Leadership Fellow at The IBM Center for The Business of Government & Host, Business of Government Hour

As Chief Marketing Officer at Project Management Institute, Menaka leads efforts to strengthen PMI’s global reputation, leading all aspects of brand, communications, and marketing, including e-commerce and performance. Menaka leads efforts in evolving PMI’s story and sharing PMI’s unique value proposition with stakeholders worldwide.

Menaka has built a successful career as a strategic leader guiding Fortune 100 brands in engaging with consumers to build stronger customer-centric businesses. Throughout her career she has worked with a range of best-in-class brands including Coca-Cola, Apple, Nike, Uber, P&G, and Meta. She brings extensive experience in growth and marketing initiatives, including applying advanced analytics, guiding growth marketing strategies, and building cross-channel programs. Menaka’s experience follows a thread of customer-centricity, from online marketing to loyalty programs, to consumer insights and social media, including setting up some of the first public online communities in the early days of social media.

Prior to PMI, as President and COO of Graf Lantz, Menaka led a DTC sustainable fashion brand, to create and implement the strategic direction for the long-term business model and revenue growth trajectory, including oversight of the sales, marketing, and merchandising initiatives. Prior to Graf Lantz, she led the Social Media Exchange (SMX) service line at Ipsos, one of the largest global consumer insights firms. While at Ipsos, she grew SMX from a team of 20 to 100, with double-digit revenue growth every year.

Menaka is also passionate about supporting purpose-driven initiatives in the business world – she is on the Board of Mentors for Monday Night Mentorship, a career accelerator for people of color, and while at Ipsos, served as a leader for the Women in Ipsos ERG, and helped to establish BRIDGE, an ERG focused on Anti-Racism.

Specialties: paid and organic media, social media, online community, digital research, innovation, co-creation, collaboration work, social intelligence, social listening, data analytics, market research, consumer insights, SAAS client success, event sponsorship/production, music and film marketing

Mai ElFouly, PhD(c) | Founder | Category Architect | Strategic Polymath | Board-Level Advisor | AI & Quantum Intelligence Futurist

I architect future-fit systems at the intersection of Agentic AI, Quantum AI, Engagement & Decision Intelligence, Governance, and Ecosystem Innovation—turning networks into living intelligence for measurable, sovereign impact. With 22+ years across technology, energy, and enterprise transformation, I partner with boards, founders, and ecosystems to operationalize foresight and lead beyond convention.

As architect of ARCai™ (Augmented Recursive Codex AI™, Patent Pending) and founder of MAIIA®, I design recursive intelligence frameworks that mirror conscious evolution—aligning strategy, governance, action, and sustainability. My life’s work converges at the intersection of embodied polymathy, human–AI evolution, & human-centric deep tech innovation. My venture constellation spans MAIIA® (Executive Intelligence) - Interlinked™ (Engagement Intelligence) - i0X™ (Agentic Infrastructure).

Domains
Agentic AI - Engagement & Decision Intelligence - Responsible AI Governance - Ecosystem Innovation - Executive Influence

Signals
Top 10: AI Ethics, AI Governance, Agentic AI, Ecosystems, Quantum Thought Leaders - 3,500+ hours influencing 550+ executives - Multi-country transformations and board-level AI governance integration

Open to
Strategic board roles - Enterprise advisory partnerships - Select high-leverage coaching - Co-creating next-gen intelligent governance

Proven visionary and catalyst for transformation with three decades of experience in spearheading sustainable and profitable growth. Renowned for an understanding of contemporary market dynamics and disruptive opportunities, offering guidance to corporate boards and enterprises in their journey to develop and expand their digital capabilities. Adept at orchestrating intricate, technology-driven business transformations across diverse industries, including transportation, energy, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, and retail.

Key Achievements:
• Led billions of dollars of domestic and international Consulting/ Advisory business growth over a 30-yr career with KPMG LLP.
• Pioneered the establishment and early adoption of innovation as a core competency within KPMG US, subsequently influencing the entire global network.
• Orchestrated $1 billion in strategic investments, strategically channeled into integrated service innovation, organic growth, and corporate development, effectively setting KPMG apart and generating novel revenue streams.
• As KPMG's inaugural US Vice Chairman of Innovation & Investments, played a pivotal role in multiple acquisitions that expanded the firm's global sourcing and shared services advisory offerings.
• Spearheaded pivotal alliances in the marketplace, propelling pioneering experimentation with artificial intelligence and data analytics, ultimately reshaping firmwide operations across all business lines.
• Entrusted with the role of One Americas Advisory Leader at KPMG LLP, leading growth in business for 16 KPMG member firms across Latin America.

Killing traditional marketing, one algorithm at a time. Building the infrastructure so everyone else can too.

Stephanie Unterweger spent 25 years in Fortune 500 marketing leadership—including Global Director of Marketing Communications for GE's $12+ billion Healthcare Systems division and brand strategy lead for Saint-Gobain's Life Sciences division—before three strokes in a single week rewired everything.

The strokes left her struggling to find words. During recovery, she turned to AI as a cognitive bridge between what her brain knew and what it could produce. It worked—and it opened a door she hadn't known existed. As she went deeper, building AI into her own consulting work and helping clients do the same, a pattern emerged: organizations weren't failing at AI because the technology was lacking. They were failing because no one had built the infrastructure layer between human expertise and AI execution.
Teams were burning hours re-engineering prompts someone down the hall had already perfected. AI adoption was stalling not because of bad tools, but because of no system for managing how those tools got used. The prompts weren't the problem. The system was the problem.

So she built PromptFluent—the intelligent prompt management and AI execution infrastructure platform designed for the actual complexity of enterprise work. Not another prompt library. A platform that captures institutional knowledge, eliminates redundant AI effort across teams, and turns scattered prompt experimentation into governed, scalable, repeatable business processes. Built by a practitioner who's led the kind of high-stakes, cross-functional operations that most AI tools pretend don't exist.

Stephanie is also the Founder & CEO of Brands at Play, an AI-driven marketing strategy and automation agency, and author of CONTROL+ALT+DISRUPT: A Rebel's Guide to Brand Strategy in the Intelligence Era. Recognized by Thinkers360 as a Top 50 Woman in AI and a leading B2B influencer, she delivers provocative, experience-forged insights on AI execution governance, the enterprise adoption gap, and building antifragile organizations. Her contrarian perspective challenges everything businesses think they know about AI adoption—arguing that the winners won't be the ones with the best tools, but the ones who treat AI as infrastructure.

She lives in Cleveland, plays bass and sings lead in a rock band, and serves on the board of Hiram House Camp and Hawken School's Alumni Board. Part enterprise strategist, part AI infrastructure builder, part rock star—because shaking up how organizations operationalize AI requires exactly that kind of rebellious grit.

Available For: Advising, Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Cleveland, OH
Speaking Topics: #AIGovernance | #AI | #AIInfrastructure | #EnterpriseAI | #AIDebt | #HybridIntelligence | #BrandStrategy | #DigitalTransformation | #AntifragileOrganizations | #WomenInAI

Pascal Bornet is an award-winning expert, author, and keynote speaker on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, and Agentic AI, with over two million social media followers. Regularly ranked as one of the top 10 global AI and Automation experts, he developed his expertise through 20+ years at McKinsey and EY, implementing AI initiatives for hundreds of organizations worldwide. Bornet advocates for making our world more human with AI.

With over 20 years of experience as a senior executive at McKinsey and EY, he developed his expertise by establishing and leading their "Intelligent Automation" practices, transforming hundreds of organizations worldwide with AI and Automation technologies. Pascal Bornet is one of the godfathers of Intelligent Automation, a foundational field for Agentic AI, in which he is now a leading expert.

Drawing from his extensive experience, Pascal has been a pioneer in Agentic AI, implementing it in companies worldwide. To share his insights and lessons learned, he has authored the first comprehensive playbook on the subject, "Agentic Artificial Intelligence", published in March 2025.

As an award-winning expert, Pascal Bornet is consistently ranked among the top 10 global leaders in AI and Automation. His research focuses on the intersection of AI and humanity, where he believes the greatest value lies. He is a strong advocate for human-centric AI, believing it enhances, not replaces, human qualities.

Pascal shares his insights by delivering over 100 keynotes each year and contributing to leading publications such as Forbes, VentureBeat, McKinsey Quarterly, Bloomberg, and the World Economic Forum.

He has authored two best-selling books: INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION—a practical guide for organizations, and IRREPLACEABLE—a universal approach to leveraging AI for personal and professional growth.

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Dr. Jonathan H. Westover is a best-selling and award-winning author and podcaster, a TopVoice in HR, Innovation, Leadership, Culture, Future of Work, Diversity and Inclusion, Change Management, and Education (Thinkers360), ranked Top 30 in Organizational Culture and Management (Global Gurus), in the Top 200 Biggest Voices in Leadership (LeadersHum), and ScholarGPS ranks him the #9 scholar in the world for job satisfaction research. Jonathan is an educational evangelist, a philanthropist, an angel investor, and an entrepreneur. He is founder and CEO of Human Capital Innovations, the host/producer of multiple shows on the HCI Podcast Network, Chief Academic and Learning Officer of the HCI Academy, and Managing Editor of the Human Capital Leadership Review. As an OD/HR/Leadership consultant, he has worked with organizations across the globe.

Current Professional Roles

Academic: Jonathan is Associate Dean and Director of HR undergrad and graduate academic programs at WGU. Additionally, he is a doctoral faculty at the University of Arizona Global Campus and part of the Interdisciplinary Leadership Studies graduate program at Creighton University. Previously, he was Chair and Professor of Organizational Leadership and Change at UVU, Academic Director of the Center for Social Impact, Director of Academic Service-Learning in the Innovation Academy, and Industry Impact Fellow in the Women in Business Impact Lab. Dr. Westover has been published widely in academic journals, books, and practitioner publications. He is an affiliate faculty member in the MBA, MPA, and Integrated Studies programs at UVU and he is a regular visiting faculty member in other international graduate business programs.

Consulting: Jonathan is an experienced organizational leadership, people management, and organizational development consultant (Founder and CEO at Human Capital Innovations). For two decades, he has worked to help transform organizations across the globe. He is also the producer and host of the Human Capital Innovations (HCI) Podcast and Managing Editor of Human Capital Leadership Magazine. Previously, Jonathan was an external consultant with the firm Targeted Learning, and an internal consultant in the Human Resource Development office at Brigham Young University, in the corporate Organizational Development office at InterContinental Hotels, and in the corporate Organizational Development office at LG Electronics in Gumi, South Korea.

Thought Leadership: Jonathan is a member of the Harvard Business Review Advusory Council, the Forbes Coaches Council, a Non-Resident Fellow in Social and Development Policy with the Nkafu Policy Institute (part of the Denis & Lenora Foretia Foundation), member of the HR Certification Institute CEO Advisory Council and past member of the board of directors, member of the Humantelligence Scientific Advisory, Board Chair and Director of the Corporate Division of the Global Listening Centre, a CIPD Academic Fellow, and an Advance HE Senior Fellow. Jonathan has been published widely and quoted as a management expert in popular and professional media locally, nationally, and abroad (such as Forbes, The Economist, U.S. News and World Report, The Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, PBS, NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, MarketWatch, HR.com, SHRM.org, HRCI.org, The Washington Post, and USA Today).

Highlights of Past Academic and Professional Roles and Distinctions

• Visiting Academic at Harris Manchester College at the University of Oxford (2019)
• Fulbright Scholar and AMINEF Senior Scholar at Atma Jaya Catholic University in Jakarta, Indonesia (2018)
• Educational Development Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada (2018)
• Learning Innovation Research Fellow at the Institute of Teaching and Learning Innovation at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia (2017)
• Visiting Scholar at the East-West Center in Washington (2017)
• POSCO Fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii (2016)
• Visiting Scholar in the Kennan Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. (2015)
• Fulbright Scholar at Belarusian State University in Minsk, Belarus (2012)

Education

Jonathan received his Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology: Research and Analysis (with minors in management and Korean) from the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences and his Master of Public Administration degree (emphases in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management) from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology (emphases in International Political Economy and Work and Organizations) from the College of Social and Behavioral Science at the University of Utah. He has also received graduate certificates in demography and higher education teaching from the University of Utah.

Greg Kihlström is a best-selling author, speaker, and entrepreneur, and serves as an advisor and consultant to top companies on marketing technology, marketing operations, and digital transformation initiatives. He has worked with some of the world’s top brands, including Adidas, Coca-Cola, FedEx, HP, Marriott, Nationwide Insurance, Victoria’s Secret, and Toyota.

He is a multiple-time Co-Founder and C-level leader, leading his digital experience agency to be acquired in 2017, successfully exited an HR technology platform provider he co-founded in 2020, and led a SaaS startup to be acquired by a leading edge computing company in 2021. He currently advises and sits on the Board of a marketing technology startup.

In addition to his experience as an entrepreneur and leader, he is an Agile Certified Coach, earned his MBA, is currently a doctoral candidate for a DBA in Business Intelligence, and teaches several courses and workshops as a member of the School of Marketing Faculty at the Association of National Advertisers (ANA). He has served on the Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business Marketing Mentorship Advisory Board, the University of Richmond’s CX Advisory Board, and was the founding Chair of the American Advertising Federation’s National Innovation Committee.

Greg has written over 20 books on marketing and marketing technology, including several books for an imprint of De Gruyter, several books in The Agile Brand Guide® series on marketing technology platforms and practices, and his Agile, House of the Customer and Priority is Action series of books

He hosts three business and marketing-related podcasts, including the award-winning The Agile Brand with Greg Kihlström®, top 10 on Apple’s U.S. marketing charts and in its 7th year with over 750 episodes and millions of downloads, which discusses marketing technology and its role in the customer experience with some of the world’s leading experts and leaders.

Greg is a contributing writer to MarTech, CustomerThink, and CMSWire, and has been featured in publications such as Advertising Age, Business Insider, Financial Times, Forbes, and The Washington Post. Greg has been named #1 on its list of the Top Global Marketing Thought Leaders by Thinkers 360, was named one of ICMI’s Top 25 CX Thought Leaders two years in a row, and a DC Inno 50 on Fire as a DC trendsetter in Marketing. He’s also participated as a speaker at global industry events and has guest lectured at prominent universities and colleges.

Listed in various top 100 / 10% / 1% Most Influential People in Fintech / Blockchain / Social media / Insurtech / AI:
Top People In Blockchain by Cointelegraph https://top.cointelegraph.com/ and https://cryptoweekly.co/100/
http://info.rightrelevance.com/blockchain-twitter-analysis-aug-1-sep20/
https://www.rise.global/top-fintech-people/p/2246701/r/2442265
http://www.onalytica.com/blog/posts/blockchain-top-100-influencers-brands/

I am a doer, CEO, board member and digital and crypto economics driver and evangelist. I create and help companies, organisations gain greater value and maximise Return on Investment and Return on Attention in a digital disruptive world.
I created a bank between Africa and Asia, managed crowdsale campaigns and multiple startups worth over hundreds of millions of dollars.
I work with new tech, digital, cryptocurrencies, drive ICOs, regulation, compliance, legal international processes, and have created and involved in various new digital top 100 digital currencies.

20+ years experience in international business and digital transformation. I love teamwork & meritocracy!
I have been a Lecturer and Speaker in international business schools: Cambridge, Copenhagen Business School, INSEEC, Monaco University among others.
I am a writer/author with over 20 books/ebooks/magazines published in various languages.

I am a strategist, curator, programmer, producer, advisor and work and have been working with organisations such as UN, UNESCO, Governments, Central banks, Financial authorities, think tanks, Greenpeace, Tate Modern/UK, Centre George Pompidou/Paris, ARS ELECTRONICA/Austria, ITAU/Brasil, TV programs.

Expertise, experience: Internet, Blockchain, AI, cryptocurrencies, Initial Coin Offers, Investment, Bitcoin, Big data, Media, Social media, Fintech, Apps, Management, Video, SEO, Conceptual strategies, Content, Digital Healthcare, Tech, Events, Planning, Purchasing, Publishing, Marketing, Localisation, Community, Branding, PR, Finance.

Ira S. Wolfe is a workplace futurist, Hall of Fame speaker, bestselling author, and one of the world's leading voices on the future of work, leadership, adaptability, and human potential in an age of exponential change.

He lives at the intersection of fascination and apprehension.

Fascination with the breathtaking pace and expanding scope of change—and with the possibility that the convergence of AI, emerging technologies, entrepreneurship, and human ingenuity can improve education, find cures for chronic and devastating diseases, protect our planet, reduce poverty, and unlock opportunities previous generations could scarcely imagine.

Apprehension not because of change itself, but because the pace and scope of change are making our world increasingly incomprehensible. Our institutions, leaders, and mental models evolved for a world that was merely complicated. We are now navigating one that is complex, chaotic, and often beyond our ability to fully understand in real time.

Equally concerning is how difficult it is for many people to acknowledge just how quickly the world is changing around them. We continue to make decisions using assumptions, systems, and playbooks built for a world that no longer exists.

As publisher of the *Never Normal News* newsletter and host of the award-winning *Geeks, Geezers & Googlization* podcast, Ira explores what happens when accelerating technology collides with human behavior, institutions, and deeply rooted assumptions about work, learning, leadership, and success.

One belief sits at the center of his work:

**"The path was never as predictable as we pretended. We just got away with pretending for a while."**

For more than three decades, Ira has challenged leaders, educators, and organizations to rethink outdated assumptions about careers, talent, education, and leadership in a world that no longer behaves predictably.

Today, his work is increasingly focused on a simple but provocative idea:

## The Entrepreneur is Hiding in Every Classroom

Not every student will launch a startup. But every student—and every employee—will need entrepreneurial thinking: curiosity, initiative, opportunity recognition, adaptability, resilience, problem-solving, and the confidence to act amid uncertainty and ambiguity.

His white paper, *The Entrepreneur in Every Classroom*, argues that entrepreneurial mindset should not be confined to business schools or innovation centers. It belongs in every discipline, every organization, and every career path.

Ira is also a leading advocate for adaptability as the defining competitive advantage of the 21st century and is a Level 2 Certified AQai Consultant.

### Recognition

* HRSouthwest Hall of Fame Speaker Inductee (2022)
* Top 5 Global Thought Leader – Future of Work
* Top 5 Global Thought Leader – HR
* Top 5 Global Thought Leader – Thought Leadership
* Top 10 Global Thought Leader – Careers
* Top 100 B2B Global Thought Leaders and Influencers to Follow (2026)
* Top 100 Global Thought Leaders That Will Inspire You
* Most Inclusive HR Influencer List
* Top 50 Business Books – *Recruiting in the Age of Googlization*
* Top 50 Podcasts – *Geeks, Geezers & Googlization*

### White Papers

* *The Entrepreneur in Every Classroom*
* *When the SHIFT Hits Your Plan*

### Books

* *The Change 19: Insights into Self-Empowerment*
* *Create Great Culture in a Remote World*
* *Recruiting in the Age of Googlization* (1st and 2nd Editions)
* *Geeks, Geezers, & Googlization*
* *Perfect Labor Storm*
* *Understanding Business Values and Motivation*

### Media Appearances

Ira's insights and research have been featured in *Forbes, Inc., Bloomberg Businessweek, Bank of America Small Business, Chief Learning Officer, Huffington Post, Fox Business, NFIB*, and numerous other media outlets.

### Speaking and Research Areas

Future of Work • Adaptability Quotient (AQ) • Entrepreneurial Mindset • AI and Human Potential • Leadership • Workforce Trends • Organizational Culture • Workforce Transformation

His message is simple:

**In a world where change is no longer an event but the environment itself, competitive advantage belongs to those who can adapt faster than the disruption around them.**