
OpenTelemetry SF Meetup: Re-Launch!
Observability practitioners in the Bay Area have long needed a consistent space to share, learn, and connect—and we're here to change that with our partners at Grafana.
This meetup dives into OpenTelemetry’s evolution for Mobile and Web, covering instrumentation hurdles, client-side data strategies, and the risks of siloing RUM from backend telemetry.
🎉 What's in it for you?
- Open standards, honest conversations, and a community-first approach to modern observability
- Hear insights from peers in the observability space
- Meet and network with like-minded people over food and drinks
Talk 1 - Joe LoCascio - Embrace - Observability Nerd
- Joe has over 15 years of experience in the monitoring and observability space. He was a champion for W3C TraceContext and New Relic’s involvement in OpenTelemetry & their Distributed Tracing product. He now resides at Embrace.
- In this talk, you’ll learn about: End-user focused SLOs, Observability challenges in handing real user data, the organizational shift to client-focused observability
Talk 2 - Andrew Chee - Grafana Labs - Solutions Engineer
- Andrew has over 10 years of experience in the observability space working at New Relic, Lightstep, and now Grafana
- In this talk, you’ll learn about: Performance profiling, production observability at scale, correlation & analysis challenges
Did we mention free food 🍕and refreshments 🍺?
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Meetup Details
Date: May 22, 2025
Time: 5:00 - 7:00pm
Location: 525 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94105, 19th Floor
Agenda:
4:30 - 5:00 pm - Registration
5:00 - 5:30 pm - Joe LoCasio (Embrace)
5:30 - 6:00 pm - Andrew Chee (Grafana Labs)
6:00 - 7:00 pm - Happy Hour and Networking
About Embrace
Embrace provides the only user-focused mobile app observability solution based on Open Telemetry. By delivering crucial mobile telemetry across DevOps and mobile engineering teams, Embrace illuminates real customer impact, not just server-side impact, to drive success in achieving SLOs.
To learn more, visit: embrace.io