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Keynotes on AI, security, and trust—human systems for machine systems, translating machine behavior into human decisions. Twenty-five years of building secure systems, distilled for your audience.

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Jake Miller
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Jargon, decoded. Full trust. Private insights. Public impact. Human-verified in an AI world.
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Keynotes

Talks defined by audience, technical depth, and outcome. Systems, trust, architecture, human judgment—and how AI changes the way software and work actually happen.

Signature Keynote

Does Not Compute

Staying Human While We Rebuild How Software Works

The talk that blends technical reality (deterministic → probabilistic systems), business implications (trust, risk, buyer confidence), and the human story (judgment, relationships, identity, work). Adaptable for technical, executive, or student audiences.

architecture strategy career + future of work
[0] Engineers & Security Teams

Building Trust Into the Stack

How AI changes attack surfaces, trust boundaries, and runtime behavior—and what to do about it.

  • Agent/tool risk, prompt injection, memory leakage
  • "Show, not tell" security posture in AI systems
  • Embedding oversight into workflows, not just audits
  • What breaks when software becomes probabilistic
[1] CTOs, CISOs, Technical Executives

Trust as an Operating System

How to make trust a product and engineering capability—not a policy document.

  • Where boards and buyers are heading (proof over promises)
  • Converting security/compliance into delivery advantage
  • Human + AI operating models for trust and oversight
  • What "enterprise-ready" AI actually requires
[2] Business Leaders & Operators

The New Constraint

AI makes it easier to build, easier to ship, and easier to break trust.

  • Why trust is now a growth constraint (sales, partnerships, procurement)
  • Hidden risks in AI workflows (not just model risk)
  • Privacy, responsibility, and brand exposure together
  • Moving fast without losing confidence
[3] Students & Early-Career Builders

The Next Builders

Alt: "You're Not Competing With AI—You're Competing With People Who Know How to Use It Well"

How to build your career when everyone has AI tools. Optimistic and practical.

  • What skills still matter when AI generates code/content
  • Why systems thinking and judgment become more valuable
  • Building credibility: ship, test, explain, repeat
  • Security + trust as a career advantage
[4] Cross-Functional Teams

When Everything Becomes a Workflow

Designing AI-enabled work that people can actually trust.

  • AI changing interfaces from dashboards to conversations
  • Why trust failures happen between teams, not just in code
  • Product/design/security co-owning trust decisions
  • Practical patterns for human-in-the-loop systems
[5] General Audience

Trust, Actually

How to stay grounded when technology can simulate almost anything.

  • What's changing in how we verify reality
  • What remains fundamentally human
  • How to build discernment in an AI world
  • Where trust comes from now
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Bespoke

Custom Keynotes

Every talk can be tailored. Different audiences get different depth, different framing, different outcomes—same core insights.

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The approach

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Clarity over complexity

Deep technical knowledge, translated into language anyone can act on. No jargon gatekeeping.

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Trust is earned

Every claim verifiable. Every insight grounded in 25 years of building systems that protect people.

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Human-first futures

Technology should serve people, not surveil them. Optimistic but clear-eyed about what's at stake.

Jake Miller
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Trusted source.

25 years building software. Director of Software Engineering at ExactTarget/Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Co-founded Metaimpact (CTO). Founded The Engineered Innovation Group (CEO). Now CEO at ZIVIS, building AI security tooling.

Jake has spoken at executive leadership summits, higher education institutions, and technical conferences—translating complexity into clarity for every audience.

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Still building.

Jake doesn't just talk about technology—he's still in it, every day. Hands-on work keeps the insights real and the advice grounded.

Writing code, breaking systems, shipping product. Security tooling, AI integrations, systems architecture. Red teaming AI systems to understand how to build them better.

Keynotes, workshops, and executive briefings. Translating complexity into action—for technical teams, leadership, and everyone in between.

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Let's talk.

Tell me about your event and I'll get back to you within 24 hours.

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