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The conveners
Two careers. One working standard.
Cheryl K. Goodman and Nicholas Dreyfus bring complementary experience in technology leadership, public education, implementation, and the difficult work of turning new systems into useful practice.
Co-convener 01
Cheryl K. Goodman
Technology executive, author, journalist, and AI educator
Cheryl has spent more than two decades translating consequential technology for the people expected to use it, lead it, and make decisions about it. As CEO of FindGood.Tech, she works with organizations on practical AI implementation, workflow design, workforce education, and responsible adoption.
Her career includes leadership roles at CBS, MP3.com, Qualcomm, and Sony Global. Across those roles, she helped bring emerging technologies into public view, from digital media and mobile platforms to robotics and intelligent systems. Her work is grounded in a consistent question: how do we make technical change understandable enough for people to act on it well?
- Current work
- CEO, FindGood.Tech
- Career
- Leadership roles across CBS, MP3.com, Qualcomm, and Sony Global
- Public work
- Author, journalist, keynote speaker, and host of Mind the Machine
- Community
- Vice Chair, Startup San Diego
The book
How to Win Friends and Influence Robots
An AI Guide for Non-Tech Brilliant Minds
Cheryl wrote the book for capable people who do not need another technical manual. It gives nontechnical readers a practical way to understand what AI is changing, separate fact from fiction, and begin using it with more confidence and care.
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Co-convener 02
Nicholas Dreyfus
Technology operator, advisor, speaker, and AI educator
Nicholas has worked in technology since 1996. At 17, when a software provider went out of business, he rebuilt the database his employer depended on. That early responsibility began a thirty-year career solving practical technology problems across infrastructure, cybersecurity, business systems, and AI adoption.
For more than a decade, he has spoken to professional audiences including Sharp Electronics, TAG National, RIMS, and other industry groups. His focus is direct: put useful technology into more people’s hands, make it easier to use, and give people back time for the work and life they care about most.
- Current work
- Technology operator, advisor, educator, and host of The Digital Dilemma
- Career
- Thirty years across infrastructure, cybersecurity, business systems, and AI adoption
- Speaking
- More than a decade presenting to professional and industry audiences
- Purpose
- Make useful technology easier to understand, adopt, and put to work
Current conversations
Two podcasts. One commitment to clearer public understanding.
Why convene together
Practice needs translation. Translation needs practice.
Cheryl brings the perspective of a technology executive and public educator who understands how people interpret change.
Nicholas brings the perspective of an operator who understands what it takes to make technology work inside real organizations.
The room they are building