Speaking & Workshops
Practical AI, cloud architecture, governance, and executive technology judgment for audiences that need clarity they can use immediately.
Audience-tuned sessions, not canned lectures
Alan teaches practical technology judgment for executives, technical teams, students, production engineers, and mixed professional audiences. His sessions are adjusted to the audience in front of him: what they already know, what they need to decide, and where the technology may help or mislead them.
His practical AI-use class has been delivered live and on video to more than 50,000 people across client settings and volunteer organizations. The standard format is approximately three hours, delivered either as a single session or as two 90-minute sessions, with optional hands-on workshop extensions.
Core speaking and training topics
AI Beyond the Hype: Practical Use, Critical Thinking, and Responsible Judgment
A practical class for people already using, or about to use, generative AI at work. The session focuses on what AI is good for, where it fails, how to avoid confusing fluent output with reliable judgment, and how to use AI without outsourcing thinking.
Typical format: 3-hour class or two 90-minute sessions. Workshop extension available.
When AI Confidence Outruns Evidence
A session for leaders and technical teams on the operational risk of trusting polished AI answers too early. Uses production, telecom, and enterprise examples to show why decision quality matters before automation becomes action.
Best fit: executives, operations leaders, AI sponsors, production support teams.
Probabilistic Multi-Variant Reasoning for Better Decisions
A practical method for using AI to expand the option space, compare alternatives, and avoid premature convergence around the first plausible answer. This session is designed for teams that need better thinking under uncertainty, not just faster output.
Best fit: executives, analysts, product leaders, architects, and strategy teams.
AI Conscience: Governance Before Agentic AI Becomes Action
A governance-focused session on how organizations can check proposed AI actions against operational, contractual, legal, and human constraints before automated systems create real-world consequences.
Best fit: AI governance teams, risk leaders, legal/compliance partners, technology executives.
Advanced Cloud Architecture Without Architecture-by-Fashion
A practical cloud architecture session for teams evaluating modern platforms, cost traps, resilience, operational complexity, and where tools such as Kubernetes belong. The focus is on production reality, not technology fashion.
Best fit: cloud teams, architects, production engineers, technical leaders.
Kubernetes for Production Teams
A production-focused Kubernetes class for teams that need to operate, troubleshoot, or inherit Kubernetes environments. The emphasis is on mental models, failure diagnosis, guardrails, and practical operating judgment.
Best fit: production support engineers, platform teams, cloud operations, technical managers.
Formats
- Executive briefing: focused session for leaders making AI, cloud, or governance decisions.
- Practical class: structured training, commonly three hours or two 90-minute sessions.
- Hands-on workshop: applied exercises tailored to the audience and use case.
- Podcast or interview: discussion on practical AI judgment, governance, cloud, and the book.
- Custom session: audience-specific material for mixed technical and non-technical groups.
Request a session
For speaking, training, workshop, podcast, or interview inquiries, email Alan directly. Include the audience, desired topic, preferred format, timeframe, and whether the session should be executive-level, practitioner-level, or mixed audience.
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