softwareAt Philips North America my work centers on digital transformation in regulated software and systems development, through the responsible use of AI.
Mar to Oct 2026Philips North America
4
sessions for Philips University learners
8.620269.38.78.7Scale from 7 to 10
Foundational AI awareness: context engineering
- Feedback forms
- Session
Oct 2026Philips North America
10
out of 10, rated by AI hackathon participants in Mexico
Participant rating
AI prompting for hackathon teams
- 2 quotes
- Interactive session
Mar to Sep 2026Philips North America
3
sessions for Philips University learners
8.920269.18Scale from 7 to 10
IEC 62304, and how AI helps you stay compliant
- Feedback forms
- Session
Mar to Sep 2026Philips North America
3
sessions for Philips University learners in non-technical roles
9.220269.38.4Scale from 7 to 10
Office 365 Copilot for non-technical roles
- Feedback forms
- Session
Aug to Sep 2026Philips North America
4
sessions for Philips image-guided therapy engineers
8.220267.28.28Scale from 6 to 10
AI-augmented software engineering
- Feedback forms
- Session
2025 to 2026Philips North America
4
sessions for Philips engineering, IT and operations communities
9.22025102026Scale from 8 to 10
AI at work for Philips communities
- Co-presenter
- Feedback forms
2025 to 2026Philips North America
11
sessions for Philips engineers, mostly through Philips University
8.9202598.98.59.18.98.88.97.520269.19.3Scale from 6 to 10
Coding with GitHub Copilot
- 15 quotes
- Training
Mar to Aug 2026Philips North America
3
sessions for the Philips North America analytics community
8.920269.510Scale from 7 to 10
Prompt and context engineering for analysts
- Feedback forms
- Session
2025 to 2026Philips North America
4
sessions for Philips engineering audiences
One square per session. 80 people counted in 1 of them
AI for requirements, traceability and test generation
- Co-presenter
- Session
Dec 2025Philips North America
3
sessions for one Philips device team in Plymouth, Minnesota
8.820258.98.9Scale from 7 to 10
Hands-on GenAI for a device software team
- Feedback forms
- Hands-on workshop
Oct 2023Philips North America
Software tools demo, including GitHub Copilot
- Format
- Event demo
- Audience
- Philips Innovation & Strategy, Cambridge
- My role
- Speaker
- Event demo
Code quality and craft
Quality gates at the developer desk, technical debt you can see, and design that lasts.
2019 to 2026Philips India, Philips USA
7
sessions for Philips engineers and leaders
8.32019820259.798.88.72026Scale from 7 to 10
Technical debt and CodeScene
- 8 quotes
- Session
2016 to 2024Amazon, Philips India, Philips USA
3
sessions for students and Philips engineers
One square per session. Orange: 1 with participant feedback
SOLID principles
- Feedback forms
- Awareness seminar
May 2023Philips North America
~50
Philips engineers in Bengaluru, in the room and online
Back to basics: design, code, test and review patterns
- Feedback forms
- Hands-on workshop (2h)
Jul to Aug 2021Philips India
13
refactoring workshop sessions for Philips software teams at several sites
One square per session
Refactoring workshops
- Program lead
- Workshop series
Feb to Jun 2021Philips India
2
sessions for Philips teams and The Developers Conference in Brazil
One square per session. Orange: 1 with participant feedback
Shift-left quality
- Feedback forms
- Demo session
2019 to 2020Philips India
4
sessions for Philips engineers in India
9.520199.420208.910Scale from 7 to 10
A coding practice program, with dojos and pairing
- Co-presenter
- Feedback forms
Jul 2020Philips India
8.7
out of 10, rated by a Philips software team
Participant rating
Microservices, reliability and design thinking
- 1 quote
- Session
2019 to 2020Philips India
2
sessions for a Philips software team
1020198.52020Scale from 7 to 10
Mutation testing
- Feedback forms
- Workshop
Apr to Nov 2019Philips India
3
sessions for Philips software teams
8.920199.1Scale from 7 to 10
Code quality tooling
- 4 quotes
- Training
Jul to Sep 2019Philips India
6
sessions for Philips software teams in India
8.920198.19.58.78.7Scale from 7 to 10
Clean code and test-driven development
- 6 quotes
- Workshop
Sep 2019Philips India
4
sessions for Philips software teams and the wider Philips software community
8.520198.8Scale from 7 to 10
Finding and removing duplicate code
- 2 quotes
- Talk
Sep 2019Philips India
100
people at Philips India
Program behaviour metrics: tracking how code behaves, live
- Hands-on workshop
Feb 2019Philips India
13
feedback responses from Philips software teams in Bengaluru
Java best practices
- Feedback forms
- Session
2011 to 2015IBM, Exeter
6
sessions for students and Exeter engineers
One square per session. 240 people counted in 5 of them
Design patterns
- Hands-on workshop
2009 to 2010IBM India
2
presentations of a visual dependency management tool, at an IBM quality symposium and the CCT-2010 conference
One square per session
A visual dependency management tool
- Paper presentation
Delivery and engineering practice
DORA metrics, continuous value delivery and agile ways of working, used to manage, not to keep score.
2025 to 2026Philips North America
5
sessions for Philips University learners and internal communities
8.420257.598.592026Scale from 6 to 10
DORA metrics for software leaders
- Feedback forms
- Workshop
Apr to Aug 2025Philips North America
4
sessions for Philips University learners
9.22025998.3Scale from 7 to 10
Leading continuous value delivery
- 7 quotes
- Workshop
2022 to 2025Philips North America
6
sessions for Philips software teams
820238.620249.620258.6Scale from 7 to 10
GitHub foundations
- Co-presenter
- 1 quote
2023Philips North America
Why great software companies obsess about developer experience
- Format
- Talk
- Audience
- Philips engineering audience
- My role
- Speaker
- Talk
Jun 2021Philips India
22
people at a Philips global software excellence conference
Observability for customer delight
- Workshop
2014 to 2018Exeter, Amazon
7
sessions for Amazon and Exeter engineers
4.120164.54.620173.920184.6Scale from 3 to 5
Agile software development workshops
- Feedback forms
- Workshop
Hiring and team culture
Sessions that raised the bar for interviewers and hiring managers.
2019 to 2021Philips India, Philips USA
6
sessions for Philips interviewers
920199.720207.3920218.5Scale from 6 to 10
Interviewer skills
- 4 quotes
- Session
2020 to 2021Philips India
7
sessions for Philips hiring managers and interviewers
One square per session
Bar-raiser interviewing
- Feedback forms
- Training
Aug 2020Philips India
Cultural behaviours workshop
- Format
- Workshop
- Audience
- Philips team
- My role
- Speaker
- Workshop
For students
Interviews, careers, learning habits and the technology behind everyday products, at engineering colleges.
2018 to 2021Philips India
3
sessions for students at BMSIT and SIT
One square per session. 200 people counted in 3 of them
A learning attitude
- Awareness seminar
Aug 2020Philips India
2
sessions for students at SIT and Pramti Hillview Academy
One square per session. 100 people counted in 2 of them
Dealing with uncertainty
- Awareness seminar
2013 to 2020IBM, Philips India
5
sessions for students at SIT and Dr. AIT
One square per session. 390 people counted in 5 of them
Presenting and technical writing
- Awareness seminar
2013 to 2019Exeter, Philips India
2
sessions for students at BMSIT and SIT
One square per session. 360 people counted in 2 of them
How social networks work
- Awareness seminar
2014 to 2018Exeter, Amazon, Philips India
6
sessions for students at four colleges
One square per session. 400 people counted in 6 of them
Interviews and careers in IT
- Awareness seminar
2012 to 2015IBM, Exeter
4
sessions for students at three colleges and the Computer Society of India
One square per session. 120 people counted in 2 of them
Web technologies
- Co-presenter
- Awareness seminar
Sep 2014Exeter India
60
students at Vemana Institute of Technology
C# and .NET
- Hands-on workshop
May 2014Exeter India
60
students at MVJCE
Coding before coding
- Awareness seminar
Apr 2014Exeter India
60
students at VVIET
Android application development
- Hands-on workshop
2012 to 2013IBM, Exeter
5
sessions for engineering students at four colleges
One square per session. 360 people counted in 5 of them
Java, J2EE, Struts and Hibernate
- Hands-on workshop
Aug 2013Exeter India
60
students at MVJCE
4G internet and associated technologies
- Awareness seminar
Apr to May 2011IBM India
2
sessions for students at ISiM and RVCE
One square per session. 80 people counted in 2 of them
T2E Challenge workshops
- Hands-on workshop
Conferences, judging and community
Panels, hackathons, contest judging, and yoga sessions outside engineering.
Oct 2024Philips North America
Ultrasound virtualisation
- Format
- Presentation
- Audience
- Philips Ultrasound and innovation leaders
- My role
- Speaker
- Presentation
Jul 2024Philips North America
250+
people at Philips Innovation Campus, Bengaluru
One square per 10 people
Developer Days India 2024
- Organizer
- 3-day conference
Nov 2023Philips North America
USA developer portal hackathon
- Format
- Hackathon
- Audience
- Philips US engineers, multi-city
- My role
- Organizer
- Organizer
- Hackathon
2013 to 2020Exeter, Philips India
6
judging roles at college contests, a hackathon and a scholarship panel
One square per session. 160 people counted in 4 of them
Judging contests and panels
- Judge
- Judging
Sep 2019Philips India
500
people at a Philips developer conference in Bengaluru
One square per 10 people
Developers are asked for more, more, more. How much is enough?
- Panel discussion
2009 to 2013IBM, Exeter
3
sessions for a yoga course, a college and Exeter colleagues
One square per session. 205 people counted in 2 of them
Yoga and stress management
- Practical
2011 to 2012IBM India
2
sessions for IBM India Software Lab engineers
One square per session
IBM hackday briefings
- Briefing talk
2011IBM India
IDEs: your next programming platform
- Format
- Webinar
- Audience
- IBM Technical Experts Council webinar
- My role
- Speaker
- Webinar
2011IBM India
The journey so far, a career talk
- Format
- Talk
- Audience
- IBM audience
- My role
- Speaker
- Talk
Talk and teaching evidence
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Teaching AI now
Teaching others
People who now run their own sessions
- 34trainers coached so teams could lead their own AI adoption
8.7 / 10
average participant rating
Across 22 scored sessions in 2026.
33
training sessions in the 2025 Philips University skill-building program I led
492 learners, 8.9 out of 10 average rating. I taught 23 of them myself.
4.5 to 7.6
self-rated AI confidence out of 10, after a three-day workshop
One engineering team, surveyed before and after.
“These sessions are attended by 100-150 analysts across various organizations, and Datta's sessions have been the top recommended material this year.”
Across my career
Every talk, workshop and judging role I have a record of. Pick a company to go year by year.
Philips India
2018 to 2021
56 sessionsClean code, unit testing and duplication workshops, seven bar-raiser training cohorts, and a 500-person conference panel.
30 with participant feedback
Amazon India
2016 to 2018
11 sessionsScrum and product ownership workshops rated up to 4.6 out of 5, alongside talks for students.
Feedback not kept
Exeter India
2013 to 2015
21 sessionsDesign patterns training for engineers at work, and 15 seminars and workshops at colleges.
Feedback not kept
IBM India
2007 to 2013
17 sessionsA national conference paper, an IBM technical webinar, Hackday briefings, and my first college seminars.
Feedback not kept