Join us for AI Success Stories: Practical AI from Our Community, a fast paced evening of applied AI insights and high value networking.
Practical AI. Real Workflows. Local Voices.
AI is already shaping how we design, manage projects, analyze data, and build products. This event focuses on how it’s being used - right here in our community.
This event is designed for:
- Project managers
- UX professionals
- Engineers and Technologists
- Data practitioners
- AI experimenters
- Students and early-career professionals
Event Schedule
5:30 – 6:00 PM Networking & refreshments
6:00 – 6:30 PM Event Intro
6:30 – 7:45 PM Lightning talks (6 speakers × 10 minutes each)
7:45 – 8:15 PM Group Q&A
8:15 – 8:30 PM Open networking
Parking is available in Lot B2. Visitor parking is available in designated areas around campus and costs $1.00 for a two hour time block. Payment must be made at Visitor Parking Meter Stations located adjacent to the visitor parking area.
PDUs
1.5 Ways of Working & 0.5 Power Skills (Total 2 PDUs)
Featured Speakers
Join us for six lightning talks from community practitioners sharing how AI is being used in real, local workflows.
Speakers
AI Enablement for Ohio’s Workforce
Carla Anderson has spent over a decade building tech operations system that help teams work clearly and consistently. Over the last year, she's moved into applied AI, focused on workforce development, upskilling, and strategic advising. Outside of work, she volunteers her time to organizations supporting women in tech and leadership.
From Prompt to Production: What a Company wide, 6 week Hackathon Taught Us About AI Adoption
Dave Huber is SVP of Intelligent Automation at Quadax, where he leads an enterprise AI strategy focused on value creation across internal productivity, revenue cycle workflows and products, and IT enablement. Known for a governance-first approach, he helps organizations turn AI ambition into real-world adoption by building AI-informed cultures through education, collaboration, and disciplined execution. His teams have delivered automation and intelligent document processing solutions with payback periods under four months and first-year ROIs exceeding 325%. At the AI Success Stories event, he’ll present From Prompt to Production, sharing what a company-wide, six-week hackathon (dubbed Copilotpalooza) taught Quadax about the importance of having skin in the game to drive real AI adoption. Dave is excited to offer practical, repeatable lessons for making innovation stick.
Bringing Clarity to Dismissed Daily Chaos: A New Era for Chronic Patients
Ruthy Lichtenstein is a strategic problem solver with 8+ years of experience leading end-to-end product design and shaping strategy in multi-product B2B environments, specializing in AI-first experiences since 2021. She helps SaaS companies turn complexity into clarity and drive measurable growth by translating qualitative and quantitative data into actionable insights and high-impact product strategies. Her work has reduced core flow time by 30%, made task completion 3x faster, increased expansion by 9%, doubled team capacity, and cut adoption time from two months to eight days. Known for her organization, cross-functional empathy, and ability to deliver intuitive, accessible user experiences, [Her Name] is currently seeking a senior IC role focused on AI-first, multi-product SaaS environments.
What I Learned Building Software with AI Agents
Anurag Saxena is a Software and Data Engineer at Cleveland Clinic Research, where he builds Data and AI-driven platforms to support Cancer research and treatment. A pragmatic practitioner, he focuses on the realities of shipping production code with agentic tools, advocating for optimal configuration and robust testing over chasing the latest model hype. Anurag also serves the tech community as the Program Chair for PyOhio and a Co-Organizer for the Cleveland Python Meetup.
Designing at the Speed of Thought: What UX Means When AI Does the Building
Michael Clingerman is a hybrid qualitative researcher, principal UX designer, and project manager with 20 years of experience driving user experience excellence and strategic growth. He brings deep expertise across ethnographic research, AI-driven interfaces, voice UX, and enterprise design systems, using modern AI and automation tools to accelerate outcomes. His work has led to $41.9M YoY growth, supported $210M in revenue with 90% retention, and compressed a 5-year go-to-market plan into 1.5 years on a $500K budget. Known for building and mentoring high-performing teams, translating strategy into execution, and delivering complex initiatives efficiently, Michael Clingerman is focused on advancing impactful UX through data, accessibility, and innovation.
Don’t Forget That It’s Still Just a Machine
