Silicon Valley
Go & See Immersion

Andrey Kunov is the President of Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC), where he has spent over a decade designing executive immersion programs that connect global leaders with the Bay Area's most influential companies, founders, and ideas.

Kiana Jafari is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford University in the Stanford Intelligent Systems Laboratory (SISL) and Executive Director of the Stanford Center for AI Safety. Her research centers on Human-Agent Teaming and Human-Centered AI, focusing on designing intelligent systems that enhance collaboration, preserve human autonomy, and align with human values. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Virginia in Systems and Information Engineering.

Jim Grubb is Chief Technology Evangelist at Cisco, where he helps the world's largest organizations understand and apply emerging technologies to their digital transformation strategies. A charismatic speaker and exponential thinker, he has spent his career inventing and explaining the art of the possible with enterprise technology.

Derek Dykens is Global Retail & Hospitality Advisor at Splunk, where he helps retailers modernize IT environments, succeed in a multi-cloud world, and digitally connect with customers. Previously, he led key technology and omnichannel investments at Target Corporation.

Kaleigh Bisconti is Program Lead for Cisco Stores (Global) at Cisco, where she creates immersive customer experiences that connect strategy, storytelling, operations, and measurable business impact. She is an experiential marketing leader passionate about transforming how customers engage with technology in physical retail.

Raj Rikhy is Director of Product Management for the AI/ML Platform at Cisco, where he leads product strategy and execution for the infrastructure that powers Cisco's AI and machine learning initiatives. He brings deep expertise in building scalable AI/ML platforms that help enterprises deploy intelligent applications at scale.

Gilmar Martins da Cruz is an Account Executive at Cisco, where he helps enterprise customers transform their technology infrastructure and adopt secure, intelligent networking and collaboration solutions at scale.

Jillian Tijerina leads Go-To-Market at Sierra, where she helps enterprise brands deploy conversational AI agents that transform customer service, loyalty, and operations. She brings deep expertise in scaling AI-native products from strategy to execution, partnering with the world's leading companies to reimagine customer experience through agentic automation.

Clay Bavor is Co-Founder of Sierra, where he is building the future of AI-native customer experiences. Previously, he led product and design for Google's AR/VR efforts and played a key role in shaping some of Silicon Valley's most ambitious consumer and enterprise technology initiatives.

Brenley Woodard is Executive Briefing & Experience Coordinator at Twilio, where she designs and delivers executive briefing programs that bring Twilio's vision for programmable customer engagement to life for global leaders. She specializes in creating immersive executive experiences that connect strategic narratives with product innovation across Twilio's communications, data, and AI platforms.

Andy O'Dower is Vice President, Field CTO at Twilio, where he helps technology leaders bring conversational AI innovations to life and bridges the gap between AI, communications APIs, and enterprise customer engagement. He has built and led teams behind products used by millions of fans in over 190 countries and is focused on empowering developers and global customers with cutting-edge APIs.

Ruma Nair is a Principal Product Manager at Twilio, where she drives product strategy for AI-powered customer engagement solutions. She specializes in bringing together communications, data, and machine learning to help enterprises build personalized, scalable customer experiences.

Tim Gu is a Director of Product Management at Twilio, where he leads product strategy and execution for AI and customer engagement solutions. He brings deep experience in building data-driven products that help enterprises personalize customer journeys at scale.

Marcos Diehl is Head of LATAM at HappyRobot, where he leads the expansion of AI voice agents across Latin America and helps enterprise customers automate high-volume operational conversations. He brings deep expertise in scaling AI-native solutions and building trusted partnerships that transform logistics and customer operations.

Cadu Santini is a Cloud & AI Sales Executive at Google Cloud, where he helps enterprise leaders harness the power of generative AI and cloud infrastructure to transform their businesses. He specializes in aligning Google's AI and cloud capabilities with customer goals to drive innovation at scale.

Ram Bala is an Associate Professor of AI and Analytics at Santa Clara University, where he researches and teaches at the intersection of artificial intelligence, operations, and digital transformation. He specializes in digital twins, AI-driven decision systems, and helping organizations harness data and simulation to optimize complex operations.

Alex King is Chief of Staff at Hightouch, where she partners with executive leadership to drive strategic operations and scale the company's composable customer engagement platform. She helps organizations activate their customer data directly from the warehouse to deliver real-time, personalized experiences across marketing channels.

Mimi Fuchs is an Enterprise Account Executive for Agentic CDP at Hightouch, where she helps enterprise brands activate customer data from the warehouse to deliver real-time, personalized experiences across marketing channels.

Trey McIntyre is a Senior Enterprise Solutions Engineer at Hightouch, where he helps enterprise customers activate customer data from the warehouse to build real-time, personalized experiences across marketing channels.

Tejas Manohar is Co-CEO of Hightouch, where he leads the company's mission to help brands activate customer data directly from the warehouse to deliver real-time, personalized experiences across marketing channels.

Vlas Lezin is Chief Operating Officer at Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC), where he oversees program operations and executive immersion experiences that connect global leaders with Silicon Valley's most innovative companies and thinkers. He helps design transformative learning journeys that bridge strategy, technology, and leadership at scale.

Hampton Sublett is a Mission-based Customer Evangelist at Amazon, where he helps enterprise leaders understand how Amazon's leadership principles, culture of experimentation, and customer obsession drive cloud and AI digital transformation at scale.

Stella Guillaumon is Head of Sales, Multi Industry at Adobe, where she helps global organizations reimagine customer experience through Adobe's enterprise solutions. She specializes in partnering with brands to drive experience-led growth by aligning creative, data, and marketing technology investments with business outcomes.

Marta Frattini is Head of DSG, Retail & CPG at Adobe, where she leads go-to-market strategy and customer engagement for Adobe's enterprise solutions across retail and consumer products. She helps global brands unlock experience-led growth by connecting commerce, data, and personalization at scale.

Sundeep Parsa is Vice President of Products for Customer Data Platform, Experience Platform, and Customer Journeys at Adobe, where he leads global product strategy for enterprise customer engagement and data platforms. He helps the world's leading brands unify customer data, activate real-time journeys, and deliver personalized experiences at scale.

Kristy Duncan is a Director of Product Management at Adobe, where she leads product strategy for customer experience and marketing technology solutions. She helps global brands deliver experience-led growth by connecting data, personalization, and AI-powered customer journeys at scale.