Speaking
I speak about getting AI out of the pilot and into the work people already do: how to govern it before it governs the company, where an agent should take over and where a person stays in the decision, and why pilots die in the team that ran them. I answer from an operator’s seat at Perry Homes (and from my time at Revalize), so the examples are things we have actually done. Most of these were panels for CIOs and executive teams, with a few livestreams, podcasts, and a video case study. If you are putting a panel together on any of that, or just want to compare notes, get in touch.
Public sessions
Governing AI Before AI Governs You
A virtual return to the Atlanta conversation on governing AI. The session was about unofficial tools, data leaving the company, and the controls leaders put around agentic systems before those systems set the practice.
Navigating the Human Element of AI
The summit’s closing panel on the human side of enterprise AI: how people adopt it, how teams are developed around it, how trust is earned, and how experimentation stays open without becoming a free-for-all.
(opens in a new tab)The Rise of Agentic AI: Redesigning Work, Not Just Automating It
A forum session on agentic AI as a redesign of work, not a faster copy of today’s tasks. The question was where an agent should take a process, what still needs a person, and how a leader tells those apart.
(opens in a new tab)Governing AI Before AI Governs You
A CIO summit panel on governing AI before it governs the company: shadow tools, data handling, vendor claims, and the line between a controlled rollout and use that nobody approved.
(opens in a new tab)Leading Through Growth Without Breaking The Organization
A livestream on growing an organization without breaking it. The session covered how innovation dies after a pilot, when to double down instead of going wide, and how project habits change once AI is in the work.
(opens in a new tab)The Industrialization Gap
An evening panel on what it takes for enterprise AI to stick: leaving the pilot, turning a demo into operating practice, and redesigning the workflow instead of wrapping a model around the old one.
(opens in a new tab)Cutting a Nine-Month Process to Thirty Days
A published interview about shortening a months-long product-configuration effort, and about looking for AI payoff in ordinary operations rather than in showcase automation.
(opens in a new tab)Leading Change Through Experimentation
A livestream on leading change through experimentation: pilots that stay stuck in one team, what makes people willing to try and fail, and the point where middle managers decide whether a change spreads.
(opens in a new tab)Can Multicloud Optimization Revolutionize Manufacturing?
Episode 23 of Cloud Currents, with host Matt Pacheco, on whether multicloud optimization can change manufacturing. The conversation covered balancing cost, performance, and resilience across cloud platforms, and modernizing a legacy software portfolio without disrupting the customers who depend on it.
(opens in a new tab)Strengthening Security with Managed Detection and Response
A video case study on how Revalize strengthened its security posture with Wizard Cyber’s managed extended detection and response service: why a managed partner, how continuous monitoring protects a software portfolio, and what that freed the team to do.
(opens in a new tab)Earning C-Suite Buy-In for Digital Transformation
A Myticas Minute conversation with host Kyle Dillenburg on digital transformation and how technology leaders earn C-suite buy-in: framing investments in business terms, building trust with executive peers, and keeping a program moving when priorities and budgets compete.
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Closed-door sessions
Beyond the AI Hype: Unlocking the Real Potential of Agentic AI
A private, off-the-record executive dinner hosted by Blend on what it takes for AI agents to move from generating insights to doing work inside the enterprise.
- From Intelligence to Action: What does it take to move AI beyond insights and recommendations to actively participating in core business workflows and driving outcomes?
- Grounding AI in Enterprise Context: How can trusted data, systems of record and operational context give AI agents what they need to make useful, responsible decisions at scale?
- Reimagining Enterprise Processes: Where could agentic AI transform how work gets done across finance, operations, supply chain and customer experience, rather than just automating existing tasks?
- Balancing Autonomy with Accountability: How can organizations give AI more autonomy while keeping governance, transparency and human oversight?
AI in Action: Turning Emerging Technologies into Business Impact
An invite-only executive dinner hosted by Blend with Comcast on how leaders move emerging technologies, especially AI, past experimentation and into measurable business results.
Emerging Leaders HQ Leadership Panel
Perry Homes’ HQ Emerging Leaders panels put rising managers face to face with senior executives, who share candid lessons on leadership, growth and decision-making. That gives future leaders real perspective, mentorship and a direct line to company leadership.
- As a new leader in your role, what has been one of the most challenging things you’ve had to do to ensure your team stays focused on the right work and priorities, rather than just staying busy?
- What is your favorite book, podcast, or person that inspires you to be a better leader?
CXO Agentic AI Roundtable
A private executive roundtable on agentic AI. The format was a facilitated discussion of adoption, small operational wins, and where a person still has to stay in the decision.
Emerging Leaders HQ Leadership Panel
Perry Homes’ HQ Emerging Leaders panels put rising managers face to face with senior executives, who share candid lessons on leadership, growth and decision-making. That gives future leaders real perspective, mentorship and a direct line to company leadership.
- What advice would you give emerging leaders about leading people who think and operate differently than you do?
- What has been most challenging about helping your team focus on the right work and priorities rather than just staying busy?
Emerging Leaders HQ Leadership Panel
Perry Homes’ HQ Emerging Leaders panels put rising managers face to face with senior executives, who share candid lessons on leadership, growth and decision-making. That gives future leaders real perspective, mentorship and a direct line to company leadership.
- What early leadership moment shaped how you lead or taught you a lesson you wish you had learned sooner?
- What habits or routines have had the biggest impact on your growth as a leader?
These were not public sessions, and no account of them was published. If you want to talk about one, get in touch.