Speakers

Josh Cavalier

Josh Cavalier is the founder and CEO of JoshCavalier.ai, helping L&D professionals harness AI to transform human-machine performance. With 30+ years in education technology, he makes AI practical through training, speaking, and his YouTube channel. His book, Applying AI in Learning and Development: From Platforms to Performance, provides a roadmap for integrating AI into L&D, drawing on real-world platforms, tools, workflows, and ethical considerations. He co-founded Talent Rewire (www.talentrewire.ai) and serves as the Chief Strategy Officer. Talent Rewire provides talent leaders with AI impact data on activities and on how associates should be upskilled as roles are redefined by AI.

Tyrone A. Holmes, Ed.D.

Dr. Tyrone A. Holmes is a professional speaker and executive coach who helps individuals and organizations move from AI uncertainty to AI confidence. He received his bachelor’s degree in Rehabilitation Education and master’s degree in Counselor Education from Penn State University. Dr. Holmes received a second master’s degree in Business Management from the State University of New York, before earning a perfect 4.0 GPA in his Counselor Education doctoral program at Penn State. As the owner of T.A.H. Performance Consultants, he has facilitated more than 1,750 keynotes, training seminars and virtual workshops that have taught participants to connect with others despite their differences and to effectively articulate their messages. As we navigate our “AI Revolution”, Dr. Holmes uses his Building Powerful CONNECTIONS® with AI process to help people and organizations harness artificial intelligence without losing the human connection that allows us to be more efficient, effective and productive.

Ryan Gottfredson, Ph.D.

Ryan Gottfredson, Ph.D. is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of Success Mindsets, The Elevated Leader, and Becoming Better: The Groundbreaking Science of Personal Transformation. He helps executives and leadership teams elevate their sophistication and effectiveness by upgrading the internal operating system that drives how they think, respond, decide, and lead. Through his 6th Gear Leadership framework, Ryan equips leaders to navigate complexity with greater clarity, capacity, and impact. He has worked with top teams at CVS Health, Deutsche Telekom, Experian, Kaiser Permanente, and the Federal Reserve Bank. A former leadership professor and researcher at California State University-Fullerton, Ryan is a go-to expert on the deeper development required for transformational leadership.

Bridgett McGowen

Bridgett McGowen is an award-winning international speaker, author, and communication expert known as The Presentation FixerTM. Since 2001, she has moved professionals, leaders, trainers, and organizations to communicate with greater clarity, confidence, and impact. An engaging and high-energy presenter, Bridgett equips audiences with practical strategies that transform how they show up in meetings, presentations, training rooms, and other high-visibility moments. Her work challenges conventional approaches to communication and helps professionals move from simply sharing information to creating meaningful influence and connection. Bridgett is also the founder of Press 49, an award-winning hybrid publishing company, the author of multiple books, including Real Talk: What Other Experts Won’t Tell You About How to Make Presentations That Sizzle, 2e, and a 2026 honoree among the 50 Women to KNOW in Arizona. Whether speaking to emerging leaders or experienced executives, Bridgett delivers actionable insights that audiences can immediately put into practice.

Jordon Taylor

Jordon Taylor is the owner of Corporate Training Companion (corporatetrainingcompanion.com), founder Presentor.ai and L&D consultant with 15 years of experience building training systems for scaling organizations. He holds certifications from ATD and Richardson Sales Training, contributes to TD Magazine, and serves on the board of the ATD Arizona chapter.

Michael Saunderson, Ph.D.

Mike Saunderson, Ph.D., is Director of Training & Evaluation at EthnoPraxis, Inc., where he helps organizations move beyond training activity to measurable workplace performance and business results. With more than 14 years of experience supporting Fortune 500 organizations, Mike specializes in performance analysis, instructional design, learning transfer, and evaluation. He created the Five Essential Questions (5EQ) Performance SystemTM, a practical approach for connecting organizational needs, workplace behavior, and measurable results. Mike frequently speaks and writes about performance improvement, evaluation, AI, and demonstrating the business value of learning and organizational initiatives. His work has appeared in Training magazine and Training Industry, and he regularly presents for professional organizations and industry audiences. Mike earned his Ph.D. in Learning Design & Technology from the University of Hawai‘i, where his research examined how organizations evaluate learning transfer and workplace performance.

Pat McNeil

Pat McNeil is Co-Founder and COO of The Center for Leadership Capacity™ (C4LC), where he helps organizations discover the 15–30% of productive capacity they've already paid for and don't realize they're losing — "Capacity Leakage™." He built C4LC with business partner Scott Knutson on a simple premise: every organization has capacity leakage they don’t realize they are losing and their mission is to find the leak and plugging it. His foundation was built over 27 years in the U.S. Navy, retiring as a Master Chief Petty Officer and paired with a Master's in Organizational Development and Leadership from Fielding Graduate University and an ACC credential through the ICF. Where Pat really lights up is with bricks. As a LEGO® Serious Play® Certified PRO Trainer, he helps teams build their way to insights PowerPoint never could — proof the smartest thing in the room is sometimes a plastic minifigure. Pat serves as Director-at-Large and co-chair of the Patriots Ball for the Southwest Veterans Foundation (SWVF) that focuses on Veteran Suicide Prevention. Pat resides in Gilbert, Arizona.

Scott Knutson

Scott Knutson is Co-Founder and CEO of the Center for Leadership Capacity and Founder of Leading2Serve LLC. For more than 25 years, he has helped leaders, teams, and organizations improve performance by developing the human side of business. His work has spanned industries including mining, manufacturing, government, education, technology, healthcare, and nonprofit organizations. Scott holds a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership, an MBA, and is an ICF-accredited leadership coach. The defining influence on Scott's leadership philosophy came through personal tragedy. Following the unexpected loss of his wife in 2021, he began reevaluating what truly matters in life, leadership, and work. That journey led him to a simple but powerful realization: love is not separate from effective leadership—it is foundational to it. Today, Scott helps organizations create the conditions where people can thrive and perform at their highest potential. He believes that when leaders build cultures grounded in trust, respect, service, and genuine care for people, organizations unlock greater engagement, resilience, discretionary effort, and performance. This belief ultimately led to the creation of the Center for Leadership Capacity, where Scott and his partners help organizations identify and reduce the hidden factors that suppress productive capacity. By combining leadership science, organizational diagnostics, and practical business strategy, the Center helps organizations unlock the potential that already exists within their people.

Jason Weinstein

As Chief Officer of Corporate Engagement, Jason leads the MCOR team to deliver high-impact training and development solutions for the business community, government, and industries to positively impact the economy. Jason joined the MCOR team in September 2021 and brings over ten years of experience working in business services, workforce development, and higher education, with a majority of his time spent developing new industry and community partnerships and delivering career services. Jason obtained his undergraduate degree in marketing from St. John’s University and earned his Master's in Education in Higher Education Administration from Baruch College.

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