From AI Ambition to AI Assurance: Building a Resilient Data Foundation for the Enterprise

Executive Dinner

June 18, 2026 - San Francisco, CA

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Visionaries

DineshKumar Lakshmanan IPSY
DineshKumar Lakshmanan

Sr Director of Engineering

IPSY

About Me

DineshKumar Lakshmanan is Senior Director of Engineering at IPSY, leading the Core Services Engineering organization and overseeing mission-critical platforms including subscription management, commerce infrastructure, inventory, personalization, and ERP integrations. He drives technology transformation, platform modernization, and global team growth across onshore, nearshore, and offshore models. DineshKumar has led high-impact initiatives such as the seamless integration of BoxyCharm and a company-wide operational efficiency program, achieving $2M+ in cloud cost savings through Kubernetes, serverless infrastructure, and auto-scaling strategies. Previously at PayPal, he scaled the global payments platform to support 120M+ daily transactions and implemented enterprise-wide data governance and architectural standardization. Known for architecting scalable, high-volume platforms and building high-performing engineering teams, Dinesh aligns technology strategy with business objectives, drives operational excellence, and delivers measurable ROI while fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and resilience.

Dewayne Walton Wells Fargo
Dewayne Walton

CTO & SVP Technology Governance

Wells Fargo

About Me

Dewayne Walton, J.D., MBA is Senior Vice President of Technology Governance within the Chief Technology Office at Wells Fargo, where he leads initiatives focused on digital risk, accessibility, and enterprise technology governance. With extensive experience across financial services and healthcare, Dewayne specializes in regulatory compliance, risk management, and building inclusive, accessible digital platforms at scale. At Wells Fargo, he has led accessibility governance initiatives, introduced accessibility controls into the software development lifecycle, and managed global teams delivering compliant and user-centered digital experiences. His work has strengthened operational controls, improved regulatory outcomes, and advanced enterprise technology strategies. With academic credentials in law and business, Dewayne brings a strategic and collaborative approach to helping organizations navigate complex regulatory environments while driving responsible digital innovation.

Agenda

All times Pacific Time

5:30 PM - 9:00 PM

From AI Ambition to AI Assurance: Building a Resilient Data Foundation for the Enterprise

As organizations race to operationalize AI, many are discovering that the greatest barrier to scale isn’t the model, it’s the architecture behind it. Sensitive data, fragmented pipelines, cloud dependency, and unpredictable infrastructure costs are creating new forms of business risk that can slow innovation, expose compliance gaps, and pull engineering talent away from strategic priorities. For CIOs, CTOs and platform leaders, the challenge is no longer simply deploying AI, it’s building an architecture capable of supporting it securely, reliably, and at scale.

Join an exclusive executive dinner for a candid peer discussion on what it takes to de-risk enterprise AI from the data layer up. Together, we’ll explore how leading organizations are rethinking data sovereignty, avoiding vendor lock-in, ensuring resilience across real-time AI pipelines, and creating predictable operating models that support long-term innovation. From governance to cost control and modernization strategy, this conversation will focus on how to build an AI-ready foundation that accelerates transformation without compromising control.


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