• Why AI initiatives struggle due to hidden data governance and quality gaps. 
• How poor data quality erodes trust in AI-driven business decisions. 
• The growing risk of AI bias, compliance failures, and operational inefficiencies. 
• Actionable steps to build an AI-ready data foundation that delivers business value. 

About the Speakers

Gaston Hummel

EMEA Lead, Strategic Services, Precisely

Gaston is a client-centric software and data professional with extensive experience across financial services, insurance, telecom, utilities, healthcare, and travel industries. His expertise spans presales, marketing, enterprise software development, sales enablement, product management, client success, and strategic services consulting. Gaston consistently demonstrates the ability to understand and simplify complex business issues, identifying optimal solutions by leveraging people, processes, and technologies in innovative and efficient ways that often exceed client expectations. As a strategic thinker and communicator, Gaston possesses the technical programming and data skills necessary to lead the implementation of the solutions he designs or recommends. He is always committed to ensuring the success of his projects and delivering exceptional results for his clients.

Max Kanaska

Senior Value Advisor, Precisely

Max brings extensive experience as a senior GTM executive with expertise in strategic solution selling and value management. Over the past six years, Max has held leadership roles in the value management function at Interos, a big data and AI supply chain risk analytics provider, and before that, at Cogito, an AI-driven call center solutions and analytics leader. Earlier in his career, Max spent a decade in management and strategy consulting, leading digital transformation and data strategy projects. Max holds an MBA from Duke University and is currently pursuing his Masters in Analytics at Georgia Tech. Residing in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and daughter, he enjoys golfing,  jogging, exploring vegan recipes, and working out.

Ana-Maria Badulescu

Senior Director, AI Lab, Precisely

Ana-Maria Badulescu has over 20+ years of software industry and data management domain experience. She currently leads Precisely AI Labs, a team of data scientists focused on innovation using artificial intelligence to solve emerging customer challenges with data integrity. Prior to her current role, Ana-Maria has held various technical and leadership roles developing the big data and data integration family of products, as well as conducting research on emerging technologies and incubation of new product offerings. Ana-Maria received a Master’s degree in Computer Science from University of California, Irvine, and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Politehnica University, Timisoara, Romania