2026 AI Agent & Copilot Main Stage & Masterclass Speakers
Selected from an open call for speakers that generated nearly 500 submissions from business & technology leaders, Microsoft executives from product & engineering, AI Partners, and Microsoft MVPs, these speakers will define the opportunities, impact and outcomes possible with agents & copilot.
Geoff Ables
CEO / Microsoft MVP at C5 Insight
Naveen Agrawal
Director, Product Management – AI & Innovations at Avalara
AJ Ansari
Chief Operating Officer at DSWi
Diego Araujo
AI Architect at Fusion Flow Software
Awais Aslam
Practice Manager, Data Engineering & Advanced Analytics at AlphaBOLD
Seth Bacon
Director of Innovation, Product and Strategy at RSM
Vinoth Balasubramanian
Principal Program Manager at Microsoft
Raghav Batta
Principal Data Scientist at Microsoft
Nathan Bensch
VP, Enterprise Technology Solutions at enVista, LLC.
Ray Beste
Principal AI Strategist at Sikich
Prashant G Bhoyar
AI Architect - Office of CTO, AIS at AIS
Chris Boose
Solution Architect/Developer at RSM US LLP
Sissy Bottcher-Abbasi
CRM Architect at Avanade
Ryan Britton
Vice President of Client Engagement at The IQ Business Group
S. David Brown
Director of Business Technology & Operations at National Power
Tor Brynhildsen
CTO at WB Mason
Beth Burrell
Global Black Belt Solution Engineer at Microsoft
Dag Calafell
Director, Technology Innovation at MCA Connect
Nancie Calder
Executive Customer Engagement Practice - Global at Avanade
Amy Campbell
AI Consulting Services Manager at TMC
Justin Carter
Founder & Partner at Sync’d AI
David Chao
Head of Practice Builder - AI, Security, Cloud, Marketplace at TD Synnex
Mary Charuhas
Microsoft Partner Channel Manager at Celigo
Justin Coaxum
Technical Sales Director at Microsoft
CJ Combs
Sr Artificial Intelligence Business Consultant at Columbus Global
Kim Congleton
VP of Strategy at TMC
Andrew D’Agostino
VP, Strategic Technology at WB Mason
Mohamed Derhalli
Lead Architect at Cyclotron
Chris Dew
Popdock Product Manager at eOne Solutions
Shawn Dorward
Vice President at sa.global
April Dunnam
Power Platform Advocate at Microsoft
Mauricio Duran
President at Definity
Dan Edwards
Managing Director at Crowe LLP
Bob Evans
Founder, Cloud Wars
Michael Fisher
Managing Partner & CTO at Pro Refrigeration Inc
Cecilia Flombaum
Ecosystem Lead - Business & Industry Solutions at Microsoft
Michelle Francis
Sr. System Analyst at Lindsay Corporation
Dan Fuller
Managing Prinicple at BDO
Moacyr Galo
Chief AI Officer at sa.global
Sachin Gandhi
Principal Solution R&D Architect at Microsoft
Gabe Garcia
Head of Partnerships at eftsure
Tom Gerdes
CIO, The Heico Companies LLC
Nirbhay Gupta
CIO/CTO at Bedrosians
Cole Haddock
Solutions Architect at Vanguard
John Haines
Principal at Crowe
Jennifer Harris
CEO and Founder at TMC
Will Hawkins
Lead AI Engineer & Founder at RitewAI
Matt Holzmann
Senior Director, Client Acquisitions & Partnerships at elevaite365
Tim Horgan
Sr. Solution Engineer at Microsoft
Zach Hudson
M365 Engineer at Lindsay Corporation
Kamil Karbowiak
CEO at Data Courage
Yogesh Kasat
Chief Client Success Officer at Argano
Marc Kase
CIO at Altman Plants
Greg Kaupp
Partner at ArcherPoint by Cherry Bekaert
Kanwal Khipple
CEO at @2toLead
Brad Koontz
Vice President of Growth at PS Hummingbird
Kalyan Koppineedi
Principal AI Solution Architect at PS Hummingbird
Paul Langowski
Managing Director of Enterprise Business Applications at BDO
Scott Laubengayer
Enterprise Business Applications Experienced Senior at BDO
Nick Leamon
AI Consultant at Crowe
Christopher Lochhead
Best-Selling Author, Category Pirates
Johnny Lopez
Principal SE at Microsoft
Ronak Mathur
Manager D365, Power Platform & Automation at Mater Hospital
Gina McBryan
Business Data Analyst, Real Estate Finance at DART
Jim McCarthy
COO at Vixxo
Mark Miller
Business Systems Manager at Steel Warehouse
Pam Misialek
VP, Community Director at Dynamic Communities
Gina Montgomery
Director of AI, Automation & Analytics at Armanino
Aaron Murphy
AI Tech Lead - Financial Services
Derek Neighbors
Chief Technology Officer - AI at Vixxo
Eric Newell
CEO at Stoneridge Software
James Oleinik
Partner Director of Product Management at Microsoft
Vaishali Vinay
Senior Data & Applied Scientist at Microsoft
Shahebazkhan Pathan
Technical Project Manager at Vintners Distributors Inc
John Petersen
Sr Manager, Microsoft Sales Engineering at TD Synnex
Matt Petersen
Business Applications Sales Executive, Retail, CPG, Wholesale Distribution at Microsoft
Andrea Pinillos
Sr. Technical Program Manager at Microsoft
Ragnar Pitla
Principal Program Manager at Microsoft
Jacquelyn Polanco
Sales Administration Manager at Texas Disposal
Mark Polino
Solution Architect at eOne Solutions
Funtrol Ready
Sr Digital Solution Engineer at Microsoft
Corey Reeves
Information Technology Manager at Janus International
Asif Rehmani
CEO at VisualSP
Dewain Robinson
Principal Solution Architect - CAT at Microsoft
Dona Sarkar
Chief Troublemaker Copilot & AI Extensibility at Microsoft
Sahib Sawhney
Senior AI Developer at RSM US LLP
John Scandar
SVP at Alithya
Michael Simms
VP - Data & AI at Columbus Global
Siobhan Anderson
Head of Sales at eftsure
Carl Spackman
CFO at Copper State
Ashley Steiner
Solutions Architect at PS Hummingbird
Ben Summers
Director of PMM Copilot for Microsoft 365 Infrastructure at Microsoft
Nick Talsma
Senior Manager, Power Platform Technical Solution Architect at Ludia Consulting
Thales Teixeira
Professor at UCSD
Aarohi Tripathi
Senior Data Engineer
Sandra Valdivia
Solution Architect at Avanade
Thomas Van Dorpe
AI Solutions Architect at Cegeka
Michael Vasicek
Partner at Kyndryl
Kumari Priyanka Wadiar
Senior AI Business Solution Engineer at Microsoft
Kent Weare
Principal Product Manager at Microsoft
Chad Weiner
Power Platform Lead at Alithya
Abby Wermers
Product Owner at BDO
Mason Whitaker
President at Volt Technologies
Marie Wiese
Founder & CEO at Marketing Copilot
Dustin Willard
Director, Global Microsoft Alliances at Cambay Solutions
Brent Wodicka
Chief Technology Officer at AIS
Carmel Wynkoop
Partner at Armanino
Chris Zangrilli
Vice President of Technology Strategy at Vertex
Mandar Zope
AI Practice Director at Cambay Solutions
Brian Zwart
VP of IT at American Engineering Testing, Inc. (AET)
