In an era defined by AI, disruption, and constant reinvention, business success depends on the collective strength of the C-Suite.
From navigating digital transformation and geopolitical volatility to building resilient cultures and responsible AI strategies, this cross-functional summit delivers a panoramic view of what it takes to lead in 2026 and beyond.
Designed for collaboration and insight sharing, the Argyle C-Suite Summit on February 19, 2026, unites senior executives from every industry to explore how leadership, innovation, and strategy intersect to drive sustainable enterprise growth.
Join this exciting event to exchange perspectives on leadership in the intelligent enterprise era and gain practical, enterprise-level insights, including:
Customer-centered leadership challenges leaders to see their organization through the eyes of modern customers. It is imperative for organizations to close the gap between what they aspire to deliver and what people actually experience. Leadership is the primary lever of customer excellence, differentiation, preference, and growth.
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Chief Marketing Organization | Global Customer Excellence Lead
As organizational complexity grows, functional silos stand in the way of speed, innovation, and cohesive strategy execution. Therefore, the C-Suite is tasked with unifying leadership to unlock elevated performance and stronger competitive positioning. Cross-functional alignment is essential for long-term success as it influences strategy, customer impact, operational resilience, and workforce engagement. Executive teams are collaborating on methods for establishing shared priorities, joint KPIs, and decision-making.
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Chief Operating Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Growth & Marketing Officer | Former CMO AT&T Consumer
AI is only as strong as the data behind it. In the enterprise, transactional data stands apart as provable, auditable, and verifiable evidence of real economic activity. This session explores how SaaS platforms transform trusted systems of record into scalable AI advantage, enabling intelligent automation grounded in data leaders can defend with confidence.
Director, Strategic Partnerships at Avalara
We are at an unprecedented inflection point. Companies are restructuring fast, with over 720,000 job cuts in 2024, many tied to AI and automation. Experts forecast that 44% of skills will be disrupted (WEF), 30% of roles reconfigured (Gartner), and 62% of employees report anxiety about AI (PwC). Engagement is low: only 31% are engaged, while 17% are actively disengaged (Gallup, 2024). Global engagement dips add an estimated US$438 billion in lost productivity worldwide. Managers are disproportionately affected, compounding organizational risk.
This keynote blends data, lived experience, and insights to show how to lead responsibly — balancing efficiency and performance with empathy, clarity, and trust.
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Chief People Officer, Americas
As Agentic AI becomes embedded across the enterprise, HR is no longer supporting transformation from the sidelines—it is central to whether AI initiatives succeed or stall.
While many organizations are stuck in the early stages of AI adoption, Eightfold AI’s latest research, drawn from 700 global organizations, shows that AI leaders take a fundamentally different approach: they position the CHRO as a core architect of AI strategy alongside the CIO.
In this session, we’ll explore why 90% of AI leaders believe the CHRO–CIO partnership is essential to transformation—and how organizations that engage HR early see up to 14.7x higher workforce productivity and 5.6x higher profitability.
You’ll walk away with practical guidance on how HR leaders can:
Director, Talent-centered Transformation
Director of Training Delivery
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