AI Keynote Speaker for CEOs

AI without the hype.

I run my company on a team of AI agents. I help CEOs cut through the noise and make their first real moves, with zero hype and zero sales pitch.

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Dwight Holcomb · CEO, HC Development · Author of The Lean CMO & The AI Sales Architect · Forbes Business Council

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Founder & Lead Developer, SalesSpark AI Forbes Business Council Bestselling Author, The Lean CMO & The AI Sales Architect Host, SaaS CEO Success TV President, UCLA Anderson Alumni Board CEO, HC Development

Endorsed by leaders from Sony Pictures Television, DocuSign, Mattel, and Boingo Wireless.

The gap

Every CEO knows AI matters.
Almost none have a plan they trust.

The technology is not the hard part anymore. The hard part is a clear, prioritized plan a leader can actually act on while the vendors oversell, the pilots stall, and the board keeps asking what the strategy is.

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Pilots that never ship

Most AI projects stall after the demo. They were never tied to a number that matters, so they quietly die in a backlog.

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Hype you can bank

Conferences sell wonder and fear. Neither helps a CEO decide what to fund Monday, who owns it, and how to measure it.

2026

The agent inflection

AI stopped being a tool that helps and became agents that do the work. The leaders who map that first will compound the lead.

Why Dwight

I am not a futurist.
I am an operator.

I do not talk about AI from a slide deck. I build it and run it inside a real company every day, across sales, marketing, operations, and support. I am the founder and lead developer of SalesSpark AI, the platform that company runs on. My talks come from what actually moves the number and what quietly wastes money.

That is the whole promise. You get the candid operator view a peer would give you over coffee, structured into a playbook your group can use, not a product demo dressed up as a keynote.

Founder & Lead Developer, SalesSpark AI A company run on AI agents Sales · Ops · Marketing · Support Forbes Business Council on AI
What the talk is built on

Real systems, not predictions

  • Where AI earns its keep first, and where it burns cash
  • The questions to ask any vendor before you sign
  • How to measure an AI investment so it cannot hide
  • The first agent to put to work in your business
The signature talk

AI Without the Hype

The CEO's Practical Playbook for 2026.

A working session that turns AI from an anxious agenda item into a short list of moves your group can make this quarter. Interactive, candid, and built for peer discussion. Zero product pitch.

90-min interactive workshop 45-min keynote option In person or virtual
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They walk away able to
Score any AI opportunity with a simple ROI lens
Tell real leverage from vendor hype
Avoid the four most expensive AI mistakes
Leave with their top three moves for next quarter

Ideal for Vistage and CEO peer groups.

On stage

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Dwight Holcomb speaking
What event hosts say

The people who book speakers
vouch for the room he creates

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Ranked number one in engaging the audience at our C-level conference. The feedback on his content and delivery was outstanding.
Daniel Tan
Daniel TanConference Producer, Asia Insurance Review
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Attendee feedback ranked his presentation highest in engaging the audience. He gave our members something they could use right away.
Ron Berg
Ron BergExecutive Director, ACT
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The feedback was extremely positive on both his content and his expertise. Our group left energized and clear.
Lucy Allard
Lucy AllardExecutive Director, UCLA Anderson
Executive endorsements

Backed by leaders who built
the companies you know

Endorsements for Dwight and his books, The Lean CMO and The AI Sales Architect.

Sony Pictures Television DocuSign Mattel Boingo Wireless Atari C-Suite Network Kodak
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Dwight Holcomb has a knack for building relationships and finding beneficial ways for everyone to win.
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Mike HopkinsChairman & CEO, Sony Pictures Television · Former CEO, Hulu
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Dwight Holcomb encourages marketers to re-think tired old formulas, and question the status quo.
Keith Krach
Keith KrachChairman, DocuSign
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Dwight Holcomb understands that in Sales & Marketing, Executives must take a proactive role to change the rules and pivot in perpetual motion to succeed in a world where technology is advancing at a record pace.
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Bryan StocktonFormer Chairman & CEO, Mattel, Inc.
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Dwight Holcomb has delivered a set of rules for every forward-thinking Executive to change the game and to become industry leaders.
David Hagan
David HaganChairman & CEO, Boingo Wireless, Inc.
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The Lean CMO should be part of any founder's toolkit for innovative Sales & Marketing.
Nolan Bushnell
Nolan BushnellCEO, X2 Blockchain Games · Founder, Atari
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Dwight Holcomb knows sales and marketing. If you want to increase your revenue, work with Dwight and his team.
Jeff Hayzlett
Jeff HayzlettChairman, C-Suite Network · Former CMO, Kodak
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Give your CEOs the AI talk they actually use.

Tell me about your group and the date you have in mind. I will tailor the session to the room and confirm fast.

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dwight@hcdevelopment.com (626) 689-2484