Operational A.I.™
Making AI work for people, performance, and growth.
Trent Gillespie, CEO of Stellis AI and former Amazon exec, helps organizations turn AI from hype into a repeatable way of working—embedding it into daily operations to drive performance, growth, and opportunity.
actionable AI for REAL buSINESs GROWTH
AI is no longer a future discussion—it’s an operational reality. Leaders know they need to act, but many organizations are still experimenting at the edges, without a clear way to make AI part of how work actually runs.
The result is familiar:
- Pilots that never scale
- Tools without ownership
- Teams unsure how to apply AI responsibly and confidently
The challenge isn’t access to AI.
It’s knowing how to operationalize it with clarity, confidence, and accountability—so it drives real performance and growth.
Operational A.I.™ Keynote Talks
Trent delivers practical, high-impact keynotes grounded in what he is building inside organizations today. Each session applies Operational A.I.™ to real leadership challenges—showing what’s actually possible now and turning insight into action.
Flagship Keynote
(Leader-Focused)
This is Trent’s primary keynote for leaders and executive teams. It helps leaders cut through AI noise, understand what is changing in their market and customer expectations, and take confident action. Using the Future Customer™ lens and the AI SPRINT™, the session shows how to move from AI uncertainty to a repeatable operating cadence—so organizations don’t just talk about AI, they operationalize it.
Manager & Team Keynote
(Staff & Manager-Focused)
Designed for managers and staff, this keynote focuses on adoption, confidence, and practical use. It shows employees how AI can support daily work, remove bottlenecks, and spark innovation—using simple, responsible approaches drawn from the **AI SPRINT™ ** and Trent’s experience driving AI adoption across many organizations. The result is a workforce ready to take action, not sit on the sidelines.
Advanced Innovation & Scale Keynote (Executive-Focused)
This advanced session is for leaders who have already begun their AI journey and are focused on sustaining innovation through building high-innovation, high-growth organizations. Based on the AI Flywheel™, it explores how organizations turn operational gains into a self-reinforcing cycle of innovation and long-term growth.
Introducing Trent Gillespie: Visionary INNOVATION + AI KEYNOTE Speaker
With a global perspective on AI and technology, Trent’s journey encompasses years of unrivaled expertise and transformative insights.
With over two decades at the zenith of technical innovation, Trent's leadership prowess is epitomized by his near-decade as an Executive at Amazon. There, he championed Amazon's worldwide growth across every business and geography, masterminded Alexa's global privacy and compliance blueprint, and steered innovation for Last Mile Technology —the backbone of Amazon’s delivery mechanism.
Today, Trent leads Stellis AI, helping organizations of all sizes and types harness AI to drive growth. Trent stands as a beacon in the AI landscape, offering unparalleled consultancy, keynote speeches, and transformative training sessions that empower businesses to harness AI and catalyze prosperity.
Leaders Transformed: Success Stories
Trent’s guidance has transformed businesses, averting potential pitfalls and ensuring AI-driven triumphs.
What Is Operational A.I.™?
Operational A.I.™ is a proven, applied approach to making AI work inside real organizations—not a theory, trend, or toolset.
It gives leaders a clear operating model for embedding AI into leadership decisions, daily operations, and innovation—so progress compounds instead of stalling. Operational A.I.™ is built on three leadership disciplines every organization must master.
Leadership — Build the Operating Cadence
Most organizations struggle with AI because they never establish a repeatable way to learn, apply, and govern it.
AI SPRINT™ provides an operational cadence for AI adoption. It helps leaders align teams, reduce fear, and move from experimentation to execution—making AI part of how the organization runs, not a side initiative.
Vision — Define Where You’re Going
AI doesn’t just change how work gets done—it reshapes what customers will expect next.
The Future Customer™ framework helps leaders look ahead, define who they are building for, and make confident decisions about where to invest, what to automate, and how to differentiate before the market forces their hand.
Operations — Sustain Innovation at Scale
Early AI wins are easy. Sustaining innovation is not.
The AI Flywheel™ shows leaders how to turn operational gains into a self-reinforcing engine of innovation—where efficiency creates capacity, capacity fuels reinvestment, and innovation compounds over time.
Together, these frameworks turn AI from a headline into a habit—and innovation into a repeatable capability. All proven through in-the-trenches work with clients everyday.
Why Trent Gillespie
Trent Gillespie is one of the most trusted voices in applied AI.
A former Amazon executive and CEO of Stellis AI, Trent has helped build and scale AI-driven operations—and now brings that same operational discipline to leaders navigating real-world AI adoption.
Known for turning complexity into clarity, Trent helps organizations move beyond AI theory and make it work where business actually runs—inside leadership decisions, daily operations, and the systems that drive performance, efficiency, and innovation-led growth.
This isn’t futurism.
It’s experience, applied.
Bring Operational A.I.™ to Your Organization
Keynotes
Create alignment, urgency, and a clear path forward—at any scale.
High-impact keynotes designed for audiences ranging from large conferences and all-hands events (up to 5,000+ attendees) to private executive and leadership team sessions. Each keynote steadies the room, cuts through AI hype, and gives leaders and teams a shared understanding of what matters—and what to do next.
Workshops
Build capability, confidence, and momentum—across teams or at scale.
Hands-on workshops delivered as private leadership or team sessions, or as large-group, multi-day seminars with hundreds of participants. Workshops focus on practical application, shared learning, and establishing an operational cadence—helping organizations embed AI into real workflows and build momentum that lasts.
Implementation & Advisory
Turn strategy into real execution.
Direct engagement with leadership teams to operationalize AI inside the business. This includes advisory support, hands-on implementation of AI agents, and application of cutting-edge technologies—focused on embedding AI into workflows, operating models, and decision-making where it drives measurable impact.
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