---
title: "Jeff Vestal"
category: "people"
role: "Senior Principal AI Architect"
company: "Elastic"
linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffvestal"
blog: "https://www.elastic.co/blog/author/jeff-vestal"
sourceLabels: ["Official speaker roster", "Official conference schedule"]
---
# Jeff Vestal

## Profile
Senior Principal AI Architect at [[elastic|Elastic]].

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffvestal)
- [Blog](https://www.elastic.co/blog/author/jeff-vestal)

## Biography
Jeff Vestal is a Senior Principal AI Architect at [[elastic|Elastic]]. He works on search, retrieval, generative AI, RAG, and agent use cases with Elasticsearch, including hybrid search and AI systems built on [[elastic|Elastic]].

## Conference Sessions
- [[2026-06-29-jeff-vestal-vector-isn-t-enough-hybrid-search-and-retrieval-for-ai-engineers]] — Vector Isn't Enough: Hybrid Search & Retrieval for AI Engineers (2026-06-29, 2:20pm-4:20pm)

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### Linked Sessions
- [[2026-06-29-jeff-vestal-vector-isn-t-enough-hybrid-search-and-retrieval-for-ai-engineers|Vector Isn't Enough: Hybrid Search & Retrieval for AI Engineers]]

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