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Winners’ Circle is where award winners and volunteer judges step out from behind the recognition and tell the stories that made the win matter.
Hosted by Business Intelligence Group, each episode brings together the people behind standout work in cybersecurity, customer service, sales, marketing, sustainability, AI, innovation, and business excellence. Our guests share what they built, what they learned, what changed after being recognized, and how their teams turned achievement into momentum.
You will hear from winners who used recognition to build credibility, open doors, strengthen team morale, earn customer trust, and create new growth opportunities. You will also hear from judges who have reviewed countless nominations and know what separates a strong story from a forgettable one.
These are not acceptance speeches. They are honest conversations with the people doing the work. Winners talk about the campaigns, products, decisions, setbacks, breakthroughs, and lessons that shaped their success. Judges share what stands out, what gets overlooked, and how companies can tell clearer, stronger stories about their impact.
For companies, Winners’ Circle offers practical ideas for turning recognition into real business value. For leaders and teams, it highlights the people behind the results. For marketers and PR pros, it shows how awards can become more than a headline.
Pull up a chair in the Winners’ Circle. This is where winners and judges tell the stories behind the recognition.
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Building Trust Before the Plug: How EVs Go Mainstream | Rob Barrosa, Electrify America
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Oct 20, 2026 |
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Safety Network: Adding a Fast Lane to 911 | Zach LaValley, RapidSOS
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Oct 14, 2026 |
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Rebuilding Customer Support Around AI: Inside Lenovo's Sub 5% Transfer Rate | Jack Zhang, Lenovo
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Oct 06, 2026 |
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Sustainable Exhibits in a Wasteful Industry | Rhiannon Andersen, Steelhead
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Sep 29, 2026 |
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Being the Answer: Rebuilding B2B Marketing for AI Search | Chyna Murphy, S&P Global
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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Ana-Paula Issa on Demand Response, Grid Capacity, and Encycle’s 21-Year Data Advantage
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Amanda McGuckin Hager on True Dialog, RCS, SMS, and the Future of Messaging
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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Roger Brown on Allstate Protection Plans, Staples, and Device Trade-In Sustainability
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Chris Shyrock on Atlantic.Net, Support Transformation, and Cloud Customer Trust
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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Selva Murali on AMD, AI Chips, and the Future of Semiconductor Design
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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Chris Schueler on Cyderes, Meridian, and Proactive Cyber Defense
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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Keith Hollender on Arcova, AI Cybersecurity, and Enterprise Risk
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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Mike Maynard on Napier, GEO, AI, and the Future of B2B Marketing
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Becca Toth on Sugar AI, and Precision Selling
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Sanjay Castelino on Skyhigh Security, Data Protection, and Zero Trust AI
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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Eddy Zervigon on Quantum Xchange, Crypto Agility, and the Quantum Security Threat
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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Sandeep Rachapudi on TCS, AI Transformation, and the Value of Human Recognition
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Harshit Kohli on AWS, MCP, AI Agents, and Secure Enterprise AI
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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Judge's Eye View: What 2 Years of Scoring Nominations Taught Sasibhushan Rao Chanthati, Hirekeyz
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Amy Worley on BRG, Confidence by Design, and Digital Trust in the AI Era
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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Matt Spiegel on Lawmatics, Legal Tech, and Building a Best Place to Work
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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Kim Canning on Kaplan All Access and Expanding Student Opportunity
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Stephen Garcia on BreachRX, Incident Response, and Managing Cyber Crisis Chaos
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Avi Kedmi on SysAid, Agentic AI, and Transforming Customer Service
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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Dr. Tina Srivastava on Badge, Secretless Authentication, and Trust in the AI Era
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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Theresa Bui on SymphonyAI Eureka and Enterprise AI at Scale
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Paul Mander on Optery, Data Brokers, and Reducing Social Engineering Risk
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Katy Irving and Rory Mitchell on AI Avatars in Healthcare Research
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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Oli Ostertag on PAR Technology, Coach AI, and Smarter Restaurant Operations
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Enterprise AI Modernization with Rakesh Ravuri
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Abhay Jajoo on CustomerInsights.AI, Agentic AI, and the Future of Life Sciences Commercial Analytics
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Coley Norman on Liviniti, Human Service, and Building Customer Experience People Remember
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Khadim Batti on Whatfix, Userization, and Making Enterprise Software Work for People
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Saima Khan on Nutrition AI, Patient Meal Accuracy, and Safer Healthcare Food Service
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Kenny Thompson on Blending Human Service and AI in Payments and Customer Experience
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May 28, 2026 |
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Paul Danter on Welocalize Opal, AI Translation, and the Future of Global Content
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May 27, 2026 |
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Hila Segal and Roni Kandel on Learning Arc, AI Training, and Learning in the Flow of Work
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May 26, 2026 |
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Robert Klamser on Using AI to Make Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Easier to Understand
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May 25, 2026 |
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Jim Napolitano on 3DLive, Virtual Twins, and the Future of Immersive Product Design
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May 21, 2026 |
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Alexey Sheremetyev on Turning Your Home Into an Editable Digital Twin
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May 20, 2026 |
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Anton Dam on Betting on Human Creativity in AI, Risk, and Internal Audit
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May 19, 2026 |
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Securing the Human Data Layer of AI with Siobhan Hanna
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May 18, 2026 |
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AI Agents for Customer Service with Latane Conant
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May 14, 2026 |
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Flippy, Zippy, and the Future of Restaurant Robotics with Rich Hull
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May 13, 2026 |
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AI Beyond Insights: Nataly Youssef on Helping Employees Reclaim Healthcare Dollars
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May 11, 2026 |
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Privacy First Advertising with AI with Kartal Goksel
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May 11, 2026 |
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Battery-Integrated EV Charging with Alex Urist
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May 07, 2026 |
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Augmented Intelligence for Healthcare Operations with Madan Moudgal
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May 06, 2026 |
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Making AI Customer Support More Human with Asaf Goldstein
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May 05, 2026 |
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Powering Trust at Scale for Renters with Tim Ray
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May 04, 2026 |
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Building a Private AI Brain for Procurement with Shannon Copeland
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Stopping Car Theft Before It Starts with Marcel Stellaard, Stephán Kemp, and Barton Harris
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Simplifying Estate Settlement with AI with Dan Stickel
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Embedded Lending for Small Business with Bill Verhelle
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Defensible AI for eDiscovery with Aaron Pribil and Todd Haley
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Scaling Global Content with AI with Simon Hodgkins
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Fixing Small Business Lending with AI with Lukas Haffer
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Driving Sustainable Innovation in Coatings with Dr Robert Roop
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Leading People, Not Managing Them with Lori Tompos
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Democratizing Great Business Communication with AI with Vikram Venugopal
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Breaking Language Barriers with AI with Steve Rotter
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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AI Negotiation Intelligence: How Infinity Loop Redefines Procurement ROI
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Reinventing Pharma Commercialization with AI with Faruk Capan
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Driving Semiconductor Innovation and Yield at Scale with Jim Straus, ACM Research
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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AI Powered Outcomes on the Open Internet with Amol Waishampayan
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Architecting Transformation At Scale with Nick Reed, Chief Strategy Officer at Bizzdesign
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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AI Hit Squads and Million Hour Time Savings with Zak Fay, AI Innovation Manager at BDO
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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AI Red Teaming At Scale with Bret Kinsella, VP of AI Safety and Security at TELUS Digital
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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AI Sales Agents That Actually Sell with Tom Cox, CEO of Humara
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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AI, Data, and the Missed Call That Costs You the Sale with Ben Chodor, CEO of CallRevu
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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From Weeks to Seconds: AI-Powered Benefits Claims at WEX with Prashant Desale, SVP of Technology
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Dirt Meets AI: Building the Future of Data Centers at Scale | Alex Walker, Aligned Data Centers
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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The "Light Bulb" Moment for Trust: Revolutionizing Risk Assessment with Clearspeed | Scott Moore
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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From Signals to Sales: How Anteriad Uses AI and Intent Data to Drive 32X ROI | Anna Nielsen
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Hear Better, Live Better: How Starkey Turns Hearing Aids into AI Wellness Tech | Brandon Sawalich
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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How BlackCloak Protects the 12 Hours Corporate Security Misses | Brian Hill
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Your Company Is Bleeding Money Right Now. AI Can See Exactly Where | Terrence McCrossan
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Inside Mattermost: Securing Mission‑Critical Collaboration | Bill Anderson
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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31 Years in the Cloud: Why Secure AI Infrastructure Is Healthcare's Next Frontier
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Breaking down MCP Model Context Protocol with AWS guru Harshit Kholi
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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How BlueStream Fiber Put AI to Work Where It Counts Most | Joshua Turiano
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Who Wins? Data Wins. Inside Cherre’s Push to Rewire Real Estate Intelligence | LD Salmanson
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Clean Data, Clean Energy: How enSights Is Fixing the $Trillion Performance Gap in Renewables
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Plants That Talk Back: The Future of Farming with InnerPlant’s Shely Aronov
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Navigating Career Change and M&A Transitions with Executive Coach Ruth Redding
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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The Handoff Problem: Making AI & Humans Work Together in 2026
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Democratizing Data Insights with Verint’s GenieBot and Daniel Ziv
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Designing Trustworthy AI for Invisible Healthcare Work with Tasneem Chital of Simplify Healthcare
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Listening to the Customer in the Age of AI with Omer Kehat of Revuze
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Powering AI at the Edge: Samantha Clarke on VDURA and Data at Scale
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Franck Leveiller on Alcon's Unity VCS & the Future of Eye Care Innovation
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Keeping Text Pure: Amanda McGuckin Hager on SMS, RCS, and Revenue Growth
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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2026 Budget Season: Turning Recognition into Marketing ROI
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Climbing the Spiral: Laurie Oswald on Women in Leadership, AI, and 100-Year Companies
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Multilingual AI, Data Readiness, and Mentorship with Krish Banavalikar
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Human Conversations in an AI World: Inside PhoneBurner With Sammy Winner Chris Sorensen
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Human + AI at Scale: Inside SupportYourApp With Herizon Winner Daria Leshchenko
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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AI as a Universal Teacher: Ravi Bhushan on Raising Curious, Future-Ready Kids
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Empowering Women and AI in Communication with Sophie Reymond on Mentorship and Innovation
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Harshit Kohli on Data, AI, and the Human Edge in Innovation
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Driving Sustainability at Scale: Joe Wiltshire on Leadership, Safety, and Smarter Operations
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Building Trust in Healthcare AI: Naren Santhanam on Data, Decisions, and Doing It Right
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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BlinkNow's Maggie Doyne: How Compassion Sparked a Global Model for Change
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Winners' Circle with Tangoe's Paolo Sellari
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Winners' Circle with Amazon's Aryyama Kumar Jana - 003
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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T. Rowe Price AI Leader Sasibhushan Rao Chanthati – 002
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Meta AI Developer Maneet Bansal - 001
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Sep 02, 2025 |