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
AJ Ansari
Chief Operating Office 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
Bas Brekelmans
CTO Copilot Studio at Microsoft
Ryan Britton
Vice President of Client Engagement at The IQ Business Group
S. David Brown
Director of Business Technology & Operations at National Power
John Buccola
Chief Growth Officer at Technology Management Concepts
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
Roland Chi
Marketing Manager at TMC
Justin Coaxum
Technical Sales Director at Microsoft
CJ Combs
Sr Artificial Intelligence Business Consultant at Columbus Global
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
CIO
Michelle Francis
Sr. System Analyst at Lindsay Corporation
Tom Gerdes
CIO, The Heico Companies LLC
Ankit Gupta
Senior Security Engineer at Exeter Finance LLC
Cara Gwinn
Cole Haddock
Solutions Architect at Vanguard
Will Hawkins
Lead AI Engineer & Founder at RitewAI
Tim Horgan
Sr. Solution Engineer at Microsoft
Zach Hudson
M365 Engineer at Lindsay Corporation
Craig Jahnke
Principal Solutions Engineer at Microsoft
Kamil Karbowiak
CEO at Data Courage
Marc Kase
CIO at Altman Plants
Kanwal Khipple
CEO at @2toLead
Kaylan 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
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
Shilpi Mittal
Lead Security Engineer at Tyson Foods Inc.
Gina Montgomery
Director of AI, Automation & Analytics at Armanino
Aaron Murphy
AI Tech Lead - Financial Services
Swamy Narayana
VP, Dynamics 365 Customer Experience Program (CXP) at Microsoft
Derek Neighbors
Chief Technology Officer - AI at Vixxo
Eric Newell
CEO at Stoneridge Software
Vaishali Papneja
Senior Data & Applied Scientist at Microsoft
Shahebazkhan Pathan
Technical Project Manager at Vintners Distributors Inc
Matt Petersen
Business Applications Sales Executive, Retail, CPG, Wholesale Distribution at Microsoft
Andrea Pinillos
Sr. Technical Program Manager at Microsoft
Jacquelyn Polanco
Sales Administration Manager at Texas Disposal
Mark Polino
Technical Consultant at eOne Solutions
Nandita Puri
PhD Candidate, Georgia Tech
Krishna Raisinghani
FD&A Wholesale at Arcteryx
Funtrol Ready
Sr Digital Solution Engineer at Microsoft
Asif Rehmani
CEO at VisualSP
Dewain Robinson
Principal Solution Architect - CAT at Microsoft
Dona Sarkar
Chief Troublemaker Copilot & AI Extensibility at Microsoft
Tim Satrom
Senior Solution Engineer at Microsoft
Sahib Sawhney
Senior AI Developer at RSM US LLP
Michael Simms
VP - Data & AI at Columbus Global
Ray Smith
VP, Autonomous Agents at Microsoft
Carl Spackman
CFO at Copper State
Ashley Steiner
Solutions Architect at PS Hummingbird
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
Alyssa Welland
Digital Transformation & Innovation Manager at BDO
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
Mandar Zope
AI Practice Director at Cambay Solutions
Brian Zwart
VP of IT at American Engineering Testing, Inc. (AET)