How Enterprises Are Scaling AI Without Losing Control

Executive Dinner

June 17, 2026 - San Francisco, CA

Visionaries

Steve Zalewski Levi Strauss & Company
Steve Zalewski

Former CISO

Levi Strauss & Company

About Me

Steve Zalewski is a cybersecurity executive and advisor with extensive experience providing retained CISO, security consulting, and advisory services across healthcare, utilities, and international retail sectors. He serves as a virtual CISO for organizations needing part-time or interim leadership, advises venture capital firms and early-stage security startups, and delivers international cybersecurity training. Steve’s expertise spans enterprise security strategy, incident response, risk and compliance management, security program design, and board-level governance. He is the former CISO at Levi Strauss & Co and has held senior security roles at Pacific Gas & Electric and Kaiser Permanente, as well as engineering leadership positions in storage networks and enterprise operating systems. He holds multiple patents, CISSP, CISM, and CRISC certifications, co-hosts the CISOSeries Defense-in-Depth Podcast, and frequently speaks at industry events.

June 17, 2026

Agenda

All times Pacific Time

5:30 PM - 9:00 PM

How Enterprises Are Scaling AI Without Losing Control

As AI moves from pilot to production, a new set of operational challenges emerges: agent reliability, output quality, and failure detection at scale.

For enterprise leaders, the stakes extend beyond performance alone. Questions around accountability, governance, and trust are becoming central as AI systems move deeper into critical workflows.

This exclusive executive engagement brings together leaders already operating AI in production for a closed-door conversation on what it actually takes to run AI you can stand behind, from ensuring consistent performance to maintaining control as complexity grows.


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