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Four ways to bring the work into your organization.

For event producers, executives, founders, and senior leaders. Keynotes that hold the room. Workshops that change Monday morning. Coaching that builds the leader. AI strategy that survives contact with your actual organization.

01 · Speaking

Keynote

A signature talk built on original research and a decade of operational experience at scale. Anchored in AI and Leadership, customized to your audience and event theme. The kind of talk that gets phones to stay in pockets.

Fee on request

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Also Available In These Formats
Panel
As Panelist or Moderator Fee on request
Multi-speaker panel participation or moderation. 60-90 minutes. In-person or virtual.
Fireside Chat
Intimate Format Fee on request
A more conversational format for executive audiences and smaller gatherings. Substantive, candid, useful.
02 · Working Together

Workshop

A high-density working session for teams and organizations ready to actually implement. Framework-based, hands-on, with defined outputs. Bring your team. Leave with something you can use Monday morning.

From $2,500 · Local Bay Area pricing

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Two Formats
Half-Day Workshop
3-4 hours Up to 30 participants
A focused working session built around one framework or one decision the team needs to make. Tight scope, fast pace, clear takeaway.
Full-Day Intensive
6-7 hours Up to 30 participants
A complete working day. Multiple frameworks, structured working blocks, and a documented output the team carries back into the organization.
03 · Leadership Coaching

Leadership Coaching

For leaders ready to evolve from managing operations to leading transformation. Built on two decades of framework development and grounded in the operator experience. The work changes how you think, not just what you do.

Two pathways

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Two Options
Corporate Cohorts
$2,000 per person Minimum 6 per cohort
Group coaching for leadership teams and organizational cohorts. Built around the FORGE and ADULTS frameworks, structured across multiple sessions with collective and individual work. The format scales the work without diluting it.
Executive 1:1 Coaching
$24,000 · 6-month engagement Or $7,500 · 2-day intensive
One-on-one work for founders and senior executives who have hit a ceiling that isn't a skills problem. Six-month engagement with bi-weekly sessions, defined milestones, and async support. A two-day intensive option is available for executives who need a clear picture and a path forward without the longer commitment.
04 · AI Strategy & Advisory

AI Consulting

For CEOs and COOs past the "should we do AI" question and stuck on "how do we do it without breaking what works." Strategic AI advisory built on operator experience and original infrastructure research. Decisions you can defend to your board.

Three engagement tiers

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Three Engagements
1-Day AI Strategy Intensive
$12,500 fixed Pre-work included
A full-day deep assessment of your current AI posture, vendor relationships, data infrastructure, and organizational readiness. Ends with a written roadmap and prioritized action sequence. Includes pre-work team survey and 30-day follow-up call.
90-Day Advisory
From $35,000 Most common engagement
Structured 90-day engagement with weekly calls, written deliverables at each milestone, and direct access for decisions that cannot wait. Covers strategy, vendor evaluation, implementation oversight, and team capability building.
Fractional AI Strategist
From $8,500/month 3-month minimum
Ongoing monthly retainer for organizations that need senior AI strategic judgment available consistently, not episodically. Two calls per month, written guidance, priority async access, and quarterly roadmap review.

Keynote Topics

Six talks built on original research and operational experience.

Signature Keynote
Beyond the Hype: Stop Talking About AI and Start Doing
A ROI-focused framework for operational AI deployment. What actually works in production, what the vendor ecosystem gets wrong, and how to build an AI strategy that survives contact with your actual organization.
Leadership
Leadership in the Age of AI
What leadership actually requires in an era when the tools are changing faster than the organizations using them. Built on the FORGE and ADULTS frameworks and two decades of coaching senior leaders through complex transitions.
Governance & Trust
Embracing AI with Purpose: Governance, Capacity, and Trust as the Real Enablers
The AI governance conversation most organizations are having is the wrong one. This keynote reframes the question from compliance to capability, and shows what trust-first AI deployment looks like at scale.
Infrastructure
The $162 Billion Design Failure: What AI Infrastructure Gets Wrong
Based on the published white paper. On incentive misalignment in hyperscale data center construction and what it means for every organization building on AI infrastructure they do not own.
Workforce
Digital Sovereignty vs. Digital Tenancy
The difference between workers who rent skills from platforms and workers who own their digital output. Based on the Digital Foreman Protocol research. For policy, HR, and workforce development audiences.
Operations
What 1,800 Machines Taught Me About Systems That Hold
Lessons from building Pokémon's national vending infrastructure. On system design, failure tolerance, and the decisions that compound over years. For operations, supply chain, and general management audiences.

Speaking History

Stages, summits, and engagements.

2026
Mar 24, 2026
Virtual
PEX Network
Panel: "Beyond the hype: Stop talking about AI and start doing." ROI-focused framework for operational AI deployment alongside Andreas Welsch, Wayne Butterfield, and Doug Shannon.
Panel
Feb 2026
Davos, Switzerland
The Deal Lounge · WEF Week
Panel discussion with Prof. PK Prasanna Kumar and De Kai during World Economic Forum week.
Panel
Jan 18-23, 2026
Davos, Switzerland
World Economic Forum · Smart Cities Council
Moderated panel: "Embracing AI with Purpose: Governance, Capacity, and Trust as the Real Enablers." Featured speaker at the SCC VIP Welcome Reception launching global strategy.
Moderator Featured Speaker
2025
Oct 9, 2025
San Francisco, CA
BuildETH 2025 · Edge & Node House of Web3
Expert session on stablecoin architecture and build patterns at the Presidio.
Expert Session
Oct 2025
Chicago, IL
AI Summit Chicago
Agentic AI: From Pilot to Production
Keynote on the operational gap between agentic AI proof-of-concept and enterprise-scale deployment.
Keynote
Sept 2025
New York, NY
Future of Work Summit · NYC
Digital Sovereignty and the Workforce Transition
On the structural shift from subscription-based skill rental to blockchain-anchored workforce ownership.
Keynote
Jul 2025
Austin, TX
GovTech Innovation Forum
AI Governance in the Public Sector
Framework for responsible AI deployment in government contexts, including procurement, accountability, and trust architecture.
Panel
Jun 2025
San Francisco, CA
HealthTech Summit 2025 · JPM Week
Speaker at the annual health technology summit held during JP Morgan Healthcare Conference week.
Speaker
Apr 29 - May 1, 2025
Tulalip, WA
CAAGE 2025
Multiple sessions on AI strategy and workforce transformation.
Speaker
Mar 2025
Washington, D.C.
Smart Cities Connect
AI Infrastructure and Urban Systems
On the intersection of AI deployment and municipal infrastructure planning, including data governance and vendor accountability.
Keynote
Jan 2025
Las Vegas, NV
CES 2025 · AI Leadership Track
The Agentic Enterprise
Fireside conversation on organizational readiness for agentic AI systems, with focus on accountability frameworks and human oversight design.
Fireside Chat
2024
Dec 13, 2024
San Francisco, CA
AIify.io · Ontology of Value
FutureLab presentation: "Upskilling and Government-Supported Trainings" with Monette Stephens. Panel: "The Future of Team Management and Productivity."
Speaker Panel
Nov 2024
New York, NY
Enterprise AI Summit · NYC
Building AI Strategy That Outlasts the Hype Cycle
Framework for separating durable AI capability from vendor-driven noise, with case studies from operational deployments.
Keynote
Sept 21-24, 2024
San Francisco, CA
AIify.io · DG717
Hackathon mentor, judge, and summit speaker at the multi-day agentic AI summit and developer event.
Speaker Mentor/Judge
Sept 10-11, 2024
Kansas City, MO
CivStart · State of GovTech 2024
Host and speaker at the annual government technology summit, covering AI adoption in public sector operations.
Host & Speaker
Jul 2024
Seattle, WA
Pacific NW Tech Leaders Forum
The Network Approach to AI Transformation
On building organizational AI capability as a networked competency rather than a centralized function.
Keynote
May 2024
Chicago, IL
Midwest Operations & AI Summit
AI-Exposed Sectors: The Productivity Dividend
On the five-fold labor productivity gains in AI-exposed sectors and what organizational leaders need to do to capture rather than lose that delta.
Keynote
Mar 2024
Austin, TX
SXSW · AI & Future of Work Track
Agentic AI and the Accountability Gap
Panel on the organizational and legal implications of AI systems that act autonomously in enterprise contexts.
Panel

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Whether it's a keynote, a workshop, a coaching engagement, or AI strategy advisory, the first conversation is free. Thirty minutes, no pitch, an honest answer about fit. Inquiries reviewed within 48 hours.

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