Keatron Evans

VP, AI Enablement, Infosec/Cengage Group

Keatron Evans is VP of AI Enablement and Strategy at Cengage, leading a portfolio spanning Higher Education, Workforce Development and Trades into an AI-first organization. With 20+ years as an AI pioneer, cybersecurity expert and intelligence-sector innovator, he drives AI strategy, governance and enablement across workforce operations and product innovation. He holds pending patents for AI-powered systems leveraging behavioral intelligence, computer vision and generative AI to reimagine talent assessment and learning at scale. An AWS-certified Generative AI SME, Founding Member of an AI firm that built offensive cybersecurity tools for US Intelligence and Author of Chained Exploits: Advanced Hacking Attacks from Start to Finish, Keatron is a sought-after speaker and trusted media expert.