October 8, 2026
Bay Area, CA
The first exec-only conference for Solutions leaders.
100+ leaders in one room, working the problems shaping the profession.
Applications are closed.
The exec-only conference for Solutions leaders. 100+ leaders in one room, working the problems shaping the profession.
*Director+ Operators Only | Hand-Vetted Attendees | Complimentary for Accepted Applicants*
Sponsored by
What Off the Record Is
Senior Solutions leaders are managing organizational complexity at scale. The mandates are expanding, the swim lanes are collapsing and the pressure is mounting. And yet very few have sat in your same seat.
Most communities aren't built for this level.
Most conversations don't get here.
SolutionExec was built for that gap. Off The Record is where that comes to life, in person. One day, 100+ Solutions leaders, working through what's shifting across the profession, what's at stake, and what your peers are doing about it.
Senior Solutions leaders are managing organizational complexity at scale. The mandates are expanding, the swim lanes are collapsing and the pressure is mounting. And yet very few have sat in your same seat.
Most communities aren't built for this level.
Most conversations don't get here.
SolutionExec was built for that gap. Off The Record is where that comes to life, in person. One day, 100+ Solutions leaders, working through what's shifting across the profession, what's at stake, and what your peers are doing about it.
Senior Solutions leaders are managing organizational complexity at scale. The mandates are expanding, the swim lanes are collapsing and the pressure is mounting. And yet very few have sat in your same seat.
Most communities aren't built for this level.
Most conversations don't get here.
SolutionExec was built for that gap. Off The Record is where that comes to life, in person. One day, 100+ Solutions leaders, working through what's shifting across the profession, what's at stake, and what your peers are doing about it.
The Format
The Format
The Format
Two threads anchor the day: what's changing in the profession, and how other leaders are responding to it. Each follows the same arc — inhale, exhale, reset.
Two threads anchor the day: what's changing in the profession, and how other leaders are responding to it. Each follows the same arc — inhale, exhale, reset.
Two threads anchor the day: what's changing in the profession, and how other leaders are responding to it. Each follows the same arc — inhale, exhale, reset.
INHALE
Interview or Case Study
Interview or Case Study
Hear from an operator, or an exec with a relevant vantage point, on how they're working the problems sitting at the top of your list.
Hear from an operator, or an exec with a relevant vantage point, on how they're working the problems sitting at the top of your list.
Hear from an operator, or an exec with a relevant vantage point, on how they're working the problems sitting at the top of your list.
EXHALE
Small Group Roundtables
Small Group Roundtables
Small Group Roundtables
Break into small groups to dig in together. Compare notes, pressure test, and share the perspective from your own seat.
Break into small groups to dig in together. Compare notes, pressure test, and share the perspective from your own seat.
Break into small groups to dig in together. Compare notes, pressure test, and share the perspective from your own seat.
RESET
Full Room Synthesis
Full Room Synthesis
Full Room Synthesis
Reconvene as a group so the best thinking from every table lands with everyone. Nothing good stays in one corner of the room.
Reconvene as a group so the best thinking from every table lands with everyone. Nothing good stays in one corner of the room.
Reconvene as a group so the best thinking from every table lands with everyone. Nothing good stays in one corner of the room.
The Standard We Hold
Peer Level
In-seat operators, director level or above. Same scope, same unsolved problems, same conversations with the CRO and exec team.
No Noise
No vendor presentations. No sales agendas. Every attendee is vetted. Every seat is earned.
Off The Record
As the name suggests, Chatham House rules apply. The insights can travel, but the specifics stay in the room.
All so you can finally have the conversation that only happens in a room like this.
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This conference made me uncomfortable… and that's exactly where we need to be as the world around us is quickly changing.
Naz Irani
Head of AMER Solutions Architecture, Stripe
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This conference made me uncomfortable… and that's exactly where we need to be as the world around us is quickly changing.
Naz Irani
Head of AMER Solutions Architecture, Stripe
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This conference made me uncomfortable… and that's exactly where we need to be as the world around us is quickly changing.
Naz Irani
Head of AMER Solutions Architecture, Stripe
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Honest conversations about what's working, what isn't, and what all of us are still figuring out. That room doesn't exist enough yet at this level. SolutionExec is changing that.
Brian Crosby
Senior Director, Americas Solution Architecture, Cisco
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Honest conversations about what's working, what isn't, and what all of us are still figuring out. That room doesn't exist enough yet at this level. SolutionExec is changing that.
Brian Crosby
Senior Director, Americas Solution Architecture, Cisco
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Honest conversations about what's working, what isn't, and what all of us are still figuring out. That room doesn't exist enough yet at this level. SolutionExec is changing that.
Brian Crosby
Senior Director, Americas Solution Architecture, Cisco
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It's lonely at the top. Leading an entire solutions organization makes it challenging to find opportunities to learn from peers.
Justin Ryburn
Field CTO & VP, Global Solutions Engineering, Kentik
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It's lonely at the top. Leading an entire solutions organization makes it challenging to find opportunities to learn from peers.
Justin Ryburn
Field CTO & VP, Global Solutions Engineering, Kentik
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It's lonely at the top. Leading an entire solutions organization makes it challenging to find opportunities to learn from peers.
Justin Ryburn
Field CTO & VP, Global Solutions Engineering, Kentik
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SolutionExec is doing something incredibly special for the Solutions profession.
Hannah Bloking
Head of Applied AI Acceleration Solutions Architecture, AWS
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SolutionExec is doing something incredibly special for the Solutions profession.
Hannah Bloking
Head of Applied AI Acceleration Solutions Architecture, AWS
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SolutionExec is doing something incredibly special for the Solutions profession.
Hannah Bloking
Head of Applied AI Acceleration Solutions Architecture, AWS
Meet Our Speakers
Meet Our Speakers
Explore The Agenda
Wednesday October 7, 2026
Thursday - October 8, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
Arrival & Executive Breakfast
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM PT
Opening Remarks
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM PT
Keynote
The Modern Solutions Mandate
The framework for the day: what the modern Solutions org is accountable for now, and why the leaders in this room are the ones who will define it.
James Kaikis
Jeff Margolese
9:45 AM – 10:30 AM PT
Panel
Field Notes from the Frontier
Solutions leaders from OpenAI, Vercel, and Lovable on how to lead when the product, the buyer, and the technology are always changing.
Matt Norton
Pryianka Amrith
Zach Lawryk
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT
Morning Break
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM PT
Case Study
Scaling Solutions Across a Multi-Product Empire
As Rippling grew into a multi-product platform, Brian faced the question every leader hits — specialize the team or keep it broad — and how AI is forcing the answer again.
Brian Mazzaferri
11:20 AM – 12:20 PM PT
Roundtables
The Tipping Point
How is AI reshaping your product portfolio, and how is that changing where do you draw the line between specialists and generalists on your team?
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM PT
Lunch
1:40 PM – 2:00 PM PT
Case Study
Where Value Leaks: Rebuilding Solutions for the Customer Lifecycle
How consolidating solution architecture, forward deployed engineering, support, CX ops, and renewals into a single function that owns the customer from first proof all the way to renewal is preserving value and customer experience.
Sarung Tripathi
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PT
Roundtables
Where Ownership Ends?
A working conversation on where value leaks across your customer lifecycle today, and what your team could and should actually own.
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM PT
Afternoon Break
3:45 PM – 4:15 PM PT
Seeing Around Corners
ServiceNow's Chief Innovation Officer on how the buyer is changing and what it takes to still be ahead in three years.
Dave Wright
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM PT
Closing Remarks
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM PT
Happy Hour
Wednesday October 7, 2026
Thursday - October 8, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
Arrival & Executive Breakfast
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM PT
Opening Remarks
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM PT
Keynote
The Modern Solutions Mandate
James Kaikis
Jeff Margolese
9:45 AM – 10:30 AM PT
Panel
Field Notes from the Frontier
Matt Norton
Pryianka Amrith
Zach Lawryk
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT
Morning Break
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM PT
Case Study
Scaling Solutions Across a Multi-Product Empire
Brian Mazzaferri
11:20 AM – 12:20 PM PT
Roundtables
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM PT
Lunch
1:40 PM – 2:00 PM PT
Case Study
Where Value Leaks: Rebuilding Solutions for the Customer Lifecycle
Sarung Tripathi
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PT
Roundtables
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM PT
Afternoon Break
3:45 PM – 4:15 PM PT
Seeing Around Corners
Dave Wright
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM PT
Closing Remarks
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM PT
Happy Hour
Wednesday October 7, 2026
Thursday - October 8, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
Arrival & Executive Breakfast
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM PT
Opening Remarks
9:15 AM – 9:45 AM PT
Keynote
The Modern Solutions Mandate
The framework for the day: what the modern Solutions org is accountable for now, and why the leaders in this room are the ones who will define it.
James Kaikis
Jeff Margolese
9:45 AM – 10:30 AM PT
Panel
Field Notes from the Frontier
Solutions leaders from OpenAI, Vercel, and Lovable on how to lead when the product, the buyer, and the technology are always changing.
Matt Norton
Pryianka Amrith
Zach Lawryk
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT
Morning Break
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM PT
Case Study
Scaling Solutions Across a Multi-Product Empire
As Rippling grew into a multi-product platform, Brian faced the question every leader hits — specialize the team or keep it broad — and how AI is forcing the answer again.
Brian Mazzaferri
11:20 AM – 12:20 PM PT
Roundtables
The Tipping Point
How is AI reshaping your product portfolio, and how is that changing where do you draw the line between specialists and generalists on your team?
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM PT
Lunch
1:40 PM – 2:00 PM PT
Case Study
Where Value Leaks: Rebuilding Solutions for the Customer Lifecycle
How consolidating solution architecture, forward deployed engineering, support, CX ops, and renewals into a single function that owns the customer from first proof all the way to renewal is preserving value and customer experience.
Sarung Tripathi
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PT
Roundtables
Where Ownership Ends?
A working conversation on where value leaks across your customer lifecycle today, and what your team could and should actually own.
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM PT
Afternoon Break
3:45 PM – 4:15 PM PT
Seeing Around Corners
ServiceNow's Chief Innovation Officer on how the buyer is changing and what it takes to still be ahead in three years.
Dave Wright
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM PT
Closing Remarks
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM PT
Happy Hour
How This Works
How This Works
Off The Record is application only. We review for operator caliber and organizational fit. Every seat is allocated deliberately.
Steps:
1. Apply
2. We review your application
3. Application decisions will be made on a rolling basis. Expect to hear from us within two weeks.
Applications are now closed.
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701 Tillery Street,
Unit 12-3095
Austin, Texas 78702
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Address:
701 Tillery Street,
Unit 12-3095
Austin, Texas 78702
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