SPEAKING & COMMUNITY

What leaders need to change so AI serves real work.

I speak as an enterprise data leader, a founder, and someone who still builds. The topics: which investments are worth it, what teams can do better, and what leadership must clarify to land a first capability.

Discussion

11th Annual Big Data & Analytics Summit Canada

David Legendre, the leftmost panelist (dark hair, glasses, dark blazer), on stage at the 11th Annual Big Data & Analytics Summit Canada. The screen reads “Data Literacy: Bridging the Knowledge Gap.” Two other panelists sit to his right.

June 2025

Toronto · AI literacy discussion

AI literacy discussion.

AI literacy discussion. Toronto, June 2025.

TOPICS

Speaking topics

Literacy

AI literacy for leaders and teams

Enough clarity on capabilities and limits to choose where to invest, ask better questions, and use AI without losing control.

Leaders and teams

Adoption

Leading AI adoption inside an organization

What leadership has to change: ownership, context, and a first deployment that makes the next one possible.

Organization

Practice

When an agent is worth the complexity

Agent-supported workflows, permissions, evaluation, and human review — to decide when extra autonomy actually creates value.

Agents

Booth

Web Summit Vancouver 2026

David Legendre, left, glasses and black quarter-zip, in conversation with a visitor at the Quantumize AI booth (SaaS, A2-01 ALPHA) during the Web Summit Vancouver 2026 Startup Showcase. A colleague stands at the right of the booth counter.

Startup Showcase

Web Summit · Vancouver 2026

Startup Showcase.

Photo: a booth conversation at the Quantumize AI stand, not a stage keynote.

Panel

Les Affaires, Intelligence artificielle

Les Affaires panel: four men seated on stage. David Legendre is second from the left (dark hair, glasses, dark blazer, legs crossed), listening. The bald man on the far right is the one speaking. Photo © Josée Lecompte.

Nov 2024

Montréal · photo © Josée Lecompte

Panel participation.

Panel participation. Montréal, November 2024.

Photo © Josée Lecompte.

PRESENTATION

A presentation — no public recording on this site

Presentation

CDAO Canada 2024

Presentation: “AI-Driven Excellence: Transforming Bids and Proposals with Minimal Investment.” Toronto, March 27, 2024.

Toronto, March 27, 2024

Invitation

Invite David

For a panel, a leadership discussion, or a talk on AI adoption. There is no public recording of the CDAO Canada 2024 presentation on this site.

Invite to speak

PARTICIPATION

Community and peers — not speaking slots

Membership

OpenExO

Membership in the OpenExO community, focused on innovation and organizational transformation.

Membership

Peer

CDAO Circle

Participated in the CDAO Circle at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit, 22–24 May 2023, ExCeL London. Not a speaking appearance.

May 2023 · London

Short speaker biography.

David Legendre is co-founder and CEO of Quantumize AI. He has led enterprise data functions — including as VP, Data & Analytics at MTY Food Group — and still builds agentic systems. He helps executives choose where AI can land, and build what the organization can adopt. Based in Montréal, he works in English and French.

Invitation

Planning an event or leadership discussion?

Invite to speakdavid.legendre@quantumizeai.com