The keynote

Fifty Hands

How leaders over 40 use AI to execute like an agency of fifty.

Chris Dessi reinvented his own career at 50, then drove $32 million in transaction volume with a team of five. This talk shows your leaders exactly how.

Chris Dessi keynoting at the Westchester Digital Summit Keynote · Westchester Digital Summit
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Chris Dessi 2026 highlight reel
27years operating in tech
$689MBuddy Media to Salesforce
5 people$32M in transaction volume as CRO
7countries keynoted
The talk

Most leaders over 40 are told to add. Chris tells them to delete.

More tools, more headcount, more AI. That is the advice every room hears. After 27 years in tech, Chris did the opposite. He deleted what no longer served and drove $32 million in transaction volume with a team of five. In Fifty Hands he shows your leaders how to run the Delete Audit on their own operation, put agents on the work that remains, and execute like an agency of fifty.

The only way to win with AI is to delete it.

Three acts

Sixty minutes. One thing to delete by Friday.

ACT I

There Is No Tomorrow

The lie of later. Chris at 50, the decision to reinvent instead of wait, and the fintech story: five people, $32 million. The room realizes the team they need is smaller than they think.

ACT II

Delete It

Why every AI rollout adds and almost none subtract. The Delete Audit on stage with a volunteer's real week. Delete, keep, hand to an agent. 93 days.

ACT III

Fifty Hands

The operating model: judgment times agents. Twenty five years of pattern recognition is the asset. The agent is the hands. Three moves for Monday morning.

Formats

Built for the main stage and the boardroom.

45 or 60 minutes

Keynote

Conferences, association meetings, sales kickoffs and leadership offsites. Three acts, one live Delete Audit, one ask.

90 minutes

Executive session

Built for Vistage, YPO and EO groups. Every member runs the Delete Audit on their own operation and leaves with one agent scoped.

Half day

Leadership team

Your team, your calendars, your systems. By noon the team has a delete list, a keep list and the first agent assigned to real work.

Fee on request. Scope flexes, the talk does not.

On stage

Keynotes in 7 countries. A regular on Fox 5 New York.

"I've known Chris for a long time and adore his work ethic, standards and passion."

Gary Vaynerchuk

"Chris moves beyond platitudes and drills down to what matters to smart executives."

John Dokes

"Chris Dessi offers authentic examples and great advice for the modern executive."

John Hall
Introduction

Read this from the stage.

Chris Dessi on the Fox 5 New York set

Chris Dessi has spent 27 years building revenue in technology. He was part of the Buddy Media team acquired by Salesforce for $689 million, and as Chief Revenue Officer of a New York fintech he drove $32 million in institutional transaction volume with a team of five. He is the founder of Torque AI, a regular AI commentator on Fox 5 New York, a TEDx speaker who has keynoted in 7 countries, and the author of There Is No Tomorrow and ChatGPT for Profit, Volumes 1 and 2. Please welcome Chris Dessi.

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