Speaker Spotlight: Alexander Stolle – AI Coding Tool Adoption at XING: From Exploration to Commitment
Alexander Stolle shares how XING moved from structured exploration of AI coding tools to choosing a stack – and how to evaluate value when there's no simple ROI calculation.
We’re excited to announce Alexander Stolle as a speaker at Agentic Conf Hamburg on March 22nd!
About Alexander
Alexander Stolle is Director of AI & Data at XING. He began his career in 2000 as a C++/Python developer and Linux system administrator, later designing highly available telecom systems and large-scale globally distributed platforms in the gaming industry. He now leads Data and AI at XING, staying close to the technology while applying a production engineering mindset shaped by decades of building resilient systems.
The Talk: AI Coding Tool Adoption at XING: From Exploration to Commitment
Instead of prematurely committing to one AI coding tool, XING treated the early phase as structured exploration. As CLI-based agents and workflow integrations matured, the question shifted from “which tools should we allow?” to “which stack should we commit to?”
This session details how they made the transition — from tool comparison and developer friction to governance and security considerations. It also addresses the harder question: how do you evaluate value when AI behaves more like Slack adoption than a feature with a simple ROI calculation?
See Alexander Live
Catch this talk and many more at Agentic Conf Hamburg on March 22, 2026 at SAE Institute Hamburg.