[NSH-2026] Updates Program, Speakers and new Sponsor

content/events/2026-nashville/program/john-willis.md

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+Talk_date = ""
+Talk_start_time = ""
+Talk_end_time = ""
+Title = "Schrödinger’s Cat, Quantum Computers, and Why Observation Gets Weird"
+Type = "talk"
+Speakers = ["john-willis"]
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+
+Everything you wanted to know about quantum computing but were afraid to ask.

content/events/2026-nashville/program/kailas-jawadekar.md

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+Talk_date = ""
+Talk_start_time = ""
+Talk_end_time = ""
+Title = "MySQL: From System of Record to Foundation for AI Applications"
+Type = "talk"
+Speakers = ["kailas-jawadekar"]
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content/events/2026-nashville/speakers/john-willis.md

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+Title = "John Willis"
+Twitter = ""
+linkedin = ""
+image = "john-willis.jpg"
+type = "speaker"
+linktitle = "john-willis"
+Website = ""
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+Author and Consultant - Botchgalupe Technologies
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+John Willis has worked in the IT management for over 40 years. He is researching DevOps, DevSecOps, IT risk, modern governance, and audit compliance. Previously, he was an Evangelist at Docker Inc., VP of Solutions for Socketplane (sold to Docker) and Enstratius (sold to Dell), and VP of Training & Services at Opscode, where he formalized the training, evangelism, and professional services functions at the firm. Additionally, Willis founded Gulf Breeze Software, an award-winning IBM business partner specializing in Tivoli technology deployment. As an author, Willis has written six IBM Redbooks on enterprise systems management and four books for IT Revolution, including the DevOps Handbook. He is working on his latest book, The Operational History of Generative AI.

content/events/2026-nashville/speakers/kailas-jawadekar.md

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+Title = "Kailas Jawadekar"
+Twitter = ""
+linkedin = ""
+image = "kailas-jawadekar.png"
+type = "speaker"
+linktitle = "kailas-jawadekar"
+Website = ""
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+
+Kailas is a Sr. Principal TPM at Oracle, where he leads technical initiatives for OCI AI services and champions the global Java and MySQL developer communities. A veteran technologist, he specializes in Agentic AI and intelligent orchestration to create a frictionless developer experience. Based in Austin, Kailas balances his focus on community growth with exploring the Texas Hill Country on his motorcycle.

data/events/2026/nashville/main.yml

@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ sponsors:
    level: media
  - id: groundcover
    level: gold
+ - id: oracle-mysql
+   level: gold
 
 sponsors_accepted : "yes" # Whether you want "Become a XXX Sponsor!" link
 
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ program:
     date: 2026-05-14
     start_time: "10:30"
     end_time: "10:45"
-  - title: "scott-stroz"
+  - title: "kailas-jawadekar"
     type: talk
     date: 2026-05-14
     start_time: "10:45"
@@ -217,11 +219,11 @@ program:
     date: 2026-05-14
     start_time: "14:40"
     end_time: "15:10"  
-  - title: "mike-noe"
+  - title: "john-willis"
     type: talk
     date: 2026-05-14
     start_time: "15:10"
-    end_time: "17:00"
+    end_time: "16:10"
 
   - title: "Registration, Breakfast, Sponsors"
     type: custom