Daniel Saroff is Group Vice President of Research and Consulting at IDC, where he leads the research agenda focused on end-user technology leaders, including CIOs and their direct leadership teams. He oversees a team of analysts and advisory professionals who deliver research and guidance to CIOs, CIO-1, and CIO-2 executives on aligning technology strategy with business outcomes.

Saroff’s portfolio includes IDC’s CIO/End-User Research Practice, the CIO Executive Council, the Pathways Leadership and Development Program for emerging technology executives, and IDC’s Sourcing and Advisory Services. Through these programs, he works closely with boards, business leaders, and IT executives to translate IDC’s global research and data into practical guidance on technology strategy, innovation, and investment decisions.

He brings more than two decades of experience in technology leadership and advisory roles. Prior to joining IDC, Saroff served as CIO for a major Massachusetts state agency, where he led cloud migrations, digital transformation initiatives, enterprise platform modernization, and response to a major cyber incident. Earlier in his career, he held consulting roles at Forrester and Gartner, served as an IT director at a major aerospace and defense company, and ran his own IT management consultancy.

Saroff also co-founded a neuroscience research laboratory studying Alzheimer’s disease and has published multiple peer-reviewed research papers.

Michael Pompey is Arrow Electronics’ AI Evangelist and a former Chief Information Officer with over 20 years of experience in IT, data, and digital transformation. He helps organizations move past AI hype and stop spinning in pilot mode, focusing instead on what actually drives results.

Michael works closely with IBM technologies, including watsonx, helping partners and business leaders cut through the noise, identify real use cases, and put AI into practice. His perspective is simple. AI is not a product, it’s a strategy. The organizations that win are not experimenting more, they are executing better.

A sought-after keynote speaker, Michael is known for challenging conventional thinking and making complex ideas easy to understand. He speaks about how humans and AI work together, and how the real opportunity is not just efficiency, but freeing people up to do higher value work and become truly indispensable.

Kevin Fuller serves as Chief Operating Officer and Tech Sales Director at Crossroads IT Group, where he helps organizations align technology, security, cloud infrastructure, and artificial intelligence initiatives with measurable business outcomes.

With a unique blend of executive leadership, enterprise technology expertise, and strategic sales experience, Kevin specializes in guiding organizations through digital transformation initiatives that improve efficiency, strengthen security, and accelerate growth. He works closely with business leaders to identify opportunities where cloud technologies, automation, cybersecurity, and AI can create competitive advantages while reducing operational complexity.

Prior to joining Crossroads ITG, Kevin built an extensive career in systems engineering, cloud infrastructure, and managed services, supporting organizations across multiple industries. His technical background includes managing Microsoft Azure environments, GCC High and regulated government cloud platforms, Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Entra ID, identity and access management, endpoint security, compliance initiatives, and enterprise modernization projects.

As part of Crossroads IT Group’s strategic partnership with IBM, Kevin helps organizations evaluate and implement practical AI solutions that deliver real-world value. His approach focuses on connecting business objectives with technology investments, ensuring clients receive solutions that are scalable, secure, and aligned with long-term organizational goals.

Known for his ability to bridge the gap between executive strategy and technical execution, Kevin combines deep engineering knowledge with a customer-first mindset to help businesses navigate today’s rapidly evolving technology landscape.

Whether advising executives, designing cloud strategies, implementing security frameworks, or helping organizations leverage AI, Kevin is passionate about empowering businesses to operate smarter, faster, and more securely.