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Governing M365 on the Golden Path to AI Value – Enabling productivity without increasing risk
Join us for a live expert panel on why many AI initiatives stall when Microsoft 365 data, access, and lifecycle governance aren’t enterprise‑ready. Learn how leading organizations are putting governance ahead of AI acceleration to ensure secure, high‑value, and defensible outcomes as AI usage grows.
AI is moving fast. Most Microsoft 365 environments aren’t ready.
Boards are mandating AI adoption, but many organizations are accelerating before their Microsoft 365 data foundations are in place. As Copilot and other AI tools expand access to information at unprecedented speed, long-standing gaps in visibility, permissions, and lifecycle governance are being exposed – often after risk, cost, or trust issues appear.
The result isn’t just security exposure. It’s stalled AI value, rising operational costs, and growing uncertainty about whether AI outputs can be trusted.
Inspired by Gartner’s Golden Path to AI Value, this live expert panel discussion explores why governance must come before AI-driven transformation – and how leaders can enable productivity without increasing risk.
Join AI Innovation Architect, Callum Ring, from Bytes Software Services, as well as Product Manager, Andrei Negrut, from NXP Semiconductors, along with Microsoft MVP Vlad Catrinescu and Product Manager Team Lead Danijel Cizek from Syskit, as they unpack how modern Microsoft 365 governance creates the conditions for AI to deliver real, defensible value – without slowing the business down.
What you will learn
You can’t build intelligent AI on broken data
Why AI initiatives fail when Microsoft 365 data foundations aren’t ready.Scale AI fast — but govern faster to stay in control
Why ‘governance before transformation’ is critical as AI scales faster than human oversight.When AI can’t see clearly, no one trusts the answer
How poor visibility, access control, and content quality undermine trust in AI outcomes.Strong governance isn’t a brake on AI — it’s the accelerator
Principles for scaling AI safely through strong Microsoft 365 data, access, and lifecycle governance.Speakers
Callum Ring
Panelist
AI Innovation Architect
Callum Ring is an AI Innovation Architect at Bytes Software Services, specialising in helping organisations shape and execute enterprise AI strategies. His role involves aligning use cases to business priorities, establishing robust governance and operating models, and accelerating value realisation at scale. Callum gest involved in both the enterprise architecture and well as the development of AI systems, with a strong background in Microsoft security and Copilot services. Callum holds a First Class Honours degree in Digital and Technology Solutions from Anglia Ruskin University and is passionate about translating emerging AI technologies into real-world impact.
Andrei Negrut
Panelist
Product Manager – M365 Copilot & Power Platform
Andrei is a Product Manager with 10+ years of experience helping organizations unlock productivity and innovation through Microsoft 365 and Power Platform. He specializes in AI Agents and Copilot integration, low-code adoption, and governance for secure, scalable enterprise solutions. Andrei is recognized for enabling Citizen Developers, accelerating automation, and bridging technology with business outcomes to deliver measurable value.
Danijel Cizek
Panelist
Product Manager Team Lead
Danijel has over a decade of experience focusing on solving customers’ problems, and delivering value, and high-quality products. He’s responsible for defining and aligning Syskit Point’s vision and strategy with customer challenges, market needs, and company objectives.
Vlad Catrinescu
Host
Syskit Technical Evangelist, Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer, Author
IT professional at heart, Vlad focuses on helping administrators deploy, manage, automate, and configure governance across services such as SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Teams. As an author, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and recognized international speaker, Vlad has helped over a million IT professionals and end-users across the globe to better understand and to get the most out of Office 365 and the greater Microsoft 365 platform.
Panelist
Callum Ring
Callum Ring is an AI Innovation Architect at Bytes Software Services, specialising in helping organisations shape and execute enterprise AI strategies. His role involves aligning use cases to business priorities, establishing robust governance and operating models, and accelerating value realisation at scale. Callum gest involved in both the enterprise architecture and well as the development of AI systems, with a strong background in Microsoft security and Copilot services. Callum holds a First Class Honours degree in Digital and Technology Solutions from Anglia Ruskin University and is passionate about translating emerging AI technologies into real-world impact.
Panelist
Andrei Negrut
Andrei is a Product Manager with 10+ years of experience helping organizations unlock productivity and innovation through Microsoft 365 and Power Platform. He specializes in AI Agents and Copilot integration, low-code adoption, and governance for secure, scalable enterprise solutions. Andrei is recognized for enabling Citizen Developers, accelerating automation, and bridging technology with business outcomes to deliver measurable value.
Host
Vlad Catrinescu
IT professional at heart, Vlad focuses on helping administrators deploy, manage, automate, and configure governance across services such as SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, and Microsoft Teams. As an author, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and recognized international speaker, Vlad has helped over a million IT professionals and end-users across the globe to better understand and to get the most out of Office 365 and the greater Microsoft 365 platform.
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