Speaking

I speak on AI, decision-making, engineering leadership, and the intersection of neuroscience and technology.

My talks bridge behavioral science and engineering practice—helping technical leaders understand why their teams miss critical signals and what to do about it.

Topics I Cover

  • • AI and agentic systems
  • • Engineering leadership and team health
  • • Decision-making under complexity
  • • The neuroscience of system performance
  • • Building high-performing teams

Available for conferences, corporate events, and leadership offsites.

Recent Talks

What I Talk About

I develop custom talks for your audience, but here are themes I frequently cover:

1. Behavioral Drift in Engineering Systems

Why teams miss critical signals and how to fix it. Based on PhD research into perception under complexity, applied to engineering organizations.

2. Decision-Making for Technical Leaders

Why high-stakes decisions stall and how to unstick them. Insights from behavioral neuroscience about how teams process complexity and risk.

3. Team Health Analytics

Making invisible work visible. How to detect burnout, cognitive overload, and collaboration breakdowns before they become crises.

4. AI Agents & Context

Building agentic AI systems that actually work. Memory, context, orchestration, and the Model Context Protocol.

5. The CPTO Role & Engineering Leadership

The convergence of Product and Engineering leadership. How to lead teams at scale while staying technical.

6. Neuroscience for Engineers

What 10 years studying brains taught me about building systems. Pattern detection, cognitive load, and why you can't always trust what you see with your own eyes.

Book Me to Speak

I speak at technical conferences, engineering leadership events, corporate offsites, women in tech events, and executive roundtables.

Formats

  • • Keynotes (30-60 minutes)
  • • Workshops (2-4 hours)
  • • Panel discussions
  • • Fireside chats