Exclusive Events - TechTalk Summits

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Bellevue, WA

Ascend Prime Steak & Sushi

10400 NE 4th St, Bellevue, WA, United States, 98004

Technology Executive Dinner | Seattle, WA

Wednesday, April 15th | 6:00 PM PT

Over 70% of AI pilots never reach meaningful scale. The problem isn’t the model — it’s the operating model around it.

Uncover why AI adoption isn’t the real question — operating model redesign is — at this exclusive Technology Executive Dinner featuring Melissa Watson, Vice President, Marketing | CRM, Analytics, Operations & Engineering at Providence.

In her executive briefing, “AI at Scale: The Leadership Decisions That Matter – A MarTech Operating Model Perspective,” Melissa delivers a no-nonsense look at what separates AI theater from measurable enterprise impact. She’ll break down the critical difference between layering AI onto legacy systems versus redesigning your operating model around it. Expect sharp, real-world insights into the true constraints limiting AI ROI — measurement frameworks, interoperability gaps, governance blind spots — and what technology leaders must prioritize beyond copilots and automation hype.

This isn’t a conference. It’s an intimate, high-caliber executive forum designed for meaningful dialogue. As the #1 leader in short-format technology events, TechTalk Summits curates decision-maker conversations that cut through vendor noise and focus on practical strategy. Engage directly with senior peers and vetted solution providers, pressure-test your approach, and leave with battle-tested perspectives you can apply immediately.

Add to that a premium dining experience in a highly rated venue, and you have an evening engineered for strategic edge — not small talk.

Seats are limited to preserve executive-level dialogue.
Secure your spot now and elevate how you lead AI at scale.

Speakers

Melissa Watson Vice President, Marketing | CRM, Analytics, Operations, Engineering at MarTech Marketing, Growth, & Operations Executive with 25+ years leading large-scale transformation across healthcare, retail, and ecommerce. I operate at the intersection of strategy, data, digital experience, operations, and technology—building and maximizing modern marketing ecosystems that accelerate revenue, strengthen customer relationships, and elevate brand value. At Providence, I lead a 100+ person organization spanning CRM, data science, engineering, MarTech, operations, and the patient contact center. I built the system’s first fully HIPAA-compliant Consumer 360° data platform and deployed AI/ML-driven personalization, segmentation, and attribution models. These initiatives generated $1.5B+ in incremental annual revenue, delivered 40x ROAS and 9x ROI, and transformed how consumers navigate their healthcare journey. Earlier in my career, I held leadership roles across well-known retail and ecommerce brands, scaling digital channels, modernizing marketing technology, launching loyalty

Mike Healy, Host Founder & Managing Director Mike Healy is a veteran technology-events executive with deep roots in the industry. He began his career at Giga Information Group, later joining IDC, where he served as Show Director for the launch of LinuxWorld, one of the most influential global open-source conferences. He went on to break new ground at EarthWeb, launching The Bazaar, the first large-scale open-source software conference. Today, as Founder & Managing Director of TechTalk Summits, Mike continues to design and deliver high-impact technology events that connect IT leaders with the solutions shaping the future.

Agenda

6:00 pm

Registration opens

Networking, Hors D'oeuvres & Open Bar

6:30 pm

First Course

7:00 pm - 7:10 pm

Everpure

Everpure allows organizations to take control of their data with an industry-leading, ever-evolving storage and data management platform. We help companies unleash the power of their data by ensuring it is secure, accessible, intelligent, and ready to perform in the AI era. By replacing rigid infrastructure with a platform that operates like a living system, Everpure makes data management effortless. Learn more at Everpuredata.com.

7:10 pm - 7:20 pm

Google Cloud

Google Cloud is the new way to the cloud, providing AI, infrastructure, developer, data, security, and collaboration tools built for today and tomorrow. Google Cloud offers a powerful, fully integrated and optimized AI stack with its own planet-scale infrastructure, custom-built chips, generative AI models, and development platform, as well as AI-powered applications, to help organizations transform. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted technology partner.

7:20 pm - 7:30 pm

SAP

“Artificial Intelligence for Business - What’s Real Today”
SAP empowers organizations to break down silos and run as intelligent, sustainable enterprises. We are at the forefront of the AI revolution with solutions that span industries, business functions, and organizational needs with a vision that brings together data, analysis, insight and action into a coherent, end-to-end suite that empowers you, your people and your business.

7:30 pm - 7:40 pm

Kumo

Kumo makes foundation models similar to ChatGPT, but for structured data in the data warehouse, this model is called the Kumo Relational Foundation Model (KumoRFM). Simply connect your warehouse and start asking predictive questions like churn, LTV, fraud, or conversion. You will get strong zero-shot predictions out of the box with the ability to fine-tune for even higher accuracy on critical use cases. Trusted by companies like Reddit, Coinbase, Snowflake, Databricks, and DoorDash, among others, Kumo is built by industry veterans: Vanja Josifovski (CEO & Co-Founder, former CTO at Airbnb and Pinterest), Jure Leskovec (Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, Stanford professor and pioneer of graph neural networks), and Hema Raghavan (Co-Founder & Head of Engineering, former AI leader at LinkedIn). Kumo is also backed by Sequoia and leading venture firms.

7:45 pm

Main Course

8:30 pm

Dessert, Coffee & Networking

9:00 pm

Event Concludes