Angie Ariza
Plus CompanyAbout
the speaker
Angie Ariza is the AI Lead Developer at Plus Company, where she leads the Smart Persona project and specializes in scaling AI systems from proof-of-concept to production. Her expertise spans Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, distributed systems, and generative models, with a strong track record of turning cutting-edge research into production-ready solutions. She has led impactful projects across fraud detection, forecasting, and large-scale data platforms. Beyond her technical leadership, Angie is a Women Techmakers Ambassador, committed to advancing the visibility and inclusion of women in technology.
Session Spotlight
Build Your First AI Agent with Google ADK
Learn to build intelligent AI agents using Google's Agent Development Kit (ADK). In this hands-on workshop, you'll create a custom agent using free-tier resources. We'll walk through crafting agent instructions, understanding function-calling capabilities, testing locally with the playground, and exploring how agents reason and make decisions. You'll work with a starter repository that you can fork and customize for your own projects. Bring your laptop with Python installed and be ready to experiment!