AI has become the talk of the town, but how is it impacting investor relations?
Can it help with efficiency?
Ease the burden on a small IR team? How can we use AI most productively?
That and more will be discussed at our luncheon event.
Free for members of the NIRI Los Angeles Chapter, $65 for non-members.
RSVP by 9/15/23
Parking: Valet on site paid for by NIRI
Meet the Speakers
Tim Crawford
Tim Crawford is ranked as one of the topmost influential CIOs and regularly quoted in the Wall Street
Journal, CIO.com, Forbes, SiliconAngle and TechTarget.
Tim has served as CIO and senior IT roles with global organizations such as Konica Minolta/ All Covered,
Stanford University, Knight-Ridder, Philips Electronics and National Semiconductor. He is a board
advisor to Latent AI and myElth as well as a member of the Wall Street Journal’s CIO Network. Tim serves
as host of the CIO In The Know and CxO In The Know podcasts. The weekly podcasts interview CIOs and top
executives to discuss the leading issues facing them today.
Tim holds an MBA in International Business with Honors from Golden Gate University Ageno School of
Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Golden Gate University.
Evan Pondel
Evan Pondel, IRC, is the founder of investor relations and strategic public relations firm Triunfo
Partners.
He has been practicing IR and PR for more than 17 years. Previously, he was a business journalist working
for publications, including The Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Daily News, in addition to
correspondent work for The Christian Science Monitor and Reuters. He has written extensively on
artificial intelligence, most recently for IR Update magazine, in addition to sitting on panels about
the effects of AI on creative industries, such as strategic communications.
Evan is an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California where he teaches courses on
persuasive writing and crisis communications.
Brian Schardt
Brian Schardt is the CEO of Autopilot, a fintech firm aimed at democratizing wealth management. Under his
leadership, Autopilot not only offers tools influenced by the strategies of financial luminaries like
Nancy Pelosi, Michael Burry, and Warren Buffett but has also gained significant attention for its
Twitter presence, including the notable Pelosi Tracker and the GPT Portfolio. With a solid footing in
both technology and finance, Brian's vision for Autopilot is about making complex investment strategies
understandable and available to the masses. Outside of Autopilot's operations, he champions the cause of
financial literacy, ensuring individuals are equipped to make sound financial choices.