Viren Baraiya

Viren Baraiya, Founder and CTO of Orkes and the original creator of Netflix Conductor, shares insights on modern workflow orchestration. He discusses the challenges of coordinating microservices and the evolution of Orkes, which builds on the open-source Conductor project. Viren explains the difference between rule-based and programmatic workflows, highlights Orkes' integrations with AI agents, and outlines the importance of trust and governance in orchestration. His journey from Netflix to Orkes reveals the future of agentic systems and their potential.