Press, podcasts & talks featuring Darren Goonawardana
Where Darren Goonawardana has appeared to discuss AI leadership, data strategy, and building companies that scale.
Talk The AI Revenue Engine
An EO Chicago learning event at EO House Chicago on July 29, 2026, where Darren Goonawardana shows how he replaced outside agencies and disconnected tools with an AI-powered marketing system, then walks entrepreneurs through the blueprint for creating content, attracting leads, and closing deals on AI autopilot.
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Talk Brewing Better Decisions for a Dunkin' Donuts Franchisee with Microsoft Fabric
At FabCon 2026 in Atlanta, Darren Goonawardana walks through a real-world Microsoft Fabric implementation for a Dunkin' Donuts franchisee, turning fragmented operational data into the kind of fast, confident decisions that a multi-location food-service business runs on.
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Interview The Visionary Behind Collectiv's Data-Driven Revolution
A feature interview tracing Darren Goonawardana's path from building technology companies across four continents to founding Collectiv, and unpacking his 'Cyborg CEO' philosophy: that leaders should use AI and automation to run their businesses with more clarity, freedom and impact rather than getting buried in operational detail.
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Talk Why Write-Back in Fabric Is Going to Change Planning Forever
At FabCon 2025 in Las Vegas, Darren Goonawardana and Collectiv's Dennis Carriere showed how write-back from Power BI to Microsoft Fabric breaks the spreadsheet dependency that holds enterprise planning back, enabling real-time budgeting, forecasting and decisions inside a single governed platform.
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