Practical AI talks for business leaders.

Ryan helps business audiences understand what AI can do, where it gets risky, and how to move with confidence. Based in Houston, he speaks for executive, advisor, association, peer group, and sponsor hosted audiences across Texas and the U.S.

Featured talkAI Unplugged: The Good, the Bad, and the Geeky

Plain language AI education for leaders who need clarity, caution, and next steps.

Featured talkFrom Prompts to Practice

Help teams turn AI interest into useful habits, shared guardrails, and real workflow examples.

Featured talkThe AI Scale-Up Problem

What works for one person often needs structure before it becomes team capability.

Built for rooms where AI needs to become a leadership conversation.

The presentations adapt to the audience, event format, and business context. Ryan keeps each session grounded in plain language, practical examples, and the decisions leaders need to make next.

Owners and executive teams

CEOs, presidents, C-suite teams, and leadership groups deciding what AI means for the business.

Trusted advisor audiences

CFOs, CPAs, banks, wealth advisors, consultants, and firms hosting client education rooms.

Operator-heavy industries

Construction, CRE, manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, hospitality, and other operations-driven companies.

Peer and chapter groups

Vistage, YPO, C12, Convene-style groups, chambers, associations, and business councils.

Customized to your audience

One conversation, shaped around the room.

Ryan can keep the talk tight for a sponsor-hosted executive room or go deeper when the audience needs discussion, examples, and next steps. The material can flex for owners, executives, finance leaders, advisor groups, or operator-heavy teams without turning into a tool demo.

30-minute briefing60 or 90-minute session3.5-hour workshop
Ryan Seifert presenting an AI session

Trusted rooms for practical AI education.

Ryan has delivered AI education for executive, finance, banking, CPA, business-owner, and sponsor hosted audiences where leaders need plain language, useful examples, and next steps they can act on.

Hancock Whitney
TXCPA
YPO
Vistage
Entrepreneurs' Organization
Houston Executive Advisors
ProVisors

Useful AI education without turning the room into a sales pitch.

Plain language AI education

Executive friendly framing for what AI can do, where it breaks, and what decisions matter.

Business examples over tool demos

Practical examples tied to operations, data, workflows, leadership, and risk.

Realistic opportunities and risks

Attendees leave with a sharper view of where AI could help and where caution is warranted.

Tactical takeaways attendees can use now

Attendees leave with plain language next steps they can apply to real workflows, risk conversations, and AI decisions.

Materials ready for organizers and attendees.

Ryan's AI talks are built to make hosting easier before and after the room. The materials draw from Teric's work across AI discovery, data readiness, governance, integration, and real workflow use cases.

Organizer packetTopic options, short bio, session formats, audience fit, and planning details.
Attendee follow upAI QuickStart material and practical next steps the host can share after the session.

AI conversations that help turn uncertainty into useful next steps.

Ryan's practical AI presentations have been used in CPE, sponsor-hosted, and executive audiences where leaders need plain language, realistic examples, and useful next steps without turning the event into a technical lecture.

CPA Society feedback“Good presenter and discussion.”

- CPA Society attendee

Executive takeaway“I left feeling like I actually understand how AI can help my company.”

- CFO, manufacturing company

Leadership clarity“I finally feel like I can take some forward steps around AI.”

- CEO, professional services

Ryan Seifert headshot

Ryan Seifert helps business leaders make AI understandable, usable, and less risky.

Ryan Seifert is CEO of Teric Technology, where he helps mid sized companies identify useful AI opportunities, strengthen the data and systems behind them, and move from scattered experimentation to practical execution. His speaking style is direct, plain language, and built for leaders who need to understand AI without becoming developers.

Through Teric, Ryan works across AI strategy, data readiness, workflow automation, systems integration, and technology leadership. That operating background keeps AI Unplugged grounded in business reality instead of trend chasing.

Planning details for organizers.

Featured talksAI Unplugged, From Prompts to Practice, and The AI Scale-Up Problem.
SummaryPractical AI education for business leaders who need clarity, useful examples, and next steps.
AudienceExecutives, owners, advisors, peer groups, associations, and sponsor hosted rooms.
Formats30 minute briefing, 60 or 90 minute session, or 3.5 hour workshop.
Presentation AVScreen or projector, HDMI or USB-C connection, and room audio if the session uses video. Microphone recommended for larger rooms.
TravelHouston area sessions can usually be planned locally. Events outside Houston may include travel expenses.

Questions organizers usually ask.

A quick read on fit, format, location, and what the room can expect from a practical AI speaker for business leaders.

What does Ryan speak about?

Practical AI for business leaders: what AI can do, where it gets risky, how to identify useful opportunities, and how to move with more confidence.

Who is the best fit?

Executives, owners, advisor audiences, peer groups, associations, and sponsor hosted rooms that need AI explained in business language.

Can the talk be adapted?

Yes. The talks can be shaped around the audience, event format, industry, maturity level, and host goals.

What formats are available?

30 minute briefing and Q&A, 60 or 90 minute leadership session, or a 3.5 hour AI workshop.

Where does Ryan speak?

Ryan is based in Houston and speaks for business audiences across Texas and the U.S., including associations, peer groups, and sponsor hosted rooms.

What does the host receive?

Topic summary, short bio, session format options, audience fit notes, planning details, and attendee follow-up material.

Next step

See if Ryan is the right fit for your room.

Share the audience, format, timing, and what the host wants the room to walk away with. Ryan can help shape the session for the event without creating a new talk from scratch.