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MARCH 10, 2026
Verinext’s Artificial Intelligence Tech Summit delivers insight and guidance to help organizations understand and integrate AI, driving success while empowering innovation and human potential. 
Designed for organizations at any stage of their digital journey, the event focuses on how AI fits into real business strategies. Attendees will hear from featured keynote Zack Kass, Global AI Advisor and former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI, and connect with peers and industry leaders shaping the future of AI.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER BIO

Zack Kass is an advisor, researcher, keynote speaker, and the former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI. 

At OpenAI, Zack led the teams responsible for sales, partnerships, and customer success, turning the company’s cutting-edge research into real-world business solutions. He has personally advised executives across dozens of industries on deploying AI at scale.

As an executive business advisor, Zack now works with Fortune 1,000 boardrooms and leadership teams—including Coca-Cola, Morgan Stanley, and Amgen—to help leaders navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

Zack’s mission is to ensure individuals, businesses, and governments are active participants in the AI-powered future by making the technology both understandable and actionable. He is recognized as one of the foremost thinkers in applied AI, with his insights featured in Fortune, Newsweek, Entrepreneur, AdAge, and Business Insider.

Beyond his advisory work, Zack also supports AI education and research at the University of Virginia. He holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and currently resides in Santa Barbara, California.

Advisory Services
Zack and his team also help organizations navigate the complexities of AI adoption, providing leadership with the strategies and frameworks needed to drive real business impact. As AI strategists and business transformation experts, they work closely with executive teams to identify challenges, assess opportunities, and implement AI solutions that prepare companies for the future of work.

Through boardroom advisory, executive workshops, and strategy consulting, Zack provides the insight and practical guidance needed to integrate AI effectively. While the team is committed to delivering successful business outcomes, the broader mission is to contribute to an optimistic AI future by empowering organizations to innovate, operate more efficiently, and ultimately expand human potential.


EVENT DETAILS
TECH SUMMIT AGENDA
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Registration, Networking Breakfast and Partner Pavilion  
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks Ashby Lincoln, President
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Ideation to Value Realization Matt Meves, Director, AI and Data Services
George Carter, Senior Vice President, Digital Professional Services
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
From Code to Confidence: How Dev Teams Use AI and Observability Nestor Zapata, Vice President, Autonomous Operations
and Intelligence at Arctiq
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Preparing Security Programs for the Agentic AI Security Era Joe Campbell, Vice President, Cybersecurity Strategy
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Move Fast, Break Nothing: AI Governance - All In Daniel Martin, Principal Security Consultant and Field CISO
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
AI Security in the Age of Autonomous Systems Guest Speaker: Robert Beken, Principal at Cedrus Strategic
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Networking Lunch and Partner Pavilion  
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM
Integrating AI with Your Enterprise Architecture David Lavin, AI Solution Architect
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM
AI in IT Operations Management: From Noise Reduction to AI ROI Matt Bynum, Vice President, Managed Services and Big Panda
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Break Time / Partner Pavilion  
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Keynote Speaker: The Next RenAIssance Zack Kass, Global AI Advisor and Former Head of Go-To-Market
at Open AI
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Closing Remarks, Open Forum and Raffle Prizes  
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Tech Summit Social A Networking Happy Hour: Drinks, apps, music, and more!

 

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