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ALIGN AI Executive Summit San Francisco 2026

ALIGN AI Executive Summits are exclusive, invite-only events where top executives from major enterprises and leading-edge solution providers gather to drive the conversation on enterprise AI. The San Francisco edition focuses on scaling and governing AI responsibly, offering opportunities for peer benchmarking, executive roundtables, and networking. The 2026…

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31Speakers
7Sponsors
22On the bill · sessions
16Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at ALIGN, in alphabetical order.
Aaron Gette
CIO
Ahmad Aladdasi
Director, AI Technical Product Management
Ajit Gupta
CEO & Cofounder
Amelia Mink
Co-Founder & CEO @ Data Science Connect · Data Science Connect
Arthe Sampath
EVP, AI Business Strategy
Ashutosh Joshi
Head of Engineering
Ayman Khalil
Director, Data Science, Machine Learning & Analytics
Debarag Banerjee
Chief AI and Data Officer
Dennis Panos
Head of Solutions @ Snorkel.ai · Snorkel.ai
Dylan Vetter
Senior Solutions Engineer @ SnapLogic · SnapLogic
Guy Merritt
Chief Technology Officer @ KMS Technology · KMS Technology
Jennifer Schaff
Vice President of Commercial Services @ Elder Research · Elder Research
Meenal Iyer
SVP, Data
Melissa Hadley
AI Productivity Sales Leader/SME @ IBM · IBM
Mike Salem
Associate Director of Data Science, Quality Assurance
Natashia Tjandra
Director AI
Patrick Hutto
CEO @ Broadband Insights · Broadband Insights
Pratima Sherkane
Data Analytics Director, Vice President, Enterprise Analytics, AI and Customer Experience, WCIB
Ryan Zombo
Director, Data Platform @ IBM Technology, Americas · IBM
Sai Kantabathina
Director, Data Engineering
Sarthak Jain
CEO @ Nanonets · Nanonets
Sesh Seshadri
Chief Evangelist @ Aerospike · Aerospike
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
AlteryxPlatinum
FME by Safe SoftwarePlatinum
MidshipsPlatinum
PromptQLPlatinum
SASPlatinum
SnapLogicGold
IBMPresenting
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Agenda

Selected from 22 sessions on the bill.
  • Tuesday, September 30, 2025 10:00 AM - 10:25 AM

    Opening Remarks

    General Session
  • Tuesday, September 30, 2025 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

    KEYNOTE: Propelling the Next Wave of Enterprise AI, presented by IBM

    General Session
  • Tuesday, September 30, 2025 10:55 AM - 11:15 AM

    KEYNOTE: Human-Centered Design in GenAI: Planning and Building to Cross the Pilot-to-Production Ravine, presented by Snorkel AI

    General Session
  • Tuesday, September 30, 2025 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

    Presentation - Inside the Agent Mesh: Building an Enterprise-Scale Platform for AI Collaboration, brought to you by Grid Dynamics

    Studio Theater
  • Tuesday, September 30, 2025 11:45 AM - 12:35 PM

    Executive Roundtable (Invite-Only) - Building High Performance Data Infrastructure for AI

    Executive Roundtables + Dinners (Invite-Only)
  • Tuesday, September 30, 2025 11:45 AM - 12:35 PM

    Panel Discussion - The AI Enterprise: Building Trust, Breaking Silos, Governing at Scale, and Harnessing Autonomous Agents, brought to you by Snorkel AI

    Byers Theater
  • Tuesday, September 30, 2025 12:15 PM - 12:35 PM

    Presentation - Vibe Analytics for EDA, brought to you by Plotly

    Studio Theater
  • Tuesday, September 30, 2025 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

    Presentation - If AI Is So Smart, Why Are We Still Struggling for ROI?, brought to you by Elder Research

    Byers Theater
  • Tuesday, September 30, 2025 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

    Presentation - Navigating the AI Maturity Journey: Helping Enterprises Start and Scale with Confidence

    Studio Theater
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 16 companies show up, and 3 bet on three roles at once?

Sixteen companies. three are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
3All threespeak · spons · exh
4Sponsoringsponsor only
9Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

IBM·SAS·SnapLogic

Speakers by seniority

77% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite826%
  • Founder / Owner13%
  • VP-level516%
  • Director / Head of1032%
  • Product13%
  • Engineer · IC413%
  • Other roles26%

Of 31 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01IBMSp·P2V
  2. 02SASSp·P2V
  3. 03SnapLogicSp·G1V
  4. 04Aerospike3V
  5. 05AlteryxSp·P
  6. 06FME by Safe SoftwareSp·P
  7. 07MidshipsSp·P
  8. 08PromptQLSp·P
  9. 09Broadband Insights1V
  10. 10Data Science Connect1V
  11. 11Elder Research1V
  12. 12Grid Dynamics1V
  13. 13KMS Technology1V
  14. 14Nanonets1V
Sponsors by tier
platinum5
71% of 7
gold1
14% of 7
presenting1
14% of 7
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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