On the agenda at Resposnive Summit
Mark your calendar for these can’t-miss Responsive sessions.
Keynotes
8:00 - 8:15 am PT
Bid and proposal teams are under more pressure than ever as they face rising buyer demands, fierce competition, and tight budgets. Ganesh Shankar, CEO and Co-founder of Responsive, shares how top teams are harnessing the power of Strategic Response Management (SRM) and Responsive AI to turn these challenges into opportunities, transforming the way teams grow revenue, reduce risks, and work smarter.
Ganesh Shankar
CEO
Responsive
8:15 - 8:35 am PT
Industry leaders Carrie Jordan (Microsoft) and Kristen Carloni (BlackRock) discuss how they used Strategic Response Management (SRM) to scale their teams for success, measure and socialize impact, and increase influence with commercial executives, all while championing the use of AI for sustained growth in the years to come.
Michael Londgren
CMO
Responsive

Carrie Jordan
Global Dir of Proposals
Microsoft Corporation
Kristen Carloni, CFA
Global Head of Business
Proposal Team
Aladdin at BlackRock
8:00am - 8:17am
AJ Sunder, Chief Product Officer of Responsive, unveils the latest advancements in Responsive AI and the Responsive Platform and discusses how these advancements add insight, efficiency, and impact across the entire opportunity lifecycle while enhancing the value of an organization’s knowledge.
AJ Sunder
CPO/CIO
Responsive
Konnor Martin
VP, Sales
Responsive
8:55 - 9:15 am PT
Adopting AI is no longer a choice. But where do you start? Join a panel of leading women in technology as they share best practices for evaluating AI solutions, identifying core use cases, and reimagining work in the AI era. Learn how to champion AI and drive high-growth impact while preserving trust.
Jennifer Cannizzaro
VP, Product Marketing
Responsive
Eve Alexander
VP, Product Marketing
Seismic
Angela Yeung
VP, Product Management
Cerebras Systems
9:20 - 9:35 am PT
Join Sankar Lagudu, COO of Responsive, along with other Responsive leaders, as they share the secrets Responsive customers use to unlock value and drive results. We'll share Responsive's customer success blueprint: a focus on people, proven methodology, and an extensive on-demand resource library.

Sankar Lagudu
COO
Responsive

Ariana Amplo
VP, Professional Services
Responsive

Michael Forney
VP, Customer Success
Responsive
9:35 - 9:55 am PT
Danelle Morrow, VP of the Proposal Development Center at Sodexo, will share how her team of “response strategists” is driving growth at Sodexo while enhancing their role within the company. Learn how you can boost your team’s visibility, secure a larger budget, amplify your impact, and gain influence and investment to raise the profile of your bid and proposal team.
Jeff Santelices
CRO
Responsive

Danelle Morrow
VP, North America Creative
Services & Proposal
Development Center
Sodexo
Breakout Track Sessions
10:00 - 10:20 am PT
See how Responsive AI empowers you to make more informed go/no-go decisions by quickly analyzing RFPs. You'll learn how to focus on the opportunities you're most likely to win using Responsive AI to extract key requirements, assess compliance, and advance your bid with confidence.
Shelby Nadler
Sr Product Marketing Mgr
Responsive
10:00 - 10:20 am PT
When every moment matters with a bid/proposal, it’s imperative that strategic response teams make the best use of their time. But how can they meet increasing demands on even tighter deadlines? Learn from Maintel how their team is using AI to help optimize the bid management process to improve response speed and quality.
Erica Nelson
Mgr, Customer Success
Enterprise
Responsive
Hannah Cook
Head of Bids
Maintel
10:20 - 10:40 am PT
Join us to explore how Responsive's latest AI innovations act as a game changer for bid and proposal teams, elevating the impact and reach of your company's underlying knowledge to win more opportunities in less time.
Joshua Hendrick
Sr Product Marketing Mgr
Responsive
10:20 - 10:40 am PT
Smaller companies face the same pressure and timelines of larger organizations— often with proposal teams of one. Join us as we explore how smaller teams are perfectly situated to take Strategic Response Management from an afterthought to a company-wide initiative that leads to far greater revenue generation.

Sasha Spektor
Professional Services
Consultant
Responsive
Brian Astman
Dir, Business Development
ACRT

DeeAnn Powers
Sr Mgr, Ops Services &
Support
Invicti Security
10:40 - 11 am PT
Join Responsive's product leaders as they go under the hood of industry-leading Responsive AI to reveal its diverse applications that are streamlining complex processes, driving strategic decision-making, and writing the next chapter of bid and proposal management.
Neil Shah
Dir of Product Marketing
Responsive
Kunal Shrestha
VP of Product Management
Responsive
10:40 - 11 am PT
O.C. Tanner transformed their response process into a revenue and win-generating juggernaut by re-evaluating their content framework and streamlining their library. Learn from their experience to see how your bid and proposal teams can embrace being the stewards of organizational knowledge and empowering users with information at their fingertips.
Josh Neal
Mgr, Customer Success
Responsive
Jain Willis
Content Developer
O.C. Tanner