Professional workshops & selected engagements

Speaking & Engagements

Practical workshops and conversations at the intersection of AI, enterprise technology, leadership and human judgment—adapted to the people in the room.

Placeholder graphic for the forthcoming Innovation Academy IT panel photo
IT panel — approved photograph to be added when available.

Professional workshops & speaking

From emerging technology to better decisions.

For organizations, leadership teams and professional communities seeking a practical conversation about technology and its human consequences. Sessions can be designed as executive-facing discussions or interactive workshops, with the depth and examples tailored to the audience.

AI, Judgment & Decision-Making

How to frame a meaningful problem, interrogate AI-assisted answers, verify assumptions and retain accountability for the decisions that follow.

Enterprise Data & AI Readiness

The foundations of useful AI adoption: data quality, organizational alignment, architectural choices and the practical realities of transformation.

Communicating Complexity & Change

Turning technical complexity into shared understanding, stronger collaboration and clear recommendations across diverse teams.

Formats to fit the audience

Facilitated talks and Q&A (approximately 45–60 minutes), interactive workshops (approximately 90–120 minutes), or longer sessions planned around a team's needs. Virtual and in-person formats can be discussed.

What participants can expect

Accessible frameworks, realistic scenarios and thoughtful discussion—whether the goal is leadership perspective, practical AI literacy or a deeper examination of enterprise readiness. Scope and outcomes are agreed before the session.

Discuss a workshop

Topics, duration and delivery are tailored by conversation.

Selected experience

Engagements in practice

A selection of workshops, leadership panels and community contributions.

Featured engagement · October, 2026

Innovation Academy · Cultivate 2026

Workshop facilitator & IT panel participant · Innovation Academy

Innovation Academy classroom workshop, October, 2026
Cultivate 2026 — classroom workshop

What Does a Consultant Actually Do?

An interactive exploration of consulting, problem framing and AI-assisted decision-making. Students examined why the ability to ask better questions, verify outputs and take responsibility remains essential even as AI becomes more capable.

The workshop used a practical decision framework: Ask → Frame → Test → Decide → Own. The day also included participation in an IT industry panel.

AI & human judgment · Consulting · Student professional readiness

Leadership & community · January, 2025

Leadership panel at the January, 2025 Winter Toastmasters Leadership Institute
Winter TLI Leadership Panel · January, 2025

Winter TLI Leadership Panel

Toastmasters · Panelist · Division H Director, District 44 (2024–2025)

Participated as a leadership panelist during the Winter Toastmasters Leadership Institute while serving as Division H Director. That program year also involved organizing the Division G Speech Contest through a reciprocal arrangement with the Division G Director, who organized the Division H contest.

An experience combining public conversation with the practical work of supporting leadership and community participation.

Continue the conversation

For speaking invitations, educational workshops or thoughtful collaborations, get in touch.