45 Minutes With Someone Deploying AI Across 10+ Companies Right Now
Event Details
📅 Thursday July 16th
📍 First United Bank | Plano
⏱ 11:45 AM to 1 PM CT
🍽 Private lunch provided
Attendance is limited.
Who Should Attend
This lunch is ideal for:
- Founders and CEOs of privately held companies
- CEOs focused with a growth mindset and willing to have honest conversations
- Executives who invest in relationships and have a willingness to serve
Why This Matters
Every CEO we talk to is getting pulled in five directions on AI. Vendors pitching the same demo with a different logo. Board members forwarding HBR articles. Employees already using ChatGPT in ways IT cannot see. A consulting deck that costs $40k and lands somewhere between obvious and useless.
The signal-to-noise ratio is brutal. Most of what gets published is either AGI doomsday content or vendor copy in disguise.
This 45 minutes is different. We are providing a working session with an operator who is putting AI into manufacturing floors, finance teams, hospitality groups, and energy fields. Real budgets, real problems, real results. We will talk about what is actually working inside companies right now, where money is burning, and where your specific business probably has the most upside in the next two quarters.
Companies That Often Benefit
The discussion is most relevant for companies that are:
• Developing software or technology
• Manufacturing or improving products
• Solving engineering challenges
• Building prototypes
• Improving production processes
Typical companies attending discussions like this:
• $10M+ revenue
• 20+ employees
• Internal engineering or technical teams
About This Series
This lunch is part of an invitation-only CEO series focused on thoughtful peer conversation and practical insight.
Participation does not imply any obligation or expectation of future involvement.
Discussion Format
— Lunch and introductions
— 45 Minutes With Someone Deploying AI Across 10+ Companies Right Now
— CEO discussion and Q&A
— Close
This is a small peer discussion with limited attendance.
The goal is simply to learn from the expert and exchange perspectives with other leaders.
This is not a sales event.
Featured Expert
Bryce Stuckenschneider
Founder, Trailblaze Labs
45-minute session + Q&A
Bryce will share how CEOs should think about AI from a business perspective, where AI is creating real value today, and how to identify high-return, low-risk opportunities — without overcommitting resources.
This session is designed for business leaders, not technologists.
Your Host
Jay is a former CEO and software founder who built and successfully sold a company to private equity. Today, he works with CEOs as a peer advisory board facilitator, helping leaders gain clarity, achieve their goals, and build enduring, high-value businesses.
Jay Holstine
Dallas Fort Worth Vistage Chair and Founder, Enterprise Value Group
