Columbus AI Week · September 14 to 16, 2027
Speakers
Confirmed speakers appear here as the program comes together.
Past speakers · Columbus AI Week 2026
Who's been on stage.
76 speakers led 68 sessions at Columbus AI Week 2026, September 10 to 11, 2026.
Alejandro AzuolaSquare CodexAI Is Changing the Team. Is It Changing the Leader?
Kris BrannockVSIAI for Impact Fireside
Tom BushActual Reality TechnologiesConfidence Is the ROI: What Happened When We Taught AI to People Who Were Told It Was Coming for Their Jobs
Nick DavisMid-Ohio Food CollectiveAI for Impact Fireside
Mahesh GurramGoogleFrom Signals to Closed Deals: How Gemini Enterprise Supercharges the Modern Sales Executive
Jack JinAccentureNavigating AI Governance, Security, and Trust Across the Enterprise
Arjun KaaratWalmartAI Access, Impact, and Action in Central Ohio
Ryan LunkaAries SolutionsEnterprise AI Use Cases: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Connie MatthewsReynConNavigating AI Governance, Security, and Trust Across the Enterprise
Matthew RandlePath RoboticsFrom Automated to Adaptive. Bringing physical AI to manufacturing
Payal ThakurJobsOhioBuilding Ohio's AI Super Sector and AI Ready Ohio
Chris ThomasYNDRBuilding Operational Agents Using Claude Code
Everyone on the Columbus AI Week 2026 program (76 speakers, September 10 to 11, 2026)
- Mukul Agochiya
- Alejandro AzuolaSquare Codex
- Shane BakshNexigen
- Sarah Barrick
- Ruchi BatraU.S. Bank
- Justin BeaudryToledo Codes
- Maddie BellSynapsa
- Mike BellSynapsa
- John BentleyProduct Journey Group
- Rohan BhandariIncluded Health
- Kris BrannockVSI
- Jerod BrennanAetos One
- Tom BushActual Reality Technologies
- Cecilia ChiderskiCLD Partners
- Summer CrenshawETA
- Nick DavisMid-Ohio Food Collective
- Emily Douglas-McNab
- Nelly ElSayedUniversity of Cincinnati
- Zag ElSayedUniversity of Cincinnati
- Sean Ericson
- Yishay FalickBility
- Eric FordGUUT
- Jim Ford
- Ed GarzaLogicMonitor
- Michael GeigerAriso
- JP GraultySkillspout
- Mahesh GurramGoogle
- Ebony HallNCredible Mindz
- Bryan HarrisInfinite Tactics
- Zachary Heck
- Zack HuhnETA
- Raksha HukkeriCSafe
- Labeeb IsmailKavia AI
- Surbhi JhaNVIDIA
- Jack JinAccenture
- Arjun KaaratWalmart
- Ashish KeshriSalesforce
- Joe KnightLogicMonitor
- Ryan LunkaAries Solutions
- Jack MaherValue Stream Pro
- Connie MatthewsReynCon
- Nicole McCainGentiv-AI Solutions
- Ryan McManusNewoAI
- Elise MeyersJobsOhio
- Jason Montgomery
- Dr. Keith Newton
- Benjamin NussbaumOverlook AI
- Scott PhillipsNexigen
- Rick PowerTeam Claws
- Matt PraterAxe.AI
- Bryan RaachRidgewood Local Schools
- Matthew RandlePath Robotics
- Liz RettigLil Agile Monster
- Dr. Josette RiepUniversity of Cincinnati
- Sourav SahaU.S. Bank
- Jon SalisburyNexigen
- Rupesh SawantArtiligent
- Gregg SiegfriedLogicMonitor
- Tracey SigersNCUS TEC
- Bharat SinghLogicMonitor
- Sarah SlavikSkillspout
- Chris SleeLainaHealth
- Swarna SolankiTeam NEO
- Vasiliki StamouliExperience Management Institute
- Cole SutyakSanctuary Software
- Ravi TennetiR10 Labs
- Payal ThakurJobsOhio
- Chris ThomasYNDR
- Vance VanDrakeUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Shannon VillalbaHeartsong Legal
- Ray WaiteLighthouse Force
- Matt Waldo
- Mike WalkerAgentic Data Systems
- Eku WilliamsFBT Gibbons
- Hope YinBlueprint Coaching
- Eric ZielinskiJumpmind
Everyone on the Columbus AI Week 2025 program (102 speakers, September 8 to 12, 2025)
- Mehwish Abassi
- Travis Althouse
- Ruchi BatraU.S. Bank
- Justin BeaudryToledo Codes
- Maddie BellSynapsa
- Mike BellSynapsa
- Jennifer Bleen
- Matthew Bradford
- Austin Braham
- Steve BrunkerBrain-CA
- Justin Bumbico
- Dean Carson
- John CavanaughPlunk Foundation
- Srinath Chandramohan
- Mike Chorey
- Mason ClutterFBT Gibbons
- Dr. Kelly CohenUniversity of Cincinnati
- Summer CrenshawETA
- Will Croushorn
- Troy DoucetAI.Law
- Jay Downs
- Zag ElSayedUniversity of Cincinnati
- Brett EwingAxe.AI
- Michael Farrar
- Jerry Felix
- Nick Fontova
- Jim Ford
- Carl FraikCincinnati AI Catalyst
- Michael FultonKoch
- Michael GeigerAriso
- Doug GoutySparkworks Innovation
- Devdas Gupta
- Mahesh GurramGoogle
- David Hague
- Elisha Hermann
- Derrick HodgeAxalio
- Zack HuhnETA
- Todd JamesAurora Insights
- Aaron Jimense
- Jack JinAccenture
- Arjun KaaratWalmart
- Cameron Kahrs
- Dalia Kalgreen
- Morgan KothBig Kitty Labs
- Hendrik Krack
- Gokulram Krishnan
- Sanjay Krishnegowda
- Tushar KulkarniBig Kitty Labs
- Louis Lane
- Brandon Levine
- Nan Li
- Troy Liljehdal
- MJ Lindeman
- Amy LindenbuschSogeti
- Ryan LunkaAries Solutions
- Bhanuprakash Madupati
- Tyler MantelRoll Tack Ventures
- Leslie Marant
- Clara MatonhodzeThe MCS Agency
- Lisa Patt McDaniel
- Madhavi NajanaFederal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati
- Rachael Ormiston
- Jo Otey
- Eshwar Pastapur
- Prajwal PaudyalQualzai
- John Petty
- Scott PhillipsNexigen
- Paul PowersPhysna
- Matt PraterAxe.AI
- Subathra Rajdnran
- Brett RenzenbrinkDinsmore & Shohl
- Ralph RivasSogeti
- Ne'shay Robinson
- Jon SalisburyNexigen
- Ron Savoia
- Mark SchnitterNexigen
- Renae Scott
- Diganta Sengupta
- Jyoti Kunal Shah
- Chris SleeLainaHealth
- Mardi Smith-Humphreys
- Ashish Sohane
- Lina Soliman
- Nate SowderHigh Contrast Labs
- Melissa Takahan
- Payal ThakurJobsOhio
- Sheetal Tigadikar
- Doug Torline
- Dagny Tracy
- Dr. Mandy Varley
- Patrick Verdugo
- Shannon VillalbaHeartsong Legal
- Jeremy Wade
- Eric Wagner
- Kristy WedelReMemora
- Roan Weigrt
- Jen Wells
- Eku WilliamsFBT Gibbons
- Charlotte Wilson
- Robb Winkle
- Gordon Withrow
- Hope YinBlueprint Coaching
Everyone on the Columbus AI Week 2024 program (78 speakers, September 17 to 19, 2024)
- Mike Alvarez
- Paul Baier
- Waco Bankston
- Pinak Barve
- Maddie BellSynapsa
- Pete BlackshawBrandRank.ai
- Kris BrannockVSI's Actionable IoT
- Dave BrewsterEidolon AI
- Steve BrunkerBrain-CA
- Mark BryanFuture Today Institute
- Matt CarpenterAparavi
- Eric Carr
- Bob CassityUSPTO
- John CavanaughPlunk Foundation
- Keith ChapmanU.S. Bank
- Kimberly Clavin
- Michelle CrandallCity of Hilliard
- Summer CrenshawETA
- Aanvi DograCode Ninjas
- Sabrina DonleyCybrCastle
- Troy DoucetAI.Law
- Rich FigalloiCarenetwork
- Seth Flory
- Michael FultonKoch
- Jeremiah Garcia
- Troy Gibson
- Jackie GleasonJPMC
- Navin Goyal
- Tim Grace
- Rich Granger
- Justin GrieshopCBTS
- Ryan HaleLithko
- Ryan Hamrick
- Jason HauerHauerX Holdings
- Chris HensleyNexigen
- Ashley Holcomb
- Keith InstoneDexterity UX
- Kevin Jackson
- Betsy Kent
- Nate Kocho
- Andrea LarsenUFO Marketing
- Sarah Lerner
- Rosie LevyPieces for Developers
- Mike Lewis
- Angela Lopez
- Ryan LunkaDoohickey AI
- Matt MaddenCBTS
- Dinesh MaheshwariGroq
- Mandy Mallott
- Doug McColloughBeta District
- Mel McGee
- Chris McGraw
- Cory MillerPlugOp Technologies
- Arun MoolchandaniRadii.ai
- Rajesh NaikMined XAI
- Catherine O'Shea
- Joseph Ours
- Shivani Patel
- Prajwal PaudyalQualzai Inc.
- Natasha PongonisEnvisify Global Intelligence
- Joel Ramkhelawan
- Nilanjan RaychaudhuriTublian
- Heath Rittler
- Jon SalisburyNexigen
- Ron SavoiaCopilotBuilder, LLC
- Ryan Schick
- Mark SchnitterNexigen
- Jason Skidmore
- Chris SleeLainaHealth
- Logan SmythDocent
- Pete Tapley
- Payal ThakurJobsOhio
- Sid ThathamUniversity of Cincinnati
- Monica Turner
- Eric WagnerLighthouse Avionics
- Kristy WedelReMemora
- Angie Westover-Munoz
- Troy WooleryVaco