Cincy AI Week · June 8 to 10, 2027
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Past speakers · Cincy AI Week 2026
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161 speakers led 126 sessions at Cincy AI Week 2026, June 9 to 11, 2026.
Brian AdamsSeven Hills TechnologyHow to Get AI Right Without Going All In
Gladson BabyFifth Third BankPast the pilot: how enterprise leaders build AI people actually use
Pete BlackshawBrandRank.aiMeet the New AI Shopper
James CarmanCallibrityIt's Not the Technology: Why Most Enterprise AI Isn't Paying Off, and What Leaders Should Do Instead
Chris CarperMicrosoftBuilding AI Powered Enterprises and Ecosystems
Matt CoatneyThompson HinePast the pilot: how enterprise leaders build AI people actually use
Todd JamesAurora InsightsAgentic Commerce: From Browsing to Delegating
Dinesh MaheshwariGroqBeyond LLMs: Living, Working, and Being Human
Max NevermannIMEGBeyond the Tool: Building an AI Ecosystem Inside a Traditional Engineering Firm
Nate SowderHigh Contrast LabsYou are being averaged: Why AI makes mediocrity easier than ever
Payal ThakurJobsOhioBuilding Ohio's AI Super Sector
Chris ThomasYNDRBuilding Operational Agents Using Claude Code
Everyone on the Cincy AI Week 2026 program (161 speakers, June 9 to 11, 2026)
- Brian AdamsSeven Hills Technology
- Joshua Amstutz
- Dr. Salwa Arafa
- Akshay AroraIBM
- Gladson BabyFifth Third Bank
- Brian BackDivisions Maintenance Group
- Jamie BackCincinnati Country Day School
- Luke Badgerow
- Andria BarrettAndria Barrett Inc.
- Mike BausanoNexigen
- Maddie BellSynapsa
- Mike BellSynapsa
- John BentleyProduct Journey Group
- Kate Berner
- Chris Berry
- Pete BlackshawBrandRank.ai
- Kris BrannockVSI
- Steve BrunkerBrain-CA
- Eileen Budo
- Stephanie Colores Bueno
- Patrick BurkeUniversity of Cincinnati
- Teri CampbellTeri Studios
- James CarmanCallibrity
- Chris CarperMicrosoft
- Bob CassityWood Herron & Evans
- Marcus CasswellDeveloCode
- John CavanaughPlunk Foundation
- Keith ChapmanU.S. Bank
- Ace ChoksyAce Integrative Health
- Dave Clark
- David ClarkButler County ESC
- DeShon ClarkAllventa
- Matt CoatneyThompson Hine
- Dr. Kelly CohenUniversity of Cincinnati
- Dillon CourtsCallibrity
- Summer CrenshawETA
- Ben DarpelVivitec
- Sean C Davis
- Jamie DeAngealisEctoScan
- Chris DeBrunnerCBTS
- Melanie Dunn3.7 Designs
- Rebecca DwengerHamilton County ESC
- Todd EdwardsMiami University
- Diane EgbersLeadership Excelleration
- Zag ElSayedUniversity of Cincinnati
- Brett EwingAxe.AI
- Carl FraikCincinnati AI Catalyst
- Valda Freeman-KarmoKAR-MO
- Tara FrenchSamara Learning Labs
- Evan GarciaCintrifuse
- Jonathan Gibson
- Greg GoshornMapping Your Marketing
- Arian GreenNKY.AI
- Justin GrieshopCBTS
- Anne Grote
- Ilana Habib
- Diane HammonsWG Content
- Ryan Hamrick
- Matthew HartmanMonti
- William HarveyMichelman
- Will HawkinsIBM
- Josh HaysMicrosoft
- Zachary Heck
- Peter HolcombOptimo AI
- Robert HowardMagic Talent Solutions
- Patrick HuberMicrosoft
- Zack HuhnETA
- Dr. Jarrod HumphreyXavier University
- Paul IsaksonCincinnati AI Catalyst
- Todd JamesAurora Insights
- Julia JaskoVaco
- Ashley JohnsonNavy Federal Credit Union
- Marc JohnsonTeam Central
- Kris JonesUniversity of Cincinnati
- Justin KaiserBeechwood Independent Schools
- Sanjiv KaraniGrocerAI
- Ravi KatyalCintas
- Duane Kauffman
- Venessa Keeton-Gallaher
- Hanna KhouryCity of Cincinnati
- Josh KnepfleUnited Audit Systems
- Dustin KocherCallibrity
- Keith KoehneINTERalliance
- Bryan Kowalczyk
- Tushar KulkarniBig Kitty Labs
- Joshua Lambert
- Andrea LarsenUFO Marketing
- Shanah Legree
- Mike Linz
- Clint LitzingerNorthern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services
- Dungang LiuUniversity of Cincinnati
- Anisa Longe
- Kamren MahaneyBackblaze
- Dinesh MaheshwariGroq
- Tyler MantelRoll Tack Ventures
- Tara MarottiBurke, Inc.
- Charles MatthewsUniversity of Cincinnati
- Anthony McClarnon
- Nate MeyersNaviStone
- Alicia MillerIRS
- Tanvi MittalU.S. Bancorp
- Arun MoolchandaniRadii.ai
- Margee MooreBigOrange Marketing
- Kirsten MoorefieldCloverleaf
- Darrin Murriner
- Madhavi NajanaFederal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati
- Max NevermannIMEG
- Mai Phuong Nguyen
- Will Osbourne
- Kerry OslundScripps
- Soliman OushySynaipse
- Meeka Owens
- Mariana PadillaHarmonic Security
- Jennifer PanepintoPainted Bread Marketing
- Pavan Parikh
- Andy ParkTeam Central
- Dawn ParksBizAccessHub
- Amir PasdarHenny Penny
- Jillian Payne84.51°
- Carlos PeredoVivitec
- Danielle Perkins
- Dan Petrek
- Scott PhillipsNexigen
- Amanda PrestiRH Aero
- Erica PriceCallibrity
- Brian QuinnCBTS
- David RaffenbergBurgess & Niple
- Shafeeq Ur RahamanMonks
- Kendra RamirezKR Digital
- David Reeves
- Rob RichardsonDisruption Now
- Dr. Josette RiepUniversity of Cincinnati
- Brent RippeRKCA
- Stephanie RobertoTiER1 Performance
- Betty Rodriguez-HakesBrandRank.ai
- Tracy RubergThe Circuit
- Phil Russell
- Jon SalisburyNexigen
- Brian SathianathanIterate.ai
- Aedhan ScottOrchard Digital Marketing
- Laura SeelingerLSX Partners
- Jeff Shaffer
- Ross ShahandehXebia
- Prateek ShrivastavaCummins
- Matthew SiasInnovationAcceleration.ai
- John SikorskiPL Marketing
- Nate SowderHigh Contrast Labs
- Cole SutyakSanctuary Software
- Katie Trauth TaylorNarratize
- Payal ThakurJobsOhio
- Sid ThathamUniversity of Cincinnati
- Irvin ThevaranjanBraze
- Chris ThomasYNDR
- Tyler TillinghastVivitec
- Helen ToddCincyAI for Humans
- JT Turba
- Mike WalkerAgentic Data Systems
- Ryan WillgingZenBusiness
- Brice WoodardTeam Central
- John ZenickHarmonic Security
- Dan ZibtonGE Aerospace
Everyone on the Cincy AI Week 2025 program (153 speakers, June 10 to 12, 2025)
- Mo AbualiTech Mahindra
- Brian AdamsSeven Hills Technology
- Jarrod AndersonSYRV
- Charlie ApigianData Inspire
- Dr. Salwa Arafa
- Nicole Armstrong
- Gladson BabyFifth Third Bank
- Pratik Badri
- Nia Baucke
- Maddie BellSynapsa
- Mike BellSynapsa
- Karishma Bhatnagar
- Pete BlackshawBrandRank.ai
- Matt Brewer
- Jeremy Brown
- Steve BrunkerBrain-CA
- Mike Buob
- Teri CampbellTeri Studios
- Benita Capers
- Chris CarperMicrosoft
- Bob CassityWood Herron & Evans
- John CavanaughPlunk Foundation
- Srinath Chandramohan
- Srinivas Chippagiri
- DeShon ClarkAllventa
- Mason ClutterFBT Gibbons
- Dr. Kelly CohenUniversity of Cincinnati
- Ellen CravenBrand Novus
- Summer CrenshawETA
- Spencer Dangel
- Tristan Darcy
- Max Dworin
- Nelly ElSayedUniversity of Cincinnati
- Zag ElSayedUniversity of Cincinnati
- Nick Ernest
- Brett EwingAxe.AI
- Jerry Felix
- Nikki Ferrell
- Zach FischerHPE
- Vito Foderaro
- Nick Fontova
- Carl FraikCincinnati AI Catalyst
- Eric FrayerEric Frayer Consulting
- Valda Freeman-KarmoKAR-MO
- Brad GardnerSeven Hills Technology
- Mary Gervais
- Sarah Giolondo
- Wendy Gonzalez
- Greg GoshornMapping Your Marketing
- Justin GrieshopCBTS
- Arpit Gupta
- Ryan HaleLithko
- Zachary Heck
- Brian HennVaco
- Steve Hennigan
- Chris HensleyNexigen
- Elisha Hermann
- Chris Hickock
- Derrick HodgeAxalio
- Greg Holliday
- Dr. David Houghton
- David Howerton
- Zack HuhnETA
- Paul IsaksonCincinnati AI Catalyst
- Todd JamesAurora Insights
- Jesse Jenike-GodshalkThompson Hine
- Kristopher Jones
- Rachel Jones
- Sanjiv KaraniGrocerAI
- Ravi KatyalCintas
- Katy Keene
- Hanna KhouryCity of Cincinnati
- Kevin Kirby
- Tsavo Knott
- Ford Knowlton
- Morgan KothBig Kitty Labs
- Sanjay Krishnegowda
- Tushar KulkarniBig Kitty Labs
- Santosh Kumar
- Akshata Kumavat
- Melissa Lacefield
- Shanah Legree
- Deanna Leonard
- Amy LindenbuschSogeti
- Tyler MantelRoll Tack Ventures
- John Mathis
- Benjamin McCall
- Chris McGraw
- James McIntyre
- Matt McKeown
- Seanan Mcmanus
- Evan Moore
- Margee MooreBigOrange Marketing
- Kelly MoormanThree Rivers Local School District
- Madhavi NajanaFederal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati
- Prekshya Nepal
- Anusha NerellaState Street
- Tom Nolan
- Catherine O'Shea
- Iyanuoluwa OdebodeWokkah
- Dr. Alvaro Ortiz
- Jo Otey
- Joe Owens
- Jennifer PanepintoPainted Bread Marketing
- Pavan Parikh
- Dawn ParksBizAccessHub
- Prajwal PaudyalQualzai
- Jonathan Paul
- Arline Pique
- Glenn PlattMiami University
- Harry PolenFifth Third Bank
- Paul PowersPhysna
- Naveen Kumar Ramakrishna
- Kendra RamirezKR Digital
- Brett RenzenbrinkDinsmore & Shohl
- Dr. Josette RiepUniversity of Cincinnati
- Ralph RivasSogeti
- Ron RockJobsOhio
- Betty Rodriguez-HakesBrandRank.ai
- Phil Russell
- Michal Russo
- Flavia Saldanha
- Jon SalisburyNexigen
- Sahil Sampat
- Vic Santiago
- Ben Savage
- Mark SchnitterNexigen
- Richard Schramm
- Ross ShahandehXebia
- Prateek ShrivastavaCummins
- David ShueyOKI Regional Council of Governments
- Kyle Shweiger
- Matthew SiasInnovationAcceleration.ai
- Shannon Smith
- Puneet SodhiEli Lilly
- Gautam Solaimalai
- Nate SowderHigh Contrast Labs
- Katie Trauth TaylorNarratize
- Sid ThathamUniversity of Cincinnati
- Helen ToddCincyAI for Humans
- JT Turba
- Monica Turner
- Addrienne VanOver
- Patrick Verdugo
- Santhosh Vikayabaskar
- Eric Wagner
- Kristy WedelReMemora
- Matt WenningMicrosoft
- Eku WilliamsFBT Gibbons
- Kayla Wolf
- Troy WooleryVaco
- Beverly Wright
- Shane Young