Speaking
AI Keynote Speaker and Technology Leadership Voice
I speak on what AI really means for businesses, boards, and the people leading them, drawn from 25 years in technology leadership and three startups taken to IPO, not from a futurist's slide deck.
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What I speak about
AI at leadership level
The flagship talk. What AI actually means for your business, your board, and your people, stripped of the hype. Audiences leave knowing what matters, what does not, and what to do next.
Scaling technology through hypergrowth and IPO
What it takes to lead technology from 40 people to 8,000, through three IPOs. The real story of what breaks, what holds, and how to build for the next stage before you need it.
Technology leadership and building teams
Hiring, leading, and keeping technology teams through change. Drawn from hundreds of hires and the hard lessons that came with them.
The future of the fractional model
Why senior leadership is going fractional, what it means for businesses and for leaders, and where the model is heading. From the person who built a firm on it.
Formats
Keynotes, panels, fireside chats, board briefings, and podcast guest appearances.
Every session is tailored to the audience, whether that is a conference stage, an executive away day, or a board that needs the honest version of AI in ninety minutes.
Why book Ross
- 25+ years in technology leadership
- Three startups taken to IPO, including one of the UK's largest-ever tech IPOs
- Scaled companies from 40 to 8,000 people
- Founder and CEO of Boardman, the fractional technology leadership firm
- Host of the AI Won't Save Us podcast and writer of the AI Won't Save Us newsletter, read by 3,000+ leaders
- A practitioner, not a theorist. Everything I say on stage, I have done
Signature talks
AI Won't Save Us
The keynote behind the podcast and the book. Why AI on its own will not fix your business, and what leadership actually looks like in the AI era. Candid, practical, and built for the people accountable for the outcome.
The Honest AI Briefing for Boards
A closed-door session for boards and executive teams. What AI means for your specific business, the risks nobody is pricing in, and the questions your board should be asking. No slides theatre, just straight answers.
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About Me
I'm Ross Boardman, founder and CEO of Boardman and host of the AI Won't Save Us podcast.
I've spent 25+ years leading technology through hypergrowth and taken three startups to IPO, including one of the UK's largest-ever tech IPOs.
Now I speak, write, and advise on what AI really means for the people running businesses.
Get In Touch
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