Meet Our Speakers

KMWorld 2026 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!

In the meantime, find out more about our program planning team!

  • Moayad Al-Jishi Head of Corporate KM, Saudi Aramco
  • Zorina Alliata Director, AI Enablement, Wolters Kluwer
  • Betsy Anderson Director of Customer Success & CKM, Customer Success, Bloomfire
  • Dan Asher Founder & Managing Director, Tacit Dimension, Author
  • Zachary Baquet VP, Knowledge Management, WICE (former USAID Strategy & Learning Advisor, USAID)
  • Stephanie A Barnes Chief Chaos Organizer, Entelechy
  • Holly Baxter Chief Scientist, Cognitive Performance Group
  • Sarah Berndt Hampton Data Governance Lead, Business Operations, Strategy & Systems, Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters
  • Carie Blum Director, Digital Workforce Enablement, Huron Consulting Group
  • Phaedra Boinodiris Global Leader for Responsible AI, IBM Consulting, & 2026 Women in AI Honoree
  • Philip Brittan CEO, Bloomfire
  • Cory Cannon President & CEO, Knoco International, Author, Strategic Intelligence for the Knowledge Economy
  • Gary Carlson Co-Founder, Factor
  • Amy Carlton Head, KM Communities & Communications, Novartis
  • Russ Cashman Technical Principal Digital Solution Architect, Mott MacDonald
  • Dave Clarke CEO, Squirro
  • Daniel Cohen-Dumani Founder & CEO, Experio Labs
  • Heather Dewey Senior Manager, Baker Tilly
  • Stephane Donze Founder & CEO, AODocs
  • Jane Dysart Curator of Curiosity, Dysart & Jones Associates, Canada
  • Seth Earley CEO, Earley Information Science
  • Justin Elker Knowledge Operations & Experience, Kenvue
  • Mike Fandey VP, Customer Support & Success, United Way Worldwide
  • Jeff Fried Director, Platform Strategy & Innovation, InterSystems
  • Stan Garfield Founder, SIKM Leaders Community, Author, Knowledge Management Encyclopedia (and 7 other books)
  • Heidi Gautschi Associate Professor, Haute ecole pedagogique (Vaud, Switzerland)
  • Kim Glover Director, Employee Communications & Change Management, TechnipFMC
  • Luke Goetting Future of Work Expert, LTG Strategy, & Author, Unlocking Next Gen Talent: How to Connect, Engage, and Future-Proof Your Workforce in the Age of Digital Natives & AI
  • Arvind Gopal VP, Product Management & Product Strategy, eGain
  • Annie Green Digital Thought Leader, George Washington University, Author, Be SAVVY, Know the Content of the Cake Mix
  • Amy Greir Senior Principal Digital Consultant, Mott MacDonald
  • Mark Gross President, Data Conversion Laboratory
  • Susan Hanley President, Susan Hanley LLC
  • Kerry Haworth Senior HR Knowledge Manager, Intuitive Surgical
  • Brooke Hill Founder & Head, Data & Change Strategy, Dandelion Works
  • Richard Huffine Assistant Director, Enterprise Information & Records, Business Operations Branch, Division of Administration, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  • Ranjeet Jha Principal Engineer Architect, Walmart, A Practitioner's Guide to Digital Privacy at Scale
  • Derek Johnson CEO, Aurora WDC, Co-Author, The Missionary and The Mercenary: Right Questions, Better Future
  • Sherry Johnson Continuous Improvement & Project Management, PODS Enterprises LLC
  • Harprett Kaur Staff Technical Solutions Consultant, Google
  • Fahreen Kurji Chief Customer Intelligence Officer, Behavox
  • Fabrice Lacroix CEO, Fluid Topics
  • Scott Leeb Chief Knowledge Officer, Fragomen
  • John Lewis Chief Knowledge Officer, Explanation Age LLC, Author, Story Thinking: Transforming Organizations for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
  • Tunisha S. Lindsey Founder & CEO, Lindsey Training Academy (LTA), Artificial Intelligence Consultant
  • Michelle Manafy Editorial Director, Digital Content Next
  • Divyesh Mistry SAP Solution Architect, JPMorganChase
  • Sandra Moffett Professor, Ulster University Business School
  • Julie Mohr Principal Analyst, Forrester
  • Agnes Molnar Managing Consultant & Coach, Search Explained, Agnes Molnar Coaching
  • Jean Claude Monney Co-Founder & Managing Partner, The Monney Group, LLC, Author & Publisher; Founder, Du Terroir Au Nectar; Former Microsoft CKO
  • Sandra Montanino Founder & Principal, Navig8 PD
  • Meaghan Murphy Senior KM & Learning Strategist, Dandelion Works
  • Art Murray CEO, Applied Knowledge Sciences, Inc.
  • Rick Nucci Co-Founder and CEO, Guru
  • Virginie Pasquon Senior Lecturer, Innovative Technologies Dept., University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI)
  • David Patrick Subject Matter Expert (SME), DSA Inc., MCT, MVP, MCSE, MCSD
  • Brian Pichman Director, Strategic Innovation, Evolve Project
  • Ninez Piezas-Jerbi KM Peer Mentoring Program Lead, Executive & Life Coach, NNNow Coach & Consultant, LLC
  • Dan Pontefract Founder, Pontefract Group, Author, The Future of Work Is Grey: The Untapped Value of Age in the Workforce
  • Krishna Powell Founder & CEO, HR 4 Your Small Biz
  • Daniel Rasmus Founder & Principal Analyst, Serious Insights LLC, Resident Futurist
  • Tom Reamy CEO, KAPS Group
  • Anthony Rhem CEO/Principal Consultant, A. J. Rhem & Associates, Author, Essential Topics in Artificial Intelligence
  • Katie Robinson Chief Marketing & Knowledge Officer/Primcipal, LS3P
  • Beth Rudden CEO and Chairwoman, Bast.ai, Author, AI for the Rest of Us
  • Sanath Sajan UX Lead, United Airlines
  • Wendy Schultz Futures & Foresight, Hyphae
  • Ross Smith WW Support Leader, AI First, Microsoft, Author, The AI Revolution in Customer Service & Support & Podcast: AI & Creativity for the Future World
  • Maggie Starkey Knowledge Management Specialist, Kraton Corporation
  • Rob Stein , Author, Impossible to Fail: The Step-by-Step Formula to Guarantee Your Success in Anything
  • Jan Stihec Director, Data & GenAI, Shelf
  • Kent Stroker Senior Field Sales Engineer, Graphwise
  • Patrick Sulin Lead Solutions Developer, Innovation Team, InterSystems
  • Lulit Tesfaye VP, Enterprise Knowledge, LLC
  • Tanya Torres Doctoral Student, UMD
  • Kristen Tully Knowledge Manager, Enterprise Support, United Way Worldwide
  • Elizabeth Turner Director, Innovation & Business Program Management, MUFG Capital Analytics
  • Tamara Viles KM & Social Learning Program Manager, TechnipFMC
  • Zach Wahl CEO, Enterprise Knowledge LLC
  • Victoria Ward Knowledge & Collaboration, Hyphae
  • Cynthia "Cindy" J. Young Founder/CEO, CJ Young Consulting, LLC, Author, The Knowledge Management Memory Jogger and Invisible Introvert: How to Be Seen, Heard, and Promoted Without Playing O?ce Politics
  • Brian Zander VP, Marketing, Bloomfire

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