Stephan Mitchev's Blog Posts

Stephan is a Field CTO at Splunk with 20+ years of experience leading enterprise product delivery. As a former CTO and Director of the Business Product Delivery Office at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, he has overseen mission-critical platforms from concept to launch. Stephan is also recognized for modernizing legacy systems, scaling cloud-native and AI/ML solutions, and driving innovation through DevSecOps. His leadership spans intellectual property, AI, e-commerce, and telecom, where he has built high-performing teams and delivered resilient, globally used products.

Cio Office

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Owning the Observability Stack to Drive the Mission

When infrastructure and product teams collaborate through domain-aligned ownership, observability becomes a driver of long-term progress.