Dr. Howard Dover is Director of the Center for Professional Sales at the University of Texas at Dallas and a nationally recognized authority on sales technology, artificial intelligence, and sales capability development. He advises organizations, revenue leaders, and technology firms on how the sales function is evolving and how to build teams for an AI-driven market. At UT Dallas, Dr. Dover leads the redesign of sales education around AI, including the AI for Sales Certificate. He also directs the Sales Technology Landscape Project, tracking the global sales technology ecosystem; the Business Acumen Project, focused on developing commercial thinking and curiosity in sales talent; and the Pulse Report, which distills insights from more than 2,000 executive interviews into biannual industry reports. He has been invited to present at Gartner’s CSO Conference, Dreamforce, and Emblaze, and serves as the Sales Technology Expert for the Sales Educators’ Academy. His research earned the 2025 Best AI Paper Award in Marketing Science. He is the Amazon bestselling author of Sales Innovation Paradox. His work has been published in the Journal of Business Research, Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing and Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing and recently published a book "Generative AI in B2B Sales: Boost Your Sales Strategy with AI Technology". Dr. Rodriguez also worked on Wall Street for over a decade selling market data and trading platforms to investment banks, asset managers, and hedge funds.

Suresh Madhuvarsu is a seasoned technology leader, entrepreneur, and product executive with over two decades of experience building and scaling B2B SaaS and mobile products. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Salestable AI, a sales readiness and revenue-enablement platform for SMBs, and Co-Founder and Partner at Product10x Accelerator, where he supports early-stage startups in refining product strategy and accelerating growth. Throughout his career, Suresh has helped build and scale more than 10 technology products that have driven significant revenue growth, including solutions that have been successfully acquired. He is an active mentor and advisor within the startup ecosystem, particularly in SaaS and emerging technology sectors. Suresh holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Marketing from the University of California, Davis, and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Cochin University of Science and Technology.