Featured Speakers at IIEX West 2026

Layton Cox

Sr. Director of Client Services

Sedulo Group

Gary Rudman

Gen Z Whisperer

GTR Consulting

Leo Yeykelis

CEO

Viewpoints AI

Byron Reeves

Professor

Stanford University

Kristen Griffith

Insights Director

The Clorox Company

Mike Carlon

Director, User Experience Research

Charter Communications (Spectrum)

Julie Davitz

CEO

Plus Media Solutions

Luca Morena

CEO

Nextatlas

Ryslaine Moulay Peach

Innovation Director

MAIZE

Maya Kantak

Lead, Consumer UX Research

Rocket

Esti Allegro

Senior Director

Kadro

Charles Swann

Founder

Forage

Lauren Isaacson

Founder & Research Director

Curio Research

Paula Rosecky

Qualitative Insights Strategist, Facilitator & Founder

Paula Rosecky & Company

Flavia Stoian

Head of Research & Insights

Candescent

Kate Kalcevich

VP of Innovation

Fable

Lauren McCluskey

Principal

Responsive Research

Janani Venkataraman

Director Research

BILL

Joshua Corona

Founder

SocioLens

Sam Killip

VP of Insights

Attest

Kendra Shapiro

Senior Director, Consumer Insights & UX Research

Ancestry

John Provine

Co-Founder & CEO

Voicepanel

Lisa Phelan

CEO / Founder

F'inn

Renata Soares

CEO

Prior Wise Strategic Consulting Partners

Alexis White

Senior Research Director

Knit

Sydney Williams

Director, Strategy & Insights

The Flex Co.

Maggie Vlaco

Senior Research Consultant

Appinio Inc.

Joel Idelson

CEO

TeenVoice

Adrien Vermeirsch

CEO & Founder

Enlightn

Natasha Gay

Research Manager

Microsoft

Chris Hauck

President

HauckEye LLC

Katrina Noelle

Founder & Strategic Growth Director

KNow Research & Hootology

Lauren Cheatham

Principal User Researcher

Roblox

Eva Deneken

Commercial Director

DEIMAN

Raymundo Gonzalez

General Manager Mexico

Prior Wise Strategic Consulting Partners

Alex Hernandez-Brun

Insights Lead

Mozilla

Manny Rodriguez

Managing Director, Market Research

Forsta

Ally Sigmon

Sr. Manager, Consumer Insights

Chipotle

Kaitlyn Rarick

Manager, Cultural Foresight Lab

Visa

Andrew Embry

Sr. Director of Insights Innovation and Capabilities Lilly Market Research

Lilly

Andrew Elder

SVP of Advanced Analytics

Radius Tech

Caroline (Caro) Pendry

Vice President

Radius Tech

Will Leach

Founder & CEO

Mindstate Group

Julius Colwyn

Director (Head of Design)

SPACE DOCTORS

Jordana Young

Senior Product Insights Lead (AI/ Copilot Studio)

Microsoft

Susan Blank

Senior UX Researcher

AirBnb

Allison Rak

Ceo

Vatoca

Christopher Brace

Founder & CEO

Story Legacy LLC

Sarah Ryan

Senior Director, Research and Insights

Everyday Health Group

Vera Chien

Executive Director

Warner Bros. Discovery

Rob Gaige

Global Head of Marketing Insights and Operations

Reddit

Z Johnson

Founder

MRXplorer

Andy Garlikov

Director of Strategic Insights

HowSo.co

Melina Palmer

Founder & CEO

The Brainy Business

Norbert Sari

CEO

Rodeo13

Susan Griffin

Principal

Griffin + Skeggs Collaborative