Enterprise AI Summit — Charlotte, NC · Oct 7–8, 2026

Speakers

1. Joe BeutlerHead of Solutions Engineering, Strategics · OpenAI
2. Jondavid "JD" BlackCIDO Chief Engineer · Northrop Grumman
3. Marya CaplesSr. Food Safety & Quality Manager · Thrive Market
4. Kurtis CochranChief Financial Officer · Arkana Laboratories
5. Fernando CornagoGlobal SVP Digital&Ecom Tech · adidas
6. Jean-Gabriel DoyonSenior Backend Engineer · GitLab
7. Jeremy EderDistinguished Engineer · Red Hat
8. Khalid ElsawafExecutive Director · Morgan Stanley
9. Jeff GallimoreExcella
10. Jitesh GhaiCEO · Hyland
11. Michelle GillAssisted by AI
12. Philipp GöllnerXALT
13. Elisabeth HendricksonCEO/Founder · Curious Duck Digital Laboratory
14. Mik KerstenAdvisor; Author of "Project to Product" & "Output to Outcome" · Planview
15. Matt KlostermanSr. Director, Mobile Software Engineering · Hilton
16. Jeremy KooistraSenior Director Website Software Engineering · Hilton
17. Justin McCarthyFounder and CEO · Diffusion AI
18. Nirav MehtaExecutive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Services · Mastercard
19. Kevan MordanDelivery Lead · Rise8
20. Tapabrata "Topo" PalSVP - Head of Developer Platforms · M&T Bank
21. Owen ParkerCTO · Arkana Laboratories
22. Nicky PikeField CTO; Host of the [Dev]olution podcast · Coder
23. John RauserSenior Director, Software Engineering · Cisco Security
24. Aaron SearleExecutive Director · Morgan Stanley
25. Randy ShoupSVP Engineering · CircleCI
26. Kenny SlaterStaff Information Security Analyst · Rise8
27. Art SmalleyPresident · Author · Art of Lean
28. Andrew StellmanO’Reilly author and AI educator
29. Dylan SykesSenior Vice President, Business Rules Engineering & Decision Management Platform Product · Mastercard
30. Dustin WarnerDirector of Software Engineering · NRC Health
31. James WickettCEO & Co-Founder · DryRun Security
32. Michael WinslowVice President of Engineering, Platform & SRE · Thrive Market
33. Christina YakominSenior Manager – Resiliency Testing Suite · Vanguard
34. Steve YeggeCo-author of "Vibe Coding"