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# Forward Deployed: with Wonderful

by [Whale](https://fde.amsterdam/communities/whale)

## About this event

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

[Full details on Luma ↗](https://luma.com/mxu7cp93)

## Topics

[AI agents](https://fde.amsterdam/events/topics/ai-agents)

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