Your product won’t sell itself, and your AI isn’t shaking hands.
Your product won’t sell itself, and your AI isn’t shaking hands.
AI is transforming how companies generate leads, analyze pipelines, and personalize outreach. But there is no shortcut to trust, credibility, and real sales conversations. Customers increasingly recognize AI-generated messaging and when outreach feels automated, connection and trust can quickly erode. Founders and CEOs still play a critical role in communicating vision, building relationships, and closing meaningful deals.
This session explores how leaders can use AI as a powerful sales enabler without expecting it to replace human judgment, storytelling, and connection. We’ll share practical learnings, insights, and actionable tips on combining AI tools with human-led sales to accelerate growth.
You’ll learn:
• Where AI meaningfully improves the sales process
• Where human leadership remains irreplaceable
• How founders and CEOs can scale sales without losing authenticity and AI grant for Singapore Businesses
• Practical ways to integrate AI into your sales workflow and generate a pipeline
For founders and CEOs who want to sell smarter, not just automate faster.
About the Speakers
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Lana De Silva is the Managing Director of Growise, where she leads the firm’s mission to build scalable, data‑driven revenue engines for B2B companies across APAC. She works directly with CEOs to break the founder‑led sales bottleneck, activate predictable pipeline systems, and accelerate expansion into new markets.
With a background spanning APAC, Europe, and the US, Lana is known for her ability to quickly diagnose GTM gaps, design high‑leverage commercial strategies, and translate complex business models into clear, actionable frameworks. Her work blends operational discipline with creative GTM thinking — from KPI architecture and sales process design to messaging, positioning, and investor‑ready storytelling.
Lana is a trusted partner to $5M+ companies preparing for scale, bringing a hands‑on, outcome‑focused leadership style rooted in clarity, accountability, and sustainable growth.
Gary Gan is the CEO and co‑founder of JobKred, an AI‑enablement and workforce transformation company trusted by government agencies, defence organisations and global enterprises. Over the past decade, he has led JobKred from a single client to more than 2,000 organisations, helping them redesign jobs, deploy AI‑enabled workflows, and build future‑ready, skills‑driven workforces.
A lifelong entrepreneur, Gary has shaped JobKred into a leader in AI workforce deployment, combining three pillars: Lithium (workforce intelligence), Ellie (AI workflow automation), and a network of industry‑expert consultants who support organisations in job redesign and AI adoption. His work spans major transformation initiatives with companies such as ST Engineering, Panasonic, Sembcorp, Kioxia, PIL, IRAS, and the Republic of Singapore Air Force.
Beyond industry, Gary has advised global institutions including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and UNESCO on skills development, higher‑education effectiveness, and national workforce strategies across Asia and Africa.
He is recognised for driving the shift toward skills‑first talent strategy, helping organisations build clear skills visibility, close capability gaps, and prepare both people and processes for the AI era.