AI SPEAKER · WORKSHOP FACILITATOR · PANEL MODERATOR
Planning a marketing conference, creative event, or team session? I speak about AI, brands, and career reinvention in ways your audience can put to use. Bring me in for a talk, a hands-on workshop, or a moderated conversation built around the questions your room needs to explore.
FEATURED TALKS
FOR CREATIVE TEAMS AND PROFESSIONAL AUDIENCES
An accessible introduction to what today’s AI tools do, where they fall short, and how they can be useful in real work. I use a live example to show how to move from a task to an AI-assisted draft, check the result, and make it better. Attendees leave with a practical first experiment they can try themselves.
FOR MARKETING AND CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS
AI is changing what we do at work and how we show what we can do. This talk helps professionals identify which parts of their work are shifting, connect the experience they already have to new possibilities, and build skill through real AI-enabled projects. They leave with a personal next-step plan and an idea for work they can make visible.
SELECTED LIVE WORK
I developed these event concepts, sourced the guests, wrote and delivered the introductions, developed the interview questions, and led the conversations live.
Panel
Guests: Jeff Aylen, Director of Marketing & Brand at Vancouver Whitecaps FC; artists Jessie Sohpaul and Carson Ting.
A live panel on the creative partnerships connecting sport, art, and culture.
One-to-one interview
Guest: Anna Baird, Chief Customer Officer, Generative AI GTM at Google.
A live conversation about the possibilities and implications of AI for organizations.
One-to-one interview
Guest: Naqaash Pirani, Head of Digital Strategy, Canada at Adobe.
A live conversation about agentic AI and customer experience.
Panel
Guests: Kate Reid and Siobhan McEvoy of EA
A conversation about The Sims, community, and the power of fandom.
Interview
Guest: Emma Shanahan, Product Marketing Lead at Shopify
A conversation about how AI and cross-functional alignment are changing product marketing.
Interview
Guest: Andrew Gosine, Principal Product Designer at Slack
A conversation about design vision and the evolution of large-scale products.
LIVE PROGRAMS
I’ve built hackathons around real industry briefs, from shaping the challenge and judging criteria to sourcing guests and judges. I led the kickoffs, moderated final presentations and live feedback, and coordinated winner selection.
Teams explored how its mobile app could better understand community engagement and turn those insights into experiences that build long-term loyalty.
Teams explored how to make data analytics less overwhelming for new users, then presented their ideas to a judging panel.
Women in Tech Regatta Vancouver
I joined guests from Jane.app, AWS, and Best Buy for a conversation about standing out and navigating the job search.
Monday Girl
I joined guests from Deloitte, lululemon, and Aritzia to discuss how work and careers are changing.
ADDITIONAL SUBJECT AREAS
For marketing and brand audiences, I can also develop a session around:
FORMATS
A focused idea with clear takeaways for the audience.
A working session built around your audience’s tools, roles, and real tasks.
Prepared questions and a conversation that gives the audience something useful to take away.
CUSTOM TALKS
Have a different question you want your room to explore? I develop talks and moderated conversations around your audience, industry, and event goals. We’ll agree on the central idea, examples, and what people should leave with before the session goes on your agenda.
START A CONVERSATION
Share who will be in the room, what you want them to explore, and the format you have in mind.
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