AI agents are moving beyond answering questions to writing code, accessing enterprise data, connecting to business tools, and executing workflows autonomously. While these capabilities can unlock significant productivity gains, they also introduce new security, governance, and accountability challenges.
How can teams give AI agents the freedom to work effectively while ensuring they operate within the right boundaries? From managing permissions and mitigating prompt injection risks to establishing human oversight, building trust in autonomous systems requires the right safeguards.
Join technology, AI, and security leaders for a practical discussion on deploying and scaling agentic AI responsibly. We'll explore emerging risks, proven safeguards, and strategies for balancing innovation with security and accountability.
- Emerging risks in agentic AI, including prompt injection, unintended actions, and data access concerns.
- Establishing permissions, guardrails, and human oversight for autonomous systems.
- Security best practices, including least-privilege access, monitoring, and auditability.
- Strategies for scaling agentic AI while balancing innovation, governance, and accountability.
Josephine Wood is Director of Data & AI at SPR, leading the design, evaluation, and governance of AI systems. Drawing on a technical background in data science and systems design, she brings engineering rigor to responsible AI to help enterprises across industry build systems that drive measurable value while being observable and accountable. Her work centers on how AI actually behaves in production: designing for observability, building evaluation frameworks that surface risk, bias, and drift, and standing up governance guardrails that hold under real-world scale. She holds an M.S. in Applied Statistics and a B.S. in Mathematics from Loyola University Chicago.
My work in journalism, public relations and recruitment has helped me connect individuals and ideas across a variety of platforms and for a multitude of purposes. Through well-crafted content and simple interactions, my professional goals include building lasting teams capable of stretching the limits of what they thought was possible.
In my personal life, my ties as a writer influence how I view the world. With everything I do, I try to be passionate and let the natural characters who have shaped my life find new homes in the styles and mannerisms of my work. When I'm not working, I enjoy spending time outdoors and attempting to reclaim my ever-worsening golf game.
Mark brings over 30 years of extensive experience in the wireless industry, having worked with leading global telecommunications manufacturers, world-class carriers, and prominent telecom consulting and solutions provider. Prior to joining our team, Mark held the position of Network Vice President, where he oversaw the design, deployment, and operation of Sprint’s wireless network in the Northeast Region. His leadership roles extended across RF Engineering, Operations, and Solutions Engineering teams for both Sprint and Nextel. Mark’s career trajectory also includes roles within Motorola, where he contributed to Test Systems and Field Engineering teams. Beyond his professional endeavors, Mark is deeply committed to serving as a board member for Warriors4Wireless, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering military veterans by facilitating rewarding career opportunities within the telecommunications sector. Mark’s expertise, leadership, and dedication to bridging the gap between veterans and telecommunications careers exemplify his impact within the industry and the community.
Jake Rasweiler is a strategy and product executive recognized for leading growth, innovation, and large-scale infrastructure investments across data centers, technology, telecommunications, and energy sectors. As Senior Vice President at Kelly Services, he oversees data center and digital infrastructure strategy spanning engineering, energy, and AI workforce solutions.
Before joining Kelly, Jake spent eight years as Senior Vice President of Innovation at American Tower, where he launched its data center business and acquisition of CoreSite becoming a US top 10 data center operator.
His earlier career includes leadership roles in wireless technology startups, electric power industry and strategy consulting, advising Fortune 500s and private equity firms on M&A, market entry, and product development.
A licensed Professional Engineer, Jake holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in Management Strategy
With over 25 years of experience in both early-stage startups to mature enterprises, Matt blends the perspective of an executive leader with the hands-on expertise of an operator and builder. His background includes founding the Cloud Operations team for a new Cloud SIEM at a prominent cybersecurity firm, serving as VP of Production Engineering at a leading email security provider, and directing global security engineering at a major identity company, reporting up to the CISO. A former U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst, Matt currently focuses on large-scale data platforms, security analytics, infrastructure automation and using generative AI for offensive and defensive use cases.
As a seasoned Technology Industry Leader and Enterprise Product and Solutions Leader, Amit Tank leads efforts at the intersection of Strategy, Innovation, Product Engineering, AI/ML, and Digital Transformation, AI & Data Governance for Fortune 500 clients. Currently, He is helping drive strategic projects for Top US Telco companies as Enterprise & AI-ML Practice Leader.
He has led high-impact Product and Architecture teams, while building and launching platforms and products that have scaled to more than 3 million active users and subscribers. He also contributes as a keynote speaker, editorial board advisor, and collaborator for open source foundations and other cross-industry initiatives.
