Deloitte presents: Vibe coding or tech debt? Building fast without paying later
Description
Join us for Vibe coding or tech debt? Building fast without paying the price later - a practical session exploring how teams can safely build, experiment, and deliver quickly in today’s fast-paced technology landscape.
As “vibe coding” gains popularity, with teams moving quickly, experimenting often, and prioritising momentum, many organisations are delivering value faster than ever. However, without clear guardrails and governance, this speed can quietly create technical debt, slowing teams down over time and limiting future change.
Aligned to Techweek’s Future and Governance pillars, this session focuses on emerging technologies and responsible frameworks that enable teams to innovate with confidence.
This session explores how teams can balance speed with sustainability, using modern AI-assisted tooling without creating long-term complexity or rework.
What to Expect
Session 1: Vibe Coding in practice (live demo)
Presenters: Sam Turrall (Assosiate Director, Deloitte) and Alex Kirschniok (Manager, Deloitte). The session opens with a live, AI-assisted coding demo, run as a deliberate “vibe-off” using Salesforce Agentforce Vibe and Claude Vibe, showcasing two distinct approaches to working with AI-driven development tools. Sam brings hands-on experience delivering real solutions using vibe-based tools, while Alex approaches the tools from a beginner’s perspective, testing their accessibility and usefulness for new adopters.
Session 2: Tech Debt, guardrails, and governance
Presenters: Ben Edwards (Partner, Deloitte), Heitor Araujo (Lead Architect, Deloitte), Gareth Knight (Solution Engineer, Salesforce), and Ruby Osborne (AI Consultant, Deloitte). The second session steps back from the tools to focus on what happens once fast prototypes and experiments move into real-world delivery. This session offers a practical discussion covering: - How technical debt accumulates in fast-moving teams - Common failure modes when guardrails are missing - The trade-offs between speed, quality, and control - Governance patterns that enable experimentation without slowing teams down - Q&A session
Speakers
Vibe-off competitor one: Sam Turrall
Deloitte, Associate Director Sam Turrall is a Senior Specialist Lead at Deloitte Digital. He specialises in designing and delivering Salesforce solutions across Sales, Service, and Experience Cloud, with a strong focus on usability, scale, and adoption. Sam brings a customer-centric, practical mindset to translating complex business processes into clear, effective solutions. With extensive experience leading large-scale public sector implementations, he combines deep platform knowledge with a hands-on, collaborative approach to building Salesforce solutions that truly work for users.
Vibe off competitor two: Alexander Kirschniok
Deloitte, Manager Alex is a Salesforce Functional Consultant at Deloitte. He works with teams to simplify systems and build practical solutions that are easy to use and deliver real value. With experience across consulting and running his own business, he brings a hands-on, straightforward approach to solving problems and improving how teams work.
Panelist one: Heitor Araujo
Deloitte, Director / Lead Architect Heitor Araujo is a Director in Customer Technology Transformation at Deloitte. He is an experienced Salesforce Architect and Developer, specialising in designing and implementing enterprise-scale solutions. Heitor works closely with organisations to customise platforms that are robust, scalable, and aligned to real business needs. With deep technical expertise and a strong delivery mindset, he helps teams modernise customer experiences and turn complex requirements into practical, high-impact Salesforce solutions.
Panelist two: Ben Edwards
Deloitte Partner and Salesforce CTA With over 15 years of experience designing and implementing Salesforce solutions across Europe, Australasia, and the United States, Ben is one of the most highly certified Salesforce professionals in the world, including being one of only four Salesforce Certified Technical Architects in New Zealand.
Gareth Knight
Gareth helps organisations across Australia and New Zealand transform the way they do business, allowing them to get closer to their customers and leverage the power of the Salesforce platform to do so. As a Technology Leader and Advisor Gareth works with organisations of all sizes, from concept based startups through to multi-national corporations providing advice and guidance on everything from solution architecture to rollout and adoption planning. He is extremely passionate about helping New Zealand businesses compete and exceed in the competitive landscape that is todays market.
Ruby Osborne
AI Consultant, Deloitte Ruby Osborne is a consultant in Deloitte New Zealand's Artificial Intelligence & Data team. Ruby graduated from the University of Auckland with a degree in Mechatronics Engineering (honors). She has experience working in programme advisory at BECA, where she helped to build resilience in the sustainability team. Ruby has a keen interest in advisory and technical business strategies, aligning with her passion for AI and data analysis. Ruby is also a finalist in the WIICTA Rising Star
Joanne Moore
Manager, Deloitte Joanne is a service delivery professional with deep Salesforce expertise, focused on optimising support processes, improving operational efficiency, and ensuring high‑quality outcomes across Project and Operate support engagements.
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