RADAR: Lightning Sessions: AI-Proof Your Career

Eric is CEO and co-founder of Gooder AI, a platform for maximizing the value of predictive AI projects. He is also the founder of the Machine Learning Week conference series, the author of the bestselling "Predictive Analytics" and "The AI Playbook", and the host of the Dr Data Show podcast. Previously, Eric was a professor at Columbia University and the UVA Darden School of Business.

Maddy Zhang is a Senior Software Engineer at Airbnb. She studied at MIT and previously worked at Google, where she focused on engineering and accessibility improvements across Search. She is also a content creator who shares practical advice on tech careers. She is passionate about using AI to automate daily tasks and help professionals work more efficiently.

Mik Kersten is the founder of Lymyt. He started his career as a research scientist at Xerox PARC and earned a PhD in Computer Science at the University of British Columbia. He founded Tasktop, which was acquired by Planview in 2022. He created the Flow Framework and authored "Project to Product" and "Output to Outcome." He helps teams cut through busywork and deliver real outcomes with AI.

Maya Gonimah is co-founder and CTO of Thread AI. She studied economics and computer science at Williams College. Her career spans Goldman Sachs, the New York Times, and Palantir, where she led AI and machine learning engineering teams. At Thread AI, she builds tools that help organizations design and manage AI workflows safely. Thread AI has raised $20 million in funding.

Craig is a technology executive, entrepreneur, and one of the creators of kubernetes. He is the co-founder and CEO of Stacklok, where his growing team is helping enterprises apply the Model Context Protocol to multiply the return on their AI agent investments. Previously, Craig was the founder at CEO of Heptio, which was acquired by VMware. And Craig has led large product and engineering teams at VMware, Google and Microsoft.

Tiankai had many data hats on in his career so far—marketing data analyst, data product owner, analytics capability lead, and, for the last few years, data governance leader. He has found a passion for the human side of data—how to collaborate, coordinate, and communicate around data. TIankai often uses his music and humor to make data more approachable and fun.