Mayfield CXO Insight Call: AI at Scale

Please join us on September 22nd at 10am PT for our upcoming CXO Insight Call, "The AI Paradox: The Most Human Companies Will Win," featuring Raj Sisodia, author of Conscious Capitalism.

As AI becomes embedded across every organization, the question for leaders is no longer just what can AI do? but what kind of company will AI help us become?

AI is a powerful multiplier — of capabilities, but also of culture, values, and leadership. As technology becomes more ubiquitous, the distinctly human qualities of business — purpose, trust, judgment, and relationships — may become an even greater source of competitive advantage.

Raj Sisodia and Hitesh Shah will lead a provocative discussion on what this means for today’s CXOs and how leaders can harness AI to build more purposeful, trusted, and enduring organizations.

Topics we will explore:

- The business, human, societal, and planetary case for Conscious Capitalism — and why it matters more now than ever

- The four tenets that distinguish conscious enterprises and the evidence behind their performance

- Why AI companies must be conscious companies — and what's at stake when they aren't

- How businesses can leverage AI to become “super conscious” — deepening purpose and elevating stakeholders

- How AI can help scale conscious leadership and coaching

- Why, in the age of AI, the most human companies may ultimately be the most competitive, trusted, and enduring

Raj Sisodia is FEMSA Distinguished University Professor of Conscious Enterprise and Chairman of the Conscious Enterprise Center at Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico. He is Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Conscious Capitalism Inc. He has a PhD in Business from Columbia University. Raj is co-author of the New York Times bestseller Everybody Matters (2015). He was named one of “Ten Outstanding Trailblazers of 2010” by Good Business International, and one of the “Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior” by Trust Across America for 2010 and 2011. Raj received an honorary doctorate from Johnson & Wales University in 2016 and the Business Luminary Award from Halcyon in 2021. He has served on the boards of Mastek and The Container Store.

Raj has published sixteen books, including Firms of Endearment: How World Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose, which was named a top business book of 2007 by Amazon.com. His most recent books are Awaken: The Journey to Purpose, Inner Peace & Healing; The Healing Organization: Awakening the Conscience of Business to Help Save the World and The Global Rule of Three: Competing with Conscious Strategy. His most recent book is Healing Leaders: Seven Steps to Recovery of Self, published by Berrett-Koehler in January 2026. Raj has consulted with and taught at numerous companies, including AT&T, Verizon, LG, DPDHL, POSCO, Kraft Foods, Whole Foods Market, Tata, Tesoro, Siemens, Sprint, Volvo, IBM, Walmart, McDonalds and Southern California Edison.

Hitesh has more than 30 years of experience spanning startup through venture financing and eventual M&A exits in multiple high technology companies. In depth experience in people management, finance, venture capital, business development, product management, business planning, and customer service.

Hitesh has served in multiple executive roles as CFO, COO and CEO. Prior to joining RSM, Hitesh served as the Director of Business Development at BDO for 12 years. Prior to his career in Public Accounting, Hitesh was the Chief Operating Officer at Solum, an Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures and Google Ventures funded company which was acquired by Monsanto. Hitesh also served as CEO and COO at Fat Spaniel Technologies acquired by Power-One and CFO at iPolicy Networks which was acquired by Tech Mahindra in India.

Hitesh serves on the Executive Leadership Council of Parents Helping Parents (PHP), an organization whose mission is to empower families to build bright futures for children with special needs. He also serves as a board director of Human Needs Project (HNP), an organization focused on alleviating poverty. Hitesh also serves on the board of Conscious Capitalism, Inc., an organization focused on elevating humanity through business.

Gamiel brings more than 25 years of operational and venture capital experience to the Mayfield team. He has been at Mayfield for nearly a decade, building the global Mayfield CXO Network which consists of 8,000+ top CXOs in the world. He previously served as Chief Strategy Officer for SOASTA (acquired by Akamai) and was responsible for ongoing operational improvements in sales, marketing, channels, plus strategic partnerships, corporate development, and investment support. Gamiel was also a partner at Sierra Ventures, responsible for leading the Sierra CIO Summit attended by over 150 Global CIOs for eight years. He has also held executive leadership roles at IBM, Oracle, BEA (acquired by Oracle), Appcelerator (acquired by Axway), and Cassatt (acquired by CA).

About Our Speakers