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Steve
Keifer
Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President Marketing
Ordway
Steve Keifer is Chief Marketing Officer and SVP of Marketing at Ordway, a billing and revenue automation platform for high-growth SaaS, AI, fintech, and cloud companies. A finalist for CMO of the Year 2025 and named a CMO to Watch in 2026 by CMO Alliance, Steve has led marketing at multiple B2B SaaS, cloud, fintech, and enterprise software companies, including businesses that reached $1B valuations, IPOs, and strategic exits. With deep expertise across demand generation, product marketing, brand strategy, marketing operations, and AI-driven GTM, Steve has built and scaled global marketing teams across early-stage, growth-stage, and public companies. He is also a frequent speaker, writer, and commentator on B2B SaaS marketing, AI-powered search, GTM engineering, and the future of marketing leadership.
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20 May 2026 13:00 - 13:30
AI Is rewriting discovery: What marketing leaders need to know before search disappears
For years, marketers optimized for search engines. Now, AI is fundamentally changing how people discover information, evaluate solutions, and make buying decisions. As generative AI reshapes search behavior, recommendation systems, and content consumption, traditional SEO strategies and traffic models are starting to break down. The question for marketing leaders is no longer “How do we rank?” — it’s “How do we stay discoverable in an AI-mediated world?” In this session, Steve Keifer explores how AI-driven discovery is changing customer behavior, what it means for brand visibility and demand generation, and how marketing teams need to adapt their content, positioning, and digital strategies for the next era of discovery. Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of: - How AI is changing search and discovery behavior - Why traditional SEO assumptions are becoming less reliable - What brands need to do to remain visible and differentiated - The strategic implications for content, GTM, and customer acquisition