Join us for a half-day event for owners, partners, and senior operators of Arizona small and mid-size businesses who want practical ways to apply and lead AI transformation.
Who this is for
- Leaders of SMBs with approximately 5–100 employees
- Especially leaders in architecture, engineering, manufacturing, legal services, biotech, charter schools, and other small and mid-size businesses
- No technical background required
What you will leave with
- One business problem or workflow worth testing with AI
- One practical next step you can apply immediately
- A clearer understanding of useful AI, workflow automation, agentic systems, and the boundaries that still require human judgment
- A full belly
Program Agenda
Welcome from On Top of I.T.
A practical opening for business leaders sorting real AI value from noise.
AI Trailblazers introduction and audience calibration
We will establish a shared baseline around where participants are today and what they want AI to accomplish.
AI foundations: getting useful results safely
Learn how clearer instructions, verification, sensitive-data boundaries, and human review improve AI-assisted work.
Agentic AI and practical business workflows
See how a repeatable workflow connects a trigger, source material, AI actions, human checkpoints, and a measurable result.
Break and participant connections
Exchange a use case or question with another leader facing similar challenges.
Human leadership and advanced AI possibilities
Explore human-AI collaboration and advanced examples without losing sight of governance, judgment, or an achievable starting point.
Panel and Q&A
Hear candid operating stories: what practitioners tried, what broke, what changed, and what they would do first.
Choose one workflow and make a 30-day action plan
Define the business problem, desired outcome, AI role, human checkpoint, owner, and first step.
Lunch and facilitated networking
Continue the conversation with speakers, sponsors, and fellow participants.
Event partners
Presented by AI Trailblazers with massive appreciation to event sponsors On Top of I.T., SVA Consulting and Brain Bridge. Sponsor support makes the venue, program, and participant experience possible.
Event Speakers
Aaron Eden — Chief AI Officer at Brain Bridge and AI Trailblazers, focused on practical AI adoption, safe experimentation, and useful next steps for business leaders.
Alex Liebeskind — Managing Partner at On Top of I.T., event partner, and opening host. Alex supports Arizona SMBs through managed IT, security, cloud, backup, and network services.
Bryan Bechtoldt — President and Principal of SVA Consulting and confirmed practitioner speaker, bringing an operating-business perspective.
Lee Ann Del Carpio — CEO and Founder of Deeply Human and confirmed speaker. Lee Ann has more than 25 years guiding senior leaders and organizations through transformation, focusing on judgment, trust, relational intelligence, and human leadership in the AI era.
Maria Mascareno-Eden — Founder and Director of AI Trailblazers, representing the nonprofit mission to equip, empower, and elevate communities through equitable access to AI.