Speakers

Craig Brown is the CEO of Everest, bringing over two decades of leadership in digital product engineering and organizational strategy. 

Prior to leading Everest, Craig led digital teams at Aconex, helping steer the company through its hyper-growth journey to a landmark $1B+ tech unicorn exit. 

Today, he leads Everest, an AI powerhouse that has launched over 100 startups, scaled Australian unicorns, and engineered mission-critical systems for blue-chip ASX100 enterprises. A straight-shooting executive who cuts through AI hype, Craig gives leaders a hard dose of technical reality. 

He specializes in helping executives, network directors, and scale-up founders escape generic SaaS traps, leverage modern AI economics, and build secure, proprietary software assets that drive true enterprise value.