Panels, workshops, conference talks, and interviews going back to 2009. The early sessions are from my years at Spiceworks — cloud management, community building, the business of free. The recent ones are about AI. Each page holds what survives of the session: the listing, slides or video where they exist, and coverage where someone wrote it up.
Interview · Spiceworks · June 26, 2026
Spiceworks' 20th-anniversary podcast opens its series with the company's first hire — the garage phase, the bet on community-driven IT, and twenty years of the Spiceworks Community.
Talk · Billd AI Week · Austin, TX · August 12, 2024
A primer on generative AI given at Billd AI Week — where large language models came from, where they break, and how to start using them.
Talk · Round Rock Chamber · Round Rock, TX · June 4, 2024
The AI wave primer, given to the Round Rock Chamber — origins of large language models, practical tips, and a roadmap for organizations.
Talk · Austin, TX · May 14 & 21, 2024
A two-session hands-on workshop on large language models — from rule-based algorithms to neural networks, and how to fold the tools into a business.
Panel · Forrester B2B Summit North America · Austin, TX · May 8, 2024
A case-study panel at Forrester B2B Summit North America 2024 in Austin on AI in marketing, with speakers from pharosIQ, Convertr, and Sudozi.
Talk · Austin, TX · April 24, 2024
A seminar on what large language models are good for and where they fail — origins, practical tips, and the limits worth knowing before you rely on one.
Talk · Business Owners Council · Austin, TX · February 26, 2024
The AI wave primer, given to the Business Owners Council — how large language models work, and the questions that surface an organization's own roadmap.
Talk · Women Presidents Organization · Austin, TX · February 1, 2024
How we got from traditional software to large language models, the problems that came with them, and where the workflows go next. Given to the Women Presidents Organization.
Interview · Slide UX · September 2021
A written interview in Slide UX's For Humans' Sake series — why users don't live in a rational world, and why asking the right question matters more than hunting the answer.
Interview · Eli the Computer Guy · March 21, 2014
An interview on Eli the Computer Guy's Daily Blob show about joining Spiceworks as employee number one and the focus on the Spiceworks Community.
Panel · FutureM · Boston, MA · October 17, 2013
A FutureM 2013 panel on what sustains producers when customers expect the product to be free. The full session survives on video.
Appearance · Spiceworks user conference · Austin, TX & London, UK · 2009–2016
An annual run of sessions at Spiceworks' user conference — product showcases, roadmaps, and community talks across Austin and London, 2009 to 2016.
Panel · CeBIT Global Conferences · Hannover, Germany · March 9, 2012
A CeBIT 2012 Global Conferences panel with Dell, Yammer, and SugarCRM on social networks in the workplace, moderated by Forbes' Eric Savitz.
Panel · GigaOM Net:Work · San Francisco, CA · December 8, 2011
A panel at GigaOM Net:Work 2011 in San Francisco on why startups collaborate better than enterprises. GigaOM covered it the same day.
Talk · Enterprise 2.0 Conference · Boston, MA · June 23, 2011
A solo session at Enterprise 2.0 Boston 2011 on how Spiceworks built its 1.5-million-member IT community. InformationWeek covered it three weeks later.
Panel · SXSW Interactive · Austin, TX · March 15, 2011
A SXSW Interactive 2011 panel on how businesses were being remade by social technology, sponsored by Spiceworks.
Interview · RedMonk · November 6, 2010
A RedMonk sit-down on Spiceworks 4.0 and the hybrid role behind it — traditional product management crossed with the then-new practice of community management.
Talk · Cloud Expo · Santa Clara, CA · November 3, 2010
A session at Cloud Expo 2010 in Santa Clara, co-presented with Spiceworks co-founder Jay Hallberg.
Interview · AMD · July 23, 2010
An AMD video interview on Spiceworks' push to build integrated workflow tools into its IT dashboards.
Workshop · GigaOM Structure · San Francisco, CA · June 23, 2010
A workshop at GigaOM Structure 2010 in San Francisco, presented with Spiceworks co-founder Jay Hallberg and Rackspace.
Panel · SIIA NetGain · San Francisco, CA · May 24, 2010
A panel at SIIA NetGain 2010 in San Francisco on putting social media to work, with panelists from BurrellesLuce and LexisNexis.