Meet Our Speakers
KMWorld 2025 provides attendees with opportunities to meet and learn from the leading experts in knowledge and information management. Click on the links below to find out more about our speakers and when they'll be speaking!
- Amy Affelt — Director, Database Research, Worldwide, Compass Lexecon, Author, The Accidental Data Scientist: Big Data Applications & Opportunities for Librarians & Information Professionals
- Steve Aguirre — Founder & CEO, Real Fun Growth
- Stephanie A Barnes — Chief Chaos Organizer, Entelechy, Author, Designing a Successful KM Strategy: A Guide for the Knowledge Management Professional
- Adela Barrio — Knowledge & Learning Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- Holly Baxter — Chief Scientist, Cognitive Performance Group
- Andreas Blumauer — SVP Growth, Graphwise
- Phaedra Boinodiris — Global Leader for Responsible AI, IBM Consulting, Author, AI for the Rest of Us
- Lynda Braksiek — Principal Research Lead, Knowledge Management, APQC
- Philip Brittan — CEO, Bloomfire
- Nate Brown — Head of Education & Enablement, Metric Sherpa
- Dawn Brushammar — KM Consultant, Advisor & Evangelist, Dawn Brushammar Consulting AB
- Philip Budden , MIT Management, Co-Author, Accelerating Innovation Competitive Advantage through Ecosystem Engagement
- Fernanda Camera — Knowledge & Learning Lead Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- Gary Carlson — Founder, Factor
- Trisha Chakraborty — Engagement Lead, Office of Evaluation, Performance, and Reporting, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Snehit Cherian — CTO, Global Nexis Solutions, LexisNexis
- John Chmaj — Senior Director, KM Strategy, Verint
- Azeem Choudhury — Director, PwC
- Brian Corcoran — KCS Certified Expert and Global Support Evangelist, SearchUnify
- Benjamin Cross — Technical Consultant, Enterprise Knowledge
- Stephen Dau — Manager, Knowledge Management, DAFgiving360
- Jess DeMay — Knowledge Management Consultant, Enterprise Knowledge, LLC
- Simon Denton — Enterprise Architect, Mott MacDonald
- Meredith Duggar — Information Management Systems Business Analyst, IT Operations & Governance, Harvest Midstream Company
- Jane Dysart — Curator of Curiosity, Dysart & Jones Associates, Canada
- Seth Earley — CEO & Founder, Earley Information Science, Author, The AI Powered Enterprise
- Heather Eisenbraun — Chief Knowledge Architect, Earley Information Science
- Jeff Evernham — Chief Product Officer, Sinequa
- Mike Fandey — VP, Operations, United Way Worldwide
- Luis Fernandez — Executive Director, VML
- Nelson Fredrick — IT Director, W&B Service Company
- Stan Garfield — Founder, SIKM Leaders Community, Author, 12 Steps to KM Success (and 6 other books)
- Melinda Geist — Experience Capabilities Manager, Intel
- Kim Glover — Director, Internal Communications, TechnipFMC
- Michael Greenhow — SVP, Customer Growth & Success, Ondexx
- Tony Grout — CPO, M-Files
- Srikanth Reddy Gudi — Software Engineer Senior Advisor, Healthcare, Cigna Evernorth Health Services Real-Time Drug Delivery via OCR-Based Fax Prescription Processing
- Gwen Hall — CEO, Factor
- Susan Hanley — President, Susan Hanley LLC
- Lauren Hays — Research Manager, Knowledge Management, APQC
- Danielle Henderson — Chief Knowledge Officer, IGM Financial
- Tim Hill — Director, Product Management, NiCE
- Richard Huffine — Assistant Director, Enterprise Information & Records, Corporate Services Branch, Division of Administration, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Sheila Jagannathan — Senior Advisor, World Bank & African Development Bank (AfDB); Saylor Academy, Education Non Profit, Senior Advisor, Capacity Development & KM; Independent Consultant
- Derek Johnson — CEO, Aurora WDC, Co-Author, The Missionary and The Mercenary: Right Questions, Better Future
- Comfort Kai — Scientific Program Analyst, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Dick Kaser — Executive Editor, Computers in Libraries Magazine
- Martin Kon — President & COO, Cohere, Former CFO, YouTube
- Al Kushner , Author, The A.I. LinkedIn Advantage
- Fabrice Lacroix — CEO, Fluid Topics
- Erik Lee — Taxonomist / Information Architect, Factor
- Scott Leeb — Chief Knowledge Officer, Fragomen
- Stephanie Lemieux — President & Principal Consultant, Dovecot Studio
- Fleur Levitz — Principal Consultant, FDL Consulting NYC
- John Lewis — CKO, Explanation Age LLC, Author, Story Thinking: Transforming Organizations for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- Ana Libisch — Knowledge & Learning Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- Alexa Lindberg — Head of Product, Model Monster
- Michael Lissack — Executive Director, Second Order Science Foundation, Author, Augmenting Intelligence
- Paula Little — Information Architecture Leader
- Don Markland — CEO, Accountability Now, Noomii.com, Head, Forbes AI Council
- Iasia McCabe — Head, Knowledge Management, Global Operations, Meta
- Dave McComb — CEO, Semantic Arts, Author, Software Wasteland, Data-Centric Revolution
- Rachel Miller — Product Manager, Reddit
- Sandra Montanino — Founder & Principal, Navig8 PD
- Art Murray — CEO, Applied Knowledge Sciences, Inc.
- Diane O'Connell — CEO, Well-Being Strategist, Sorting It Out, Inc.
- Marydee Ojala — Editor-in-Chief, KMWorld Magazine, & Editor, Enterprise AI World
- Parind Oza — Managing Director, Evalueserve
- Taylor Paschal — Manager, Knowledge Management & Communication, Blink Health
- David Patrick — Subject Matter Expert, DSA Inc., MCT, MVP, MCSE, MCSD
- Alan Pelz-Sharpe — Founder & Principal Analyst, Deep Analysis, Author, Practical Artificial Intelligence: An Enterprise AI Playbook
- Joe Perez — Senior Systems Analyst/Team Leader, North Carolina Dept. of Health & Human Services, Author, From Numbers to Narratives That Transform Business
- Brian Pichman — Director, Strategic Innovation, Evolve Project
- Terry Pollard — Knowledge Management Specialist, Stanford Health Care
- Georges Potworowski — Senior Scientist, Cognitive Performance Group
- Katrina B Pugh — Partner, Weaving Futures, & Co-Author, Knowledge Managers Bring Collectivity, Nostalgia, and Selectivity to the AI Ecosystem
- Todd Quartiere — Executive Director, Foundation for AI & Health
- Jonathan Ralton — Professional Services Strategy & Process Leader, Member/Core Team, SIKM Boston, & Co-Author, Knowledge Managers Bring Collectivity, Nostalgia, and Selectivity to the AI Ecosystem
- Daniel W. Rasmus — Principal Analyst, Serious Insights, Resident Futurist
- Tom Reamy — Chief Knowledge Architect & Founder, KAPS Group, LLC
- Anthony Rhem — CEO/Principal Consultant, A. J. Rhem & Associates, Author, Essential Topics in Artificial Intelligence
- Rebecca Rodgers — Principal Consultant & Forum Community Manger, Step Two, Digital Workplace Award Winner
- Rebecca Roth — Senior Manager, Amgen
- Ashu Roy — Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, eGain Corporation
- Beth Rudden — CEO and Chairwoman, Bast AI, Author, AI for the Rest of Us
- Dorian Selz — CEO & Co-Founder, Squirro
- Khabab Sessanga — SVP, Knowledge & Data Governance, Mubadala
- David Seuss — Founder & CEO, Northern Light
- Priyanshi Shah — Head of AI & Product Strategy, Ziva Health
- Kari Simonsen — Knowledge Management AI & Innovation Lead, Amgen
- Beth Smith — Senior Research Consultant, The Cynefin Company
- Ross Smith — WW Support Leader, AI First, Microsoft, Author, The AI Revolution in Customer Service & Support
- Tiffany L. Smith — Chief Knowledge Officer & Director, Office of the Chief Engineer, Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters
- Dave Snowden — Founder & Chief Scientist, The Cynefin Company
- Marc Solomon — Sustainability Automation Manager, Corporate IT Digital Marketing, The Hartford, PwC, Avid Technology, PRTM, Hyperion Solutions, Find/SVP; Co-Author, Knowledge Managers Bring Collectivity, Nostalgia, and Selectivity to the AI Ecosystem
- Ville Somppi — SVP, Industry Solutions, M-Files
- Simon Sorrell — CBO
- Maggie Starkey — Knowledge Management Specialist, Kraton Corporation
- Seema Swamy — Senior Director, Research Insights, Data Analytics, & Data Science, Walmart
- Rachel Teague — KM & Learning Organization Consultant, Emory Consulting
- Tom Triumph — CEO, Triumph Consulting, Author, Evolve or Die
- Kristen Tully — Enterprise Support Knowledge Specialist, United Way Worldwide
- Rebecca Wyatt — Division Director, Advanced Content Solutions, Enterprise Knowledge
