Blaze AI Summit Oklahoma

On May 7, 2026, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. at OKC Innovation Hall, the Blaze AI Summit brings together experts to help small businesses navigate AI with confidence. Attendees will gain practical insights on sales, customer personas, and the future of search, with a strong focus on ethical, real‑world applications.

Full-day tickets are $199.
Save 25% when you register by April 24, 2026 with code "blaze25" at checkout.

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Featured Speakers & Sessions

Keynote Speaker

Tal Goldhamer, an award-winning executive and former EY Chief Learning Officer with over 30 years of experience helping leaders navigate change. He’s known for his plain-English, people-first approach to AI that helps busy business owners focus on what matters most. You’ll walk away with practical examples, and leave with the next steps you can put to work right away.

Guest speakers:

Tai Nehisi, also known as Tech Tai, Founder of Organizely; Executive Producer of Tulsa Tech Week and OKC Tech Week
Session: Sell Smart - Build a tech stack that generates $$$
At the Blaze AI Summit, this dynamic 45-minute workshop is designed for business owners who are ready to stop “selling to everyone” and start closing the right customers. In “Sell Smart: Build a tech stack that generates $$$,” attendees will learn how to clearly define their Ideal Customer Profile (ICP), build powerful customer personas that actually guide messaging, and uncover internal champions who accelerate buying decisions. Through practical exercises and real-world examples, participants will walk away with a sharper sales lens and a repeatable strategy they can apply immediately.

Most importantly, the session shows how to leverage AI tools to automate research, personalize outreach, and identify high-probability prospects by turning guesswork into data-driven growth. It’s not solely theory. It's a practical, actionable sales strategy designed for modern entrepreneurs who want to work smarter, close faster, and generate real revenue.

Gunnar Hood, WSI International
Session: The AI Search Revolution
Search has fundamentally changed. AI is transforming search engines into answer engines, reshaping how businesses are discovered, cited, and trusted online. In this session, you’ll learn what that shift means for your visibility, your analytics, and the practical steps you can take to remain competitive in the AI era.

Whether you’re just beginning to explore AI or looking for smarter ways to use it in your business, the Blaze AI Summit is built to meet you where you are with clear takeaways you can put into action immediately.

Tuesday Automations
Session: Meet Your New Employee: AI Agents
You've probably tried ChatGPT. Maybe you've used it to write an email or answer a question. But there's a new wave of AI that doesn't just talk — it takes action. AI agents can follow up with your leads, schedule your appointments, process your data, and handle the repetitive work that eats up your day, all on their own.

In this session, the team from Tuesday Automations breaks down what AI agents are, how they're different from the chatbots most people know, and where they're already saving small business owners real time and money.

What you'll walk away with:
- A clear understanding of the difference between AI chatbots and AI agents — and why it matters
- Real examples of agents already working for small businesses like yours
- A simple framework for identifying where an AI agent could save you time in your own operations
- Practical next steps you can take this week — no technical background required

Keynote: Tal Goldhamer

Tal Goldhamer is an award-winning executive with over thirty years of experience helping leaders and organizations navigate change, build capability, and rethink how work gets done.

Tal designs and leads AI workshops and executive programs for leadership teams across the world. His work blends deep business experience with a plain-language, people-centered approach that helps leaders think clearly about AI and apply it thoughtfully in their organizations.

Before launching his independent practice, Tal spent three decades at EY as a Senior client-serving Partner, and in his final decade he served as Chief Learning Officer, leading a learning organization responsible for delivering millions of learning hours annually to more than 100,000 professionals.

His work often focuses on leadership decision-making, trust, and sense-making in highly visible, audience-facing environments experiencing rapid change.

Tal is an adjunct professor at the University of Denver, where he teaches Artificial Intelligence in the Information Technology program. Tal is also an AI Fellow with Fordham University in New York City.

Tal’s thought leadership is featured at numerous conferences, symposiums and in newsletters and publications such as Harvard Business Review.

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Guest speaker: Tai Nehisi

Tai Nehisi is a technologist and servant-leader who has been building businesses for over 10 years that directly serve her immediate and broader communities. Her Future of Workplace startup, Organizely, builds tech tools that boost productivity and redefine efficiency so we can all work, differently.

She is a Tulsa transplant from Brooklyn, New York living in North Tulsa for the last 3+ years. Tai is the founder and Executive Producer of Tulsa Tech Week, and OKC Tech Week, respectively. These Tech Weeks compile a series of events occurring all around the two most impactful Oklahoma cities to showcase, highlight, and amplify the culture, people, and technology present within the state.

Connect with her on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @tulsatechweek and @okctechweek to learn more on how you can partner and attend Tulsa Tech Week from September 21-26, 2026 and OKC Tech Week from October 19 - 24, 2026.

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Guest speaker: Gunnar Hood

Gunnar Hood empowers audiences with practical strategies to navigate the complexities of AI and digital transformation. Through actionable insights, he demystifies technology and provides clarity, enabling businesses to enhance operations, adapt to change, and achieve sustainable growth in a rapidly evolving market.

Drawing on over 25 years of leadership experience and a decade of digital marketing expertise, Gunnar delivers thought-provoking content tailored to help B2B organizations thrive. His engaging presentations equip professionals with the tools and confidence needed to leverage technology and stay ahead in today’s competitive landscape.

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Guest speaker: Jack Pennebaker

Jack Pennebaker is a partner at Tuesday Automations, a strategic AI consulting and engineering firm in Oklahoma City. He holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Information Technology from the University of Oklahoma and built his career at the intersection of data and sales. At APMEX, he led the redesign of a loyalty program that generated over $3 million in revenue and built behavior-driven campaigns at scale. As a Salesforce Marketing Cloud Administrator at MidFirst Bank, he managed automated communications for the Paycheck Protection Program and created 50+ processes that eliminated hours of manual data work across the organization. From there, he moved into consultative technology sales at Xerox and Rackspace, spending nearly four years consulting with businesses on complex technology decisions. Now he brings all of it together — building custom AI agents and systems that help businesses respond faster, work leaner, and stop spending time on tasks that don't require a human touch.

Guest speaker: Kaz Bycko

Kaz Bycko is a partner at Tuesday Automations, a strategic AI consulting and engineering firm in Oklahoma City. His background spans emerging technologies, software development, and consulting. Kaz started his career advising and architecting blockchain solutions at Accenture for Fortune 100 companies and government clients. Later, he transitioned to startups spanning Bitcoin infrastructure and artificial intelligence. Today, he advises political campaigns at the congressional and presidential level on integrating AI into campaign strategy, while leading teams and building agentic AI systems that help oil & gas companies transform operations. He is an Adjunct Professor of Bitcoin at the University of Oklahoma, Price College of Business.

Guest speaker: Storm Rund

Storm Rund is a partner at Tuesday Automations, a strategic AI consulting and engineering firm in Oklahoma City. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University and a JD from NYU School of Law, where he specialized in cybersecurity and data protection. His background spans law, legislative policy on emerging technology and energy, and hands-on software development, including multi-sided marketplaces, specialized research platforms, and internal business tools. Today he works primarily in oil and gas, building custom AI agents and systems that help energy companies automate complex workflows and operate more efficiently.