Speaking

Leading with clarity in the age of AI.

Panel discussions and fireside chats designed to empower teams, support organizations through change, and turn uncertainty into structured, confident progress.

Topics

Confidence in the Age of AI

AI is ultimately a business opportunity that demands real strategic readiness. This conversation focuses on practical governance, and the confidence to cut through technical complexity and lead with what already makes your organization strong.

Trust Over Hype

The real power of AI adoption comes from human alignment. Together, we'll address the real concerns people have about their roles and skills, and build the kind of trust between technical and business teams that actually lasts.

Selected Appearances

Economic Club of Chicago Exchanges

AI Agents: A Practical Conversation

Led a discussion with John Head, Chief Evangelist at Netrix, LLC, on AI's evolution beyond large language models into agentic systems, autonomous partners that use reasoning to complete multi-step goals rather than requiring continuous prompting. The conversation focused on avoiding "innovation fatigue" from the pace of new releases, and how small and medium enterprises can stay competitive by securing and harnessing their existing data to fuel agentic workflows.

North Shore Country Day School

AI, Leadership, and the Next Generation

Joined a fireside chat at The Chicago Club, moderated by Tom Flemma, Head of School, alongside Randy Nornes, Executive Vice President at Aon, for an audience of parents and alumni. The conversation addressed a real concern: whether students are building the right skills to thrive in the age of AI. The throughline was that AI is a tool, not a substitute for thinking, and that critical thinking, adaptability, and agency matter more than ever now that answers are commoditized. It's not about getting an answer anymore. It's about knowing how to get to one.

University Club of Chicago

Emerging Tech Club: Demystifying AI

Moderated a conversation with Rita Gupta, Managing Director at Deloitte, and Kevin Boyd, CIO at the University of Chicago, for an audience with widely varying technical backgrounds. Using a five-layer framework to explain how AI actually works, the discussion addressed common myths, practical ways to stay in the loop, and why human judgment remains central as the technology evolves.

8th Light Agentic AI Dinner

Private Dinner, Accelerate Chicago Conference

Co-hosted a private, invite-only dinner with Travis Frisinger, Head of Agentic AI at 8th Light, held during Accelerate Chicago, a software engineering conference hosted by GOTO and Slalom. The conversation centered on the hard lessons of moving agentic systems from proof-of-concept into real production workflows, and what separates teams that scale successfully from teams that stall.

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