Kristin Kautz, FSMPS, CPSM
AI Strategist | Consultant | Speaker | Trainer
Kristin Kautz is a nationally recognized expert in artificial intelligence strategy and digital transformation, with a deep understanding of its implications for the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. As a Fellow of the Society for Marketing Professional Services (FSMPS) and a Certified Professional Services Marketer (CPSM), she has spent her career at the intersection of technology, business strategy, and industry leadership.
She specializes in AI education, change management, and strategic implementation (AI First Steps), helping firms navigate both the opportunities and challenges AI presents. Her Minds & Machines symposiums, AI IQ Community, and AI consulting services are designed to equip firms with the knowledge and frameworks they need to integrate AI effectively and competitively.
Kristin is known for her no-nonsense, direct, insightful approach—cutting through the hype to deliver practical, industry-specific strategies. Her work goes beyond tools and trends; she also focuses on the bigger operational shifts AI is bringing to firms, from decision-making and workforce transformation to contracts and value differentiators.
With a true talent for making complex topics accessible and actionable, Kristin's techno-optimism will inspire you to think critically, act now, and stay ahead in this new era of AI-driven business.

Kristin Kautz, FSMPS, CPSM AI Strategist | Consultant | Speaker | Trainer Kristin Kautz is a nationally recognized expert in artificial intelligence strategy and digital transformation, with a deep understanding of its implications for the architec... Show more

Biography for Sessionize Profile

🚀 Innovator | Entrepreneur | Product Leader | AI Enthusiast

With a proven track record of transforming bold ideas into successful products, I am a passionate entrepreneur and product manager with a unique blend of expertise in design, technology, and business management. Currently spearheading AI product development at ImmverseAI, I bring a wealth of experience in entrepreneurship, startup innovations, and building cutting-edge solutions.

🏆 Awards & Achievements:
I’ve earned 350+ awards and recognitions, including global accolades like the Ericsson Innovation Award and the Microsoft Imagine Cup, and represented India at prestigious global platforms such as the Dubai Expo 2020. My entrepreneurial journey has seen me win national and international competitions, including the KPMG Ideation Challenge and the TiE University Global Pitch Competition.

📚 Academic Excellence:
An Academic Gold Medalist, I’ve published three tech research papers and hold titles like the "Achievers Award" and "Scholarship Holder for PG Diploma".

🌐 Global Exposure & Impact:
From the Smart India Hackathon to ideation challenges by Microsoft, KPMG, and Ericsson, I’ve consistently showcased my ability to innovate, execute, and deliver impactful solutions.

🎓 Learning & Growth:
I’ve actively engaged in enriching learning cohorts, including the "DAAD Innovation Week", "IECT Summer School", and "iB Hubs Startup School", which have shaped my approach to innovation and entrepreneurship.

💡 Core Interests & Expertise:
My heart lies at the intersection of entrepreneurship, startup innovations, design thinking, business strategy, and artificial intelligence. I’m dedicated to empowering the next generation of innovators through engaging sessions, hands-on insights, and actionable strategies.

🔗 Why Choose Me as a Speaker?
I bring energy, insights, and real-world stories from my journey of winning global competitions, launching tech startups, and leading AI-driven innovations. Whether it’s about navigating the startup ecosystem, designing impactful products, or unlocking the potential of AI, my sessions are tailored to inspire, inform, and ignite creativity in audiences.

Let’s innovate, inspire, and impact—together!

Biography for Sessionize Profile 🚀 Innovator | Entrepreneur | Product Leader | AI Enthusiast With a proven track record of transforming bold ideas into successful products, I am a passionate entrepreneur and product manager with a unique ble... Show more

Uldis Karlovs-Karlovskis is an IT expert with 20 years of diverse experience. Founder & CTO of MoonMoon. He is a certified DevOps Leader, the board chairman of the DevOps & AI Latvia community, the director of the Dzīvais Rīgas Teātris and a lecturer at the BDA, Riga Technical University and Riga Business School.

Uldis Karlovs-Karlovskis is an IT expert with 20 years of diverse experience. Founder & CTO of MoonMoon. He is a certified DevOps Leader, the board chairman of the DevOps & AI Latvia community, the director of the Dzīvais Rīgas Teātris and a lecturer... Show more

Senior backend engineer who thrives on blending structure and creativity, whether coding or storytelling. Passionate about “using your powers for good”, she is volunteering as a software engineer in several organizations, such as Midaat. She cares deeply about wildlife, and volunteered at both the Wildlife Hospital and the Haibulans. She is currently volunteering for the Haibulans as tech consultant.

Senior backend engineer who thrives on blending structure and creativity, whether coding or storytelling. Passionate about “using your powers for good”, she is volunteering as a software engineer in several organizations, such as Midaat. She cares de... Show more

You know what’s truly rewarding? Helping someone learn and grow. There’s nothing quite like being part of someone’s journey and knowing you played a role in their progress. As a human being, a mother, a team member, and Head of Design, my mission is to contribute to as many growth stories as possible. Over the past 18+ years, I’ve gained a wealth of experience in design, product, and leadership - and now, it’s time to give back.

You know what’s truly rewarding? Helping someone learn and grow. There’s nothing quite like being part of someone’s journey and knowing you played a role in their progress. As a human being, a mother, a team member, and Head of Design, my mission is ... Show more

Avital Tamir is a generalist, software developer, twin daddy and former pro musician. He taught himself BASIC at age 6 when he got his first x86. As a musician Avital released several studio albums and toured the world, before shifting to a full-time career in tech.

Avital Tamir is a generalist, software developer, twin daddy and former pro musician. He taught himself BASIC at age 6 when he got his first x86. As a musician Avital released several studio albums and toured the world, before shifting to a full-time... Show more

Hi, I'm Scott, a creator of open source software, jazz musician, yoga teacher, and founder.

Music is my most formal background, having studied jazz and classical music. I worked for years as a freelance guitarist with the ability to improvise in various styles and sight-read sheet music, sheet music being a literal form of code.

Later in life, I became a software engineer, after finding that I got a similar gut feeling when writing code as I did when writing or analyzing music. I did a lot of my initial learning by translating the data structures found in music into code.

I started my career in the software startups of Austin, TX, mainly in education technology, and I eventually ended up working as a lead engineer in the enterprise for the music industry for years.

Over time, I accumulated experience owning many different kinds of projects, building modern frontends for the web, writing backend APIs, creating scalable DevOps systems for multiple teams, handling cloud architecture, and more.

I have taken that experience and channeled it into my own independent software company, Smorsic Labs. My flagship project is bun-workspaces, an open source tool for monorepo development. I have spoken at various software engineering events in the Denver area about my work.

Hi, I'm Scott, a creator of open source software, jazz musician, yoga teacher, and founder. Music is my most formal background, having studied jazz and classical music. I worked for years as a freelance guitarist with the ability to improvise in v... Show more

Web things lover, Typescript fanboy, Angular expert, Musician.

Web things lover, Typescript fanboy, Angular expert, Musician. Show more

Shirley es Front-End Developer y UX/UI Designer con más de 5 años de experiencia trabajando con equipos nacionales e internacionales. Es bilingüe y se especializa en accesibilidad web, CSS avanzado, diseño de interfaces e interfaces adaptativas impulsadas por IA.

Actualmente es organizadora de Google Developer Group Callao y cofundadora de Angular Perú. También ha participado como voluntaria en distintas comunidades tecnológicas nacionales e internacionales, contribuyendo a la educación, inclusión y crecimiento de la comunidad tech.

Ha organizado conferencias, eventos y espacios de aprendizaje para developers, estudiantes y profesionales de tecnología. Como speaker, ha compartido charlas en español e inglés sobre desarrollo web, accesibilidad, CSS, inteligencia artificial aplicada al frontend y construcción de comunidades.

Su trabajo se encuentra en la intersección entre diseño, desarrollo y comunidad, creando experiencias digitales que responden a necesidades reales de las personas. Cree firmemente que la accesibilidad no es una mejora opcional, sino un estándar para construir tecnología más justa, usable e inclusiva.

Shirley es Front-End Developer y UX/UI Designer con más de 5 años de experiencia trabajando con equipos nacionales e internacionales. Es bilingüe y se especializa en accesibilidad web, CSS avanzado, diseño de interfaces e interfaces adaptativas impul... Show more

Veeresh Patil is a Specialist UX Design at Amgen, one of the world's largest biotech companies, where he designs AI and data products for large-scale enterprise environments - building experiences that help senior leaders and their teams make faster, more confident decisions from complex data. With over 11 years across enterprise UX, brand, and design systems, he has shaped digital products for more than 30+ global organisations - including Walmart Global Tech, Bosch, Harman, IBM, TCS, Wipro, and Marriott and many more.

His career has been defined by building from scratch - from designing foundational customer-facing products at Zopsmart (Zopnow) and Evening Flavors in his early years, to being brought in at Newparts.Inc to establish a multi-brand design system for a 1M+ user automotive platform. The longest and most defining chapter of his career was at Zensciences, where as Associate Creative Director he built and led a multidisciplinary UX and design team - delivering award-winning work for globally recognised enterprises including Walmart Global Tech, IBM, Bosch, Harman, EY, and Marriott. He introduced the VIBE creative community, an internal model for continuous learning that transformed how the team collaborated and created. His work has earned four design awards, including a Gold at Indigo Design Awards and a nomination on Awwwards.

Growing up in a small village in North Karnataka, he was the last person anyone expected to speak on a stage an introvert who found design before he found his voice. Veeresh mentors designers across India - through workshops, college/institute programmes, and one-on-one sessions online and offline. A daily meditation practitioner, he believes the human mind is the most underestimated design tool in existence and that the stillness required to access it is the skill the industry keeps training out. He believes the most underrated skill in design isn't a tool or a method - it's knowing when to stop and let the mind wander.

Veeresh Patil is a Specialist UX Design at Amgen, one of the world's largest biotech companies, where he designs AI and data products for large-scale enterprise environments - building experiences that help senior leaders and their teams make faster,... Show more

Honey Mehta is a Senior UX Designer at Arlo Technologies, where she leads end-to-end design for connected home experiences at the intersection of hardware and software. Her work spans onboarding, device interactions, and intelligent features that bring clarity to complex systems. She is a Red Dot Award winner and an Adobe Digital Edge Awards nominee, recognized for crafting thoughtful, high-impact user experiences grounded in real-world use.
Honey holds a Master’s degree in Interaction Design from California College of the Arts. Her approach combines systems thinking with a strong product lens, enabling her to design experiences that are both intuitive and scalable.
Beyond her core role, Honey is a speaker and writer, sharing perspectives on design, innovation, and building distinctive products in a world of convergence. She actively supports and mentors within the design community, helping emerging designers grow their craft and navigate their careers.

Honey Mehta is a Senior UX Designer at Arlo Technologies, where she leads end-to-end design for connected home experiences at the intersection of hardware and software. Her work spans onboarding, device interactions, and intelligent features that bri... Show more

Passionate Mobile Developer
TechVangelist.
Minister of Word and Worship-Musician

Passionate Mobile Developer TechVangelist. Minister of Word and Worship-Musician Show more

Bryce is obsessed with creating products that people want to use. He helps organizations of all sizes test, and ship their ideas.

Bryce has been speaking since the age of 3. Sometimes called a designer, a developer, a strategist, a writer, and even a carpenter, he has led teams and worked in the trenches. Bryce is a Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies, a certified Design Sprint Master, a list over-user, and a recovering "filler word" addict. He shares his knowledge by mentoring and teaching from his homeland, the not-always-frozen Minnesota.

Ask Bryce about saving the rainforest through design @ Project M or his most epic Boundary Waters Wilderness adventure.

Bryce is obsessed with creating products that people want to use. He helps organizations of all sizes test, and ship their ideas. Bryce has been speaking since the age of 3. Sometimes called a designer, a developer, a strategist, a writer, and ev... Show more

I’m a Solutions Architect and XR/game developer with 20+ years of experience turning ideas into immersive, interactive experiences. My work spans 3D, VR, and WebXR, with a strong focus on building high‑performance web experiences using Wonderland Engine and modern web technologies.

I’ve led teams as a Senior Developer and Technical Lead, combining deep engineering expertise with a passion for creative technology. I enjoy pushing boundaries. Whether that’s designing expressive XR interactions, architecting scalable systems, or experimenting with new ways to bring 3D content to people.
I’m active in the WebXR community and regularly share my work through live coding streams on YouTube (youtube.com/sorskoot) and articles on timmykokke.com.

I’m a Solutions Architect and XR/game developer with 20+ years of experience turning ideas into immersive, interactive experiences. My work spans 3D, VR, and WebXR, with a strong focus on building high‑performance web experiences using Wonderland Eng... Show more

Angela Legh is a bestselling middle-grade author, speaker, and recipient of the 2024 President’s Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions supporting emotional resilience, literacy, and family connection. She is the creator of The Bella Santini Chronicles and the author of the upcoming book The Emotional Landscape of the Tween Years: Understanding the Feelings That Drive Your Child’s Behavior.

Angela works with schools, educators, and families to help adults better understand the emotional world of children and the hidden experiences that often drive behavior. Her work combines storytelling, emotional resilience education, and practical strategies designed to strengthen connection, emotional safety, and healthy communication within schools and families.

Angela Legh is a bestselling middle-grade author, speaker, and recipient of the 2024 President’s Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions supporting emotional resilience, literacy, and family connection. She is the creator of The Bella Santin... Show more

Andrew Schiffman, Head of Artist Relations at LGND Music, an NFT music platform. He was previously the Vice President of Business Development at YellowHeart, a NFT Ticketing and Marketplace platform and Music partnership Ambassador at Rally.io.
He has over 20 years in the music industry working at various global companies like MTV, VEVO and UMG. His passion for music and tech allowed Andrew to become a master programming strategist and curator across platforms from broadcast to digital. He has worked on many groundbreaking campaigns, events, series and album releases from the MTV Video Music Awards, MTV2 120 Minutes and artists like Muse, Linkin Park, J. Cole and The Black Keys.

Andrew Schiffman, Head of Artist Relations at LGND Music, an NFT music platform. He was previously the Vice President of Business Development at YellowHeart, a NFT Ticketing and Marketplace platform and Music partnership Ambassador at Rally.io. He ... Show more

CTO at fan3. 25 years engineering and team leading experience. Creator of anglez.xyz generative NFT art project.

CTO at fan3. 25 years engineering and team leading experience. Creator of anglez.xyz generative NFT art project. Show more

Davide is an engineer with work experience in various IT fields: he worked around the world on medical research for a few years and now holds the position of Web/AI Platform Leader in Synesthesia as part of the CTO group. He loves creating teams and working with them, communicating and listening. He also has experience as a teacher, speaker and public speaking coach. He is (of course) a coffee addict, a piano player and a theatre director.

Davide is an engineer with work experience in various IT fields: he worked around the world on medical research for a few years and now holds the position of Web/AI Platform Leader in Synesthesia as part of the CTO group. He loves creating teams and ... Show more

Full time power platform enthusiast @Microsoft

Full time power platform enthusiast @Microsoft Show more

Benjamin has a long-term and hands-on experience with introducing, building, running, coaching and speaking about Java, Microservices (including DDD and events), Docker/Containerization, distributed/self-contained systems (SCS) and disruptive technologies.

At day he works as Tech Lead for Cloud Technologies at codecentric. At night he hacks on innovative trends like FaaS, Service Meshes, Voice UIs and IoT. At evenings he organizes workshops, talks and code retreats at the Software Crafters Community Jena (Softwerkskammer Jena) and the Java User Group Thüringen. On weekends he serves as a board member at the Java Aktuell Magazine and at the JavaLand conference – leading the Architecture and Methodology & Culture streams.

He also runs Open Data Hackathons as well as Devoxx4Kids events. Regularly he also gives university lectures on OOP, Java, Docker, Git, Project Management and Agile Methodologies. In his leisure time he enjoys road cycling, art & theaters, wine/gin/whiskey tastings and discussions about politics and improving IT organizations.

Benjamin has a long-term and hands-on experience with introducing, building, running, coaching and speaking about Java, Microservices (including DDD and events), Docker/Containerization, distributed/self-contained systems (SCS) and disruptive technol... Show more

Rob is a data consultant in Australia. His company is LobsterPot Solutions. He leads the Adelaide Data Platform & Analytics User Group, and is also involved in the open-mic comedy community.

Rob is a data consultant in Australia. His company is LobsterPot Solutions. He leads the Adelaide Data Platform & Analytics User Group, and is also involved in the open-mic comedy community. Show more

Keelan Knox formerly served as Security Engagement Manager at Alias Cybersecurity, where he quickly advanced after joining the company in 2022. In this role, he brought together expertise in cybersecurity and project management to deliver high-impact client engagements. His background spans business enablement & development, SOC monitoring services, penetration testing, network security, IT auditing, incident response, security awareness training, risk assessment, and social engineering.

During his time at Alias Cybersecurity, Knox was promoted from Security Analyst to Security Engineer to Security Engagement Manager, where he led a team of engineers and security analysts. He oversaw engineering projects as well as security operations & sales, ensuring that technical execution aligned with client objectives and security best practices.

Knox’s leadership experience, combined with his technical foundation, reflects his ability to bridge technical execution with organizational strategy helping teams and businesses strengthen resilience against evolving threats.

Keelan Knox formerly served as Security Engagement Manager at Alias Cybersecurity, where he quickly advanced after joining the company in 2022. In this role, he brought together expertise in cybersecurity and project management to deliver high-impact... Show more

Sebastián Medina (Brown Director) es co-fundador y Director Creativo de HeyBrown Studio, una agencia de marketing digital construida como AI-first: usa inteligencia artificial en todo su flujo, creación de contenido, estrategia y pauta, para entregar a escala lo que antes requería equipos y presupuestos mucho mayores. Antes de fundar HeyBrown en 2022 se formó en producción audiovisual (2018–2021) en dirección de fotografía, dirección de comerciales y animación 3D, con más de 20 comerciales, +300 proyectos de CGI y más de 2.000 piezas para redes en su carrera. Hoy, siendo director creativo y no programador, está construyendo con IA un producto que convierte el trabajo de agencia estrategia y entregables de marketing, en un servicio de suscripción, usando una arquitectura multi-agente que él mismo levantó apoyándose en IA como su equipo de desarrollo.

Sebastián Medina (Brown Director) es co-fundador y Director Creativo de HeyBrown Studio, una agencia de marketing digital construida como AI-first: usa inteligencia artificial en todo su flujo, creación de contenido, estrategia y pauta, para entregar... Show more

Amanda Hua is the founder and CEO of Apova, where she is building Agent Atlas for governed execution in production AI workflows.

She has spent her career architecting and building high-stakes distributed systems across payments, financial infrastructure, identity, commerce, privacy, and enterprise platforms. Her work includes helping build RippleNet as a First Principal Engineer at Ripple, founding digital transformation architecture at Rivian, and engineering leadership and architecture roles across Apple, PayPal, Anywhere Real Estate, and HP.

Her current work explores what changes when AI systems move from generating outputs to taking real-world actions: how execution state, authority, policy, evidence, exceptions, human checkpoints, and decision lineage can be designed into the system rather than delegated to the model.

Amanda Hua is the founder and CEO of Apova, where she is building Agent Atlas for governed execution in production AI workflows. She has spent her career architecting and building high-stakes distributed systems across payments, financial infrastr... Show more

I started programming in the '80s on a ZX Spectrum, and it's been with me ever since — through BASIC, Assembly, C, Perl and Python. After a degree in Information Engineering, I spent over 20 years as an IP network engineer, along the way building a tool to automate network auditing and configuration. Today I work in a team developing AI agents to support network operations. I'm also a semi-professional musician: I play piano and keyboards, and I compose.

I started programming in the '80s on a ZX Spectrum, and it's been with me ever since — through BASIC, Assembly, C, Perl and Python. After a degree in Information Engineering, I spent over 20 years as an IP network engineer, along the way building a t... Show more

Pierfrancesco Conte è Agile Coach, Scrum Master e Business Agility practitioner, con esperienza in contesti enterprise complessi. Supporta team e leader in percorsi di trasformazione organizzativa, lavorando su collaborazione, facilitazione, enablement di Product Owner e Scrum Master, comunicazione del cambiamento e miglioramento continuo.

Negli ultimi anni sta orientando il proprio posizionamento verso Enterprise Transformation e AI Adoption, esplorando come l’intelligenza artificiale possa amplificare — e non sostituire — capacità umane come giudizio, apprendimento, conversazioni di qualità e decision making.

Unisce al lavoro in ambito Coaching e Business Agility una forte passione per public speaking, musica, magia e mentalismo. Nei suoi talk usa l’illusionismo come metafora concreta per rendere visibili dinamiche organizzative spesso invisibili: attenzione, percezione, fiducia e cambiamento.

Pierfrancesco Conte è Agile Coach, Scrum Master e Business Agility practitioner, con esperienza in contesti enterprise complessi. Supporta team e leader in percorsi di trasformazione organizzativa, lavorando su collaborazione, facilitazione, enableme... Show more

David Gregory is a founder, builder, and storyteller working at the intersection of hospitality, tourism, food, business, and experience design.

He is the creator of IC Pasta, a dessert concept built around playful, memorable guest experiences, and the mind behind immersive projects that blend storytelling, hospitality, and real-world interaction. His perspective comes from building businesses, designing experiences, and paying attention to the details most people move past too quickly.

David speaks about what makes experiences feel real, why hospitality loses something when it becomes too polished or too rehearsed, how businesses can build something with a pulse instead of just a pitch, and why context matters more than most people realize. His work is rooted in real operations, guest psychology, storytelling, and the belief that people remember what feels human.

Whether he is talking about food, tourism, service, branding, or experience design, the thread is the same: what makes something worth caring about?

David Gregory is a founder, builder, and storyteller working at the intersection of hospitality, tourism, food, business, and experience design. He is the creator of IC Pasta, a dessert concept built around playful, memorable guest experiences, an... Show more

Tech Lead le jour, musicien décalé le reste du temps, j’aborde le développement comme une bonne jam session : écoute, rythme et justesse.
Mes valeurs ? Collaboration, transparence, et le respect du tempo de chacun. J’aime travailler en harmonie collective, et partager mes riffs, mes fails et mes trouvailles pour aider les équipes à jouer juste ensemble.

Tech Lead le jour, musicien décalé le reste du temps, j’aborde le développement comme une bonne jam session : écoute, rythme et justesse. Mes valeurs ? Collaboration, transparence, et le respect du tempo de chacun. J’aime travailler en harmonie col... Show more

Matthew started working on the Web in '95 at an experimental dance company in Ottawa Canada. This became an obsession with bleeding edge technologies. His decades of experience in the technology sphere as a project manager and Web application architect segued into joining the Drupal community in 2007. He has spoken at numerous tech conferences. Saunders was on the Drupalcon Denver organizing committee, is Director of Drupalcamp Colorado, and helped found the Drupal Event Organizing Working Group. Matthew recently left Pfizer as Delivery Lead for the Health Care Provider Portal and is looking for his next challenge. He runs a consultancy at https://www.jamesmatthewsaunders.ai. He is an activist in neurodiversity. Matthew recently joined amazee.io as their AI Ambassador.

Matthew started working on the Web in '95 at an experimental dance company in Ottawa Canada. This became an obsession with bleeding edge technologies. His decades of experience in the technology sphere as a project manager and Web application archite... Show more

A Docker Captain and Microsoft MVP, is a Cloud and DevOps engineer, consultant, and instructor with expertise in Microsoft Azure and DevOps practices. Passionate about teaching, she delivers both practical and theoretical courses on Azure, and DevOps. Cigdem helps organizations implement DevOps transformations across cloud and on-premises environments while contributing to the community through insightful technical articles and videos on cloud adoption and DevOps best practices.

A Docker Captain and Microsoft MVP, is a Cloud and DevOps engineer, consultant, and instructor with expertise in Microsoft Azure and DevOps practices. Passionate about teaching, she delivers both practical and theoretical courses on Azure, and DevOps... Show more