Sales Has RevOps. Engineering Has DevOps. What Do L&D and Talent Have? Cognota Unveils LearnOps® at DevLearn 2026
Live from the DevLearn 2026 Expo Stage at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Cognota leadership will debut the unified operating system for enterprise learning operations—headlined by an exclusive Dan Pontefract book signing at Booth #239, a worldwide keynote broadcast, and the official DevLearn Happy Hour with Cornerstone and Bluewater.
Three Major Events on Wednesday at DevLearn
Whether you are on the ground in Las Vegas or joining virtually, Cognota has three high-impact sessions prepared:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Sales teams unified operations around RevOps. Software engineering standardized on DevOps. Yet corporate L&D, Talent, and HR departments continue to battle disconnected spreadsheets, disparate ticketing queues, and frantic budget slides. Cognota’s DevLearn Expo Stage address marks the first enterprise platform engineered to provide Chief Learning Officers (CLOs) and talent leaders with real-time operational visibility and defensible metrics before executive committees.
The Enterprise Dilemma: The Patchwork Trap
Across Fortune 500 enterprises and scaling organizations, the modern learning department has become technologically fragmented. Training leaders operate through a disjointed patchwork:
- An LMS for delivering course content, but entirely blind to intake pipelines and development costs.
- Generic project management software (Asana, Jira, Monday) designed for engineering sprints rather than multi-stakeholder instructional design.
- Disparate spreadsheets for tracking team capacity, contractor vendor spend, and subject-matter expert availability.
- And a high-stress presentation deck assembled the night before annual budget reviews to justify training value to the CFO.
On Wednesday, November 4, 2026, Cognota Chief Executive Officer Ryan Austin and Chief Product & Technology Officer James Spere take the DevLearn Expo Stage at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to demonstrate what happens when learning leaders get an operating system of their own.
The Four Pillars of the LearnOps® Architecture
In their 30-minute public showcase, Cognota will demonstrate how four critical components connect in a single unified workflow:
- Visibility to Lead: A centralized, auditable portfolio view of all active curriculum projects, instructional design allocations, and external contractor spend—built for CLOs defending budgets before executive boards.
- Signals to Execute: Real-time operational early-warning indicators that flag SME bottlenecks, scope creep, and production delays weeks before a course delivery deadline slips.
- Decisions to Optimize: Automated resource balancing algorithms that allow leaders to shift tasks between internal instructional designers and external agency partners based on live capacity.
- Outcomes to Defend: Direct alignment between learning programs, talent retention, and organizational KPIs, replacing vanity completion rates with quantifiable business impact metrics.
📅 Confirmed DevLearn 2026 Program Details
Cognota has confirmed the following sequence of events for delegates and virtual attendees on Wednesday, November 4, 2026:
Book Signing: 'The Future of Work Is Grey' with Keynote Dan Pontefract
DevLearn keynote speaker Dan Pontefract is signing complimentary copies at Booth #239. Only 25 copies available to reserve when you book a 20-minute meeting to discuss 2027 learning plans.
The First Look: Sales Has RevOps. Engineering Has DevOps. What Do L&D and Talent Have?
First public premiere demonstrating how Visibility, Signals, Decisions, and Outcomes connect in one operating system for LearnOps®, TalentOps, and HR Ops.
DevLearn Happy Hour with Cognota, Cornerstone & Bluewater
Wrap up Expo day at a private promenade section steps from the hall. Join peers for complimentary drinks, appetizers, and strategic conversations. Space is strictly limited.
Missed the Workforce Enablement Webinar on Oct 27?
Explore how enterprise L&D, Talent, and HR are converging to streamline 2027 cross-functional planning.
How TheEduAssist Integrates with LearnOps®
At TheEduAssist, our production architecture is designed to integrate into modern LearnOps pipelines. While Cognota provides the operational governance, capacity forecasting, and budget defense tools, TheEduAssist operates as an agile, high-capacity course development partner executing the actual learning modules:
- Rapid Curriculum Execution: Translating approved Cognota project requests directly into storyboarded, high-retention SCORM 1.2/2004 modules and modern cloud academies.
- Audit-Ready Accessibility: Delivering verified, fully accessible (WCAG 2.2 AA / Section 508) course packages ready for instant import into corporate LMS platforms.
- Predictable Milestone SOWs: Aligning with LearnOps fiscal governance through fixed-price Statements of Work that eliminate hourly budget surprises.
Corporate Verification: Cognota is headquartered at 333 Bay Street, Suite 5100, Bay Adelaide - West Tower, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2R2, Canada. Cognota is the creator of the proprietary LearnOps® category and platform, providing corporate learning operations software for global enterprises.
About DevLearn: DevLearn Conference & Expo is produced by The Learning Guild, convening annually at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada as North America's premier conference for learning technologies.
About TheEduAssist: TheEduAssist is an international e-learning design agency and learning technology consultancy, designing turnkey digital academies, corporate workforce training systems, and statutory compliance gateways worldwide.