Speaking Engagements
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
From Brains to Bots: Signal, Noise, and the Future of AI
Fremd Engineering Panel • Palatine, IL (District 211)
High School Engineering Students
A career journey from computer science and behavioral neuroscience through data science, edtech, and scaling systems — connecting how the brain detects signals in noise to how we build and evaluate non-deterministic AI systems.
Modernizing Legacy Systems with Applied AI
Tech in Motion Leadership Panel • Chicago
Tech Leaders & Executives
A leadership panel examining how organizations in legacy environments are deploying AI to drive real, measurable transformation and what it takes to build, scale, and operate these systems responsibly.
You Belong in STEM: Overcoming Bias and Building Your Future
STEM Women in Tech • Chicago
High School Students
A keynote on belonging in STEM, overcoming bias, and building a career on your own terms.
Leadership Roundtable: Building High-Performing Teams in the Age of AI
Executive Mastermind Dinner • Chicago
Executives and Senior Leaders
A moderated table discussion on GenAI applications, speed and specificity in AI projects, balancing automation with human oversight, and how AI creates space for deeper strategic thinking.
GenAI & AI Use Cases: Speed, Specificity, and Strategic Thinking
Women in Tech Dinner • Chicago
Women in tech leaders and practitioners
A moderated table discussion exploring GenAI applications, the importance of speed and specificity in AI projects, and how AI creates space for deeper strategic thinking.
Optimizing Performance Using Statistics
Windy City DevFest • Chicago
Software Engineers & DevOps Practitioners
Exploring how statistical analysis and data-driven insights unlock hidden patterns in system performance, enabling smarter monitoring, faster anomaly detection, and more resilient infrastructure.
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