Meet Our Speakers
Text Analytics Forum 2026 provides attendees with opportunities to meet and learn from the leading experts in text analytics. Click on the links below to find out more about our speakers and when they'll be speaking!
- Jans Aasman — CEO, Franz Inc
- Doug Beeson — Ontologist, Semantic Arts
- Umesh Bhatt — Director, Bristol Myers Squibb
- Philip Brittan — CEO, Bloomfire
- Rachel Carrier — Senior Technical Analyst, Enterprise Knowledge
- Alice Chung — Field Medical Excellence and Enablement Lead, Genentech
- Lauren Clark Hill — Expert Solutions Engineer, Squirro
- Ben Cross — Technical Consultant, Enterprise Knowledge
- Nathan Cummings — Product Director, AI/ML Services, Press Ganey/Forsta
- Duane Degler — Principal, Design for Context
- Stephane Donze — Founder & CEO, AODocs
- Kyle Garcia — Technical Consultant, Enterprise Knowledge
- Kim Glover — Director, Employee Communications & Change Management, TechnipFMC
- Joseph Hilger — COO, Enterprise Knowledge
- Fahreen Kurji — Chief Customer Intelligence Officer, Behavox
- Shari Maginnis — Distinguished Data Scientist, Press Ganey/Forsta
- Urmi Majumder — Principal Consultant, Enterprise Knowledge
- Dave McComb — CEO, Semantic Arts , Author, Software Wasteland, Data-Centric Revolution
- Julie Mohr — Principal Analyst, Forrester
- Sandra Montanino — Founder & Principal, Navig8 PD
- Sara Nash — Practice Lead, Semantic Engineering and AI, Enterprise Knowledge
- Rick Nucci — Co-Founder and CEO, Guru
- Brian Pichman — Director, Strategic Innovation, Evolve Project
- Tom Reamy — CEO, KAPS Group
- Beth Rudden — CEO and Chairwoman, Bast.ai , Author, AI for the Rest of Us
- Tom Sabo — Advisory Solutions Architect, SAS
- 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
- Elizabeth Turner — Director, Innovation & Business Program Management, MUFG Capital Analytics
- Matt Van Vleet — Managing Director, LiminalArc
- Kelsey Young — Principal Technical Advisor, SAS
