The New IT Mandate: Governing, Connecting, and Scaling Enterprise AI

24 June 2026

01:00 PM America/New York

In this session, Chris Ferraro (Celigo, Sr. Product Marketing) shares how forward-thinking IT organizations are evolving— building the governance frameworks, integration infrastructure, and cross-functional partnerships that turn AI from an unpredictable risk into a competitive advantage.

What you'll walk away with:

A practical governance framework: including how to define guardrails that protect against unsanctioned AI use and data exposure without becoming a bottleneck for innovation
The connectivity infrastructure that makes enterprise AI scale: how an integration platform gives IT the control layer the business needs to move fast, safely.
A blueprint for making every team a builder, with IT as orchestrator, not gatekeeper. We’ll share the lessons we learned and the internal use cases of agents already running in production.

This session is designed for senior IT and digital transformation leaders who are ready to move beyond AI experimentation and build the operational foundation for what comes next.

SPEAKERS BIO:

Chris Ferraro

Senior Product Marketing Manager, Celigo

Chris Ferraro is Senior Product Marketing Manager at Celigo, where he focuses on helping enterprise leaders understand how AI-powered automation can drive meaningful business outcomes. He brings over six years of experience in the integration space, having started his career in sales at MuleSoft — supporting key financial services accounts — before transitioning into product marketing at tray.io and, now at Celigo. That combination of sales and marketing experience gives Chris a practical, outcome-oriented perspective on how technical leaders evaluate and implement automation strategies.

Chris holds a B.A. in Economics, cum laude, from Kenyon College, where he studied abroad in Copenhagen through the Global Economics Program and served as captain of the men's lacrosse team. Outside of work, he co-founded L-Acrosse NYC, a lacrosse clinic for inner-city youth.

Amy Farrow

Chief Information Officer, Celigo