About — Enterprise Technology Association
About the Enterprise Technology Association

Accelerating Innovation
Across Teams, Organizations,
and Regions

"Closing the gaps in emerging technology — for people, organizations, and communities across America."

ETA is a national network of business, technology, and government leaders working together to enable responsible technology adoption, build smarter organizations, and shape intelligent regions — from the heartland to every corner of America.

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20,000+
Member Ecosystem
5,000+
Organizations Represented
12+
Regional Events
1
National Collaboration Engine
Our Mission

Technology Education.
Technology Enablement.
Ecosystem Building.

ETA was founded by a group of business and technology leaders dedicated to closing the gaps in emerging technology education and adoption. Our work centers on three priorities — helping professionals and organizations build the knowledge to lead, the tools to act, and the networks to grow — across AI, cybersecurity, quantum computing, and beyond.

Technology Education
Building the knowledge, skills, and credentials professionals and teams need to confidently lead in an AI-driven world — through events, workshops, certifications, and training programs.
Technology Enablement
Connecting organizations with the practical strategies, vetted advisors, and technology solutions that accelerate real AI adoption — moving beyond hype to measurable outcomes.
Ecosystem Building
Creating the environments — events, coalitions, programs, and partnerships — where cross-sector alignment happens and ideas become initiatives that move entire regions forward.
"Everyone is talking about AI. We're building the programs that help people and organizations actually do something about it."
— Summer Crenshaw, Co-Founder & CEO, Enterprise Technology Association
Leadership

The Team Building
America's AI Future

ETA is led by two of the most active voices in American AI readiness — a builder and a strategist working in tandem to turn national ambition into regional action.

Co-Founder & CEO
Summer Crenshaw
Enterprise Technology Association
"The Builder Behind the Movement"

Summer leads ETA with a conviction that America's AI readiness won't be built by keynote speeches alone. It takes organizational muscle, strategic partnerships, scalable programs, and relentless execution. She is the driving force behind ETA's growth as a national platform — bringing credibility as someone who builds, ships, and delivers at scale.

Under Summer's leadership, ETA has grown from a regional technology organization into a national movement — launching the AI Week conference series, building the AI Ready Ohio workforce program in partnership with JobsOhio, establishing the US AI Institute partnership, and developing the infrastructure for the National AI Accelerator.

"Everyone is talking about AI. We're building the programs that help people and organizations actually do something about it."
"No company, no university, and no government agency will make America AI-ready on its own. The ecosystem is the strategy."
"Technology education isn't a line item. It's infrastructure — as essential to a region's future as roads and broadband."
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Co-Founder & National Director
Zack Huhn
Enterprise Technology Association
"The Architect of AI-Ready America"

Zack is the strategic mind behind ETA's regional AI readiness thesis — the conviction that heartland America isn't AI's afterthought, but its proving ground. He developed the Intelligent Regions Initiative to give communities a practical model for competing in the AI economy on the strength of who they are, not in spite of it.

As National Director, Zack oversees ETA's programmatic expansion, the AI Ready Ohio partnership with JobsOhio, and the National AI Accelerator. He has spent years building the case that the most important AI strategy in America isn't being written in Washington — it's being built by the partnerships on the ground in communities across the country.

"The heartland isn't AI's afterthought. It's AI's proving ground. The industries that built the middle class are the same ones AI will transform."
"If AI makes companies richer but communities poorer, we haven't succeeded — we've just automated inequality."
"The most effective AI policy in America right now isn't a bill in Congress — it's the partnerships being built between state agencies and the organizations doing the work."
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Strategic Framework

The Thesis Behind
Everything We Build

ETA's work is grounded in a set of convictions about where technology adoption happens, who it should serve, and what it takes to make it real — not just in coastal tech centers, but across every region of America.

Initiative
Intelligent Regions Initiative
ETA's conviction that regions win in the AI economy not by copying Silicon Valley, but by building on their own industrial strengths, community assets, and talent networks. Intelligent Regions are AI-ready by design — with the training, partnerships, and infrastructure to compete on their own terms.
Advantage
The Heartland Advantage
The industries at the center of American technology transformation — manufacturing, automotive, logistics, agriculture, energy — are heartland industries. ETA's programs are built for the organizations and communities that sit at the intersection of industrial heritage and technology's biggest opportunities.
Principle
Prosperity as the Measure
ETA measures technology progress not in patent filings or VC funding, but in whether people are more prosperous — whether workers have better careers, businesses have sustainable advantages, and communities have durable economic foundations. Technology in service of people, not the other way around.
Strategy
The Ecosystem is the Strategy
No single company, university, or government agency makes a region technology-ready alone. ETA's model is built on the conviction that aligned ecosystems — employers, educators, economic development agencies, and community organizations — produce exponentially better outcomes than any actor working in isolation.
Flagship Programs

Where the Mission
Becomes Action

ETA's programs are designed to build lasting technology readiness — not one-off events, but an interconnected ecosystem of education, enablement, and infrastructure that compounds over time.

Event Series
AI Week
The fastest-growing AI event series in the country. Community-powered, week-long AI festivals anchored by a two-day leadership conference in cities across America.
National Convening
US AI Congress
ETA's annual national gathering — bringing together the full AI ecosystem for keynotes, working sessions, and the launch of the National AI Accelerator inaugural cohort.
Cohort Program
National AI Accelerator
A structured accelerator program across seven organizational tracks — matching project teams with vetted advisors, technology partners, and resources to drive real AI initiatives.
State Partnership
AI Ready Ohio
ETA's workforce development program in partnership with JobsOhio — delivering AI literacy and upskilling across Greater Cincinnati, Columbus, and Toledo, with a 50-state expansion model.
Executive Series
Future Tech Forum
Access-gated half-day peer exchange events for business and technology leaders — no vendors, no noise. Keynotes, fireside chats, roundtables, and candid peer dialogue.
Expert Network
ETA Advisors & Speakers
A vetted national network of AI and emerging technology practitioners matched with organizations seeking advisory support, implementation guidance, and speaking expertise.
Training & Credentials
Training & Certifications
In-person and virtual training for members and event attendees. Earn AI Explorer, AI Empowered Professional, AI Empowered Leader, and partner credentials with NVIDIA, Microsoft, AWS, and USAII.
Our Community

Building For the Full
Spectrum of American Leadership

ETA serves a broad and connected group of professionals and organizations — from Fortune 500 boardrooms to regional nonprofits, from state economic development agencies to university researchers.

Enterprise & Mid-Market Leaders
CIOs, CAIOs & Innovation Executives
Government & Economic Development
Universities & Workforce Organizations
Startups, Founders & Investors
Nonprofits, Associations & Coalitions
"The heartland isn't AI's afterthought. It's AI's proving ground. The industries that built the middle class are the same ones AI will transform."
— Zack Huhn, Co-Founder & National Director, Enterprise Technology Association
ETA & AI Week in the News

Recent Coverage

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ETA and the AI Week series have been covered by national newswires, regional outlets, state economic development agencies, and industry media.

JobsOhio Newsroom
November 2025
JobsOhio and Enterprise Technology Association Launch "AI Ready Ohio" Pilot to Build the Future Workforce in Ohio

The AI Ready Ohio program officially launched during Great Lakes AI Week, with more than 500 Ohioans expected to earn AI Certificates through training and workshops at the conference.

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CBS42 / EIN Presswire
November 2025
ETA & USAII Partner to Accelerate AI Education Nationwide

ETA and the US AI Institute announced a national partnership and co-developed a new AI Micro-Credential unveiled at Great Lakes AI Week.

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FOX4 / EIN Presswire
January 2025
ETA Expands AI Week to Strengthen U.S. Leadership in Emerging Technology

ETA announced the national expansion of AI Week to eight or more US regions, calling the event series a national movement in applied AI.

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The Team

The People
Behind the Platform

ETA is built and run by a team of practitioners who believe deeply in the mission — and bring the operational excellence to execute it at national scale.

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Summer Crenshaw
Co-Founder & CEO
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Zack Huhn
Co-Founder & National Director
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Jon Salisbury
Co-Founder
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Christi Brown
VP of Operations
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CJ Munafo
Growth Marketing Strategist
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AI-Ready Future?

Whether you're building, leading, or adapting — ETA exists to help you and your organization close the gaps in emerging technology and stay ahead of what's next.

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Meet Our Team

  • Summer Crenshaw

    CO-FOUNDER & CEO

  • Zack Huhn

    CO-FOUNDER & CSO

  • Jon Salisbury

    CO-FOUNDER

  • Christi Brown

    VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS

  • CJ MUNAFO

    GROWTH MARKETING STRATEGIST