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AI in Action · Philadelphia, PA

Build the AI skills your business needs — live, in Philadelphia.

Monday, July 13, 2026
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM ET
The Pyramid Club, Philadelphia

Hosted by Nicole Smith, Doxa Philadelphia

About this event

What you'll learn

A six-hour, hands-on workshop for lower mid-market CEOs ready to put AI to work inside their company. We cover where AI moves the needle, how to staff for it without slowing down, and the operating model that makes both real. You leave with a concrete plan — not a deck of buzzwords.

Built for CEOs of $10M–$50M businesses who suspect they're behind on AI and want a credible path forward.

You leave with

  • A prioritized list of three AI plays inside your business — ranked by impact and effort
  • A 90-day staffing plan that pairs your team with global AI engineers, not consultants
  • An operating cadence to keep AI compounding after the workshop ends
Agenda

How the day runs

  1. 9:00 AM

    Doors open · Coffee + intros

    Meet the speakers and other CEOs in the room.

  2. 9:30 AM

    What AI actually changes for the mid-market

    Where it moves the needle, where it doesn't, and why.

  3. 10:45 AM

    Live build · Your first AI workflow

    Pick a real process from your business. Ship a working AI version of it in 45 minutes.

  4. 12:00 PM

    Lunch · Roundtable

    Hosted lunch with peer CEOs and Doxa AI engineers.

  5. 1:00 PM

    The staffing operating model

    How to pair your team with global AI engineers without breaking your org chart.

  6. 2:15 PM

    Your 90-day plan

    Working session: leave with a written plan and a Doxa partner to keep you accountable.

  7. 3:00 PM

    Close · Optional 1:1s

    Book a consultation slot before you leave.

Speakers

Who you'll learn from

David Nilssen

CEO, DOXA Talent · Co-Founder, Guidant Financial

David has built two companies from nothing into something. Guidant Financial helped 30,000 entrepreneurs secure $7 billion to start or buy a business across all 50 states. DOXA Talent runs a 1,000-person distributed team across six countries — with zero office space. No hybrid policy. No headquarters. Just people doing real work across time zones, every day.

Dave Hajdu

Founder, AI Officer Institute · Former Microsoft, TINYpulse

Dave started at Microsoft in 1999 as a data analyst — back when most people hadn't heard the word "algorithm" outside a math class. He's spent 25 years since at the intersection of technology and business, building systems that ran millions of rows of data and millions of dollars in transactions. He co-founded TINYpulse, a venture-backed startup that reshaped employee engagement for the Boston Red Sox, Fidelity, and thousands more — later acquired by WebMD.

By The Numbers

Results from people who've already been in the room.

These aren't projections. They're scores from the last cohort — 66 leaders who sat where you're sitting and rated what they walked away with.

9.3/10

Average attendee rating.

Venue

The Pyramid Club

1735 Market Street
52nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Validated parking in the Mellon Bank Center garage on 17th Street.

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