David Pengelley is the Founder of Valid Agenda, a strategic advisor and process architect who helps organisations bridge the "Innovation Reality Gap" between AI hype and practical ROI. Based in Sydney, David is a leading voice in the shift toward Sovereign AI, evangelising the use of bespoke, governed architectures (such as his AntiClaw framework) that allow enterprises to build high-yield automation while maintaining total data ownership. With a 20-year career at the intersection of technology and revenue operations, David spent over a decade at Salesforce leading Solution Engineering and demo innovation teams across ANZ. This enterprise pedigree allows him to translate complex agentic systems into strategic blueprints for the C-Suite, turning AI from a technical "cost center" into a...