Events Creative Operations Summit Los Angeles 2026 The Human Side of Transformation: Leading Through AI, Change, and Ambiguity

Observation

Organizations often define transformation through new systems, operating models, and technology. But transformation only becomes real when people understand why it matters, trust the path forward, and see a meaningful role for themselves in what comes next.

As AI accelerates the pace and scale of change, the human dimension of transformation has become more important—not less.

Covering:

Events Event Speaker Justin Leto

Justin J. Leto, P.E., is a global technology leader, author, and speaker with more than two decades of experience in large-scale data engineering and AI transformation.

As a Global Principal Solutions Architect for Private Equity at AWS, he advises top-tier global private equity firms on cloud and AI value creation across their portfolios.

He authored Data Engineering with Generative and Agentic AI on AWS (Apress) and was named one of 13 Penn State Outstanding Engineering Alumni in 2026.

Events Event Speaker Sue Ducker

Sue is Senior Curator of Digitised Collections at the Australian War Memorial where she manages the Memorial’s Archival Document Digitisation Programs, including Curatorial Digitisation, Digitisation on Demand, large scale Digitisation Projects, and nominal roll digitisation data projects. Sue is a qualified librarian and archivist who holds a Batchelor of Communications Information Management from the University of Canberra. 

Events Event Speaker David Newbury

David Newbury is Senior Director, Public Technologies at Getty, where he leads the team responsible for using technology to share Getty’s knowledge, collections, and campuses with the world. He oversees digital imaging, collections infrastructure, and digital visitor experience, overseeing Getty’s transition to a linked-data first organization and developing data infrastructure and access mechanisms for cultural, scientific, and visual knowledge.