What Happened at the CDAO Event in Atlanta
For Chief Data and Analytics Officers?
We just came off an incredible three-day event held at the W Hotel in Atlanta from September 22-24, 2019: The CDAO Executive Summit for Chief Data Officers and Chief Analytics Officers.
CDO Club/Summit CEO David Mathison was the Chairperson, and moderated the final panel for this intimate gathering of C-Suite executives and senior decision makers from a variety of Fortune 1000 and leading enterprise organizations.
On Sunday, the first panel of the day was moderated by Profisee VP Bill O’Kane, on “Building Data Centricity – Implementing MDM to Ensure that Your Data is Coordinated and Synchronized.” Panelists included the Global Chief Data Officer from GE Diwaker Goel, the Chief Data Officer from Royal Dutch Shell Charles Li; and the SVP and Global Chief Data Officer from Crawford & Company Andrew Sohn.
Afternoon keynotes were by Juan Gorricho, former SVP of Data and Analytics at TSYS on “Creating an Effective and Diverse Data and Analytics Team;” and Janet Woodthorpe, VP of Sales at Auger.AI, on “AI is Eating Software.”
The final keynote for day one was by Andrew Sohn, former SVP and Global CDAO with Crawford and Company on “Ensuring Your Data Supports Your Organization’s AI Goals.”
The topic for the final panel on Sunday was “Ensuring the Ethical Collection and Use of Data Analytics,” moderated by Eric Little, CEO at LeapAnalysis; with panelists Jim Young, SVP at Travelers; Srini Sankar, Enterprise Data Leader at The Hanover Insurance Group; Jerry Gupta, SVP at Swiss Re; and Mark Gelhardt, Sr., VP of Technology Governance at US Bank.
On day 2, Monday’s opening keynote was by Dr. Saket Kumar, Chief Data Scientist at Google on “Making Data Work For You: Turning Data Into Insights.”
Next up was a keynote by Brian Keare, CIO at Incorta, on “Leveraging People, Processes and Tools to Overcome “Data Quicksand” and Develop Truly Impactful Analytics.”
The first panel of the day was “Developing Innovative and Creative Strategies to Attract, Develop, and Retain Data and Analytics Talent” moderated by Michael Galvin, Executive Director of Data Science Corporate Training at Metis. Panelists included Patrick McCleary, Head of Call Center Analytics at TD Bank; Alan Stukalsky, Chief Digital Officer at Randstad; Colin Coleman, SVP Data & Analytics at Equifax; and Kathleen L. D. Maley, Sr Director of Consumer and Digital Analytics at KeyBank.
This was followed by a keynote by Danial Sabri Dashti, Senior Machine Learning Scientist at Amazon, keynoting on “Deploying Machine Learning Models in Production.” The post-lunch keynote speaker, Tim Eisenmann, CAO & SVP at American Tire Distributors, keynoted on “Modifying Your Workforce Structure to Ensure a Successful Digital Transformation.”
Tim was followed by Santosh Kudva, VP of Data and Analytics at GE, speaking on “Creating a Self-Service Analytics Framework.” Monday’s final keynote speaker was Ash Dhupar, Chief Analytics Officer at Publisher’s Clearing House, who spoke on “Personalizing the Customer Experience to Yield Higher ROI.”
The final panel of the day was on “Championing Data Literacy to Facilitate a Data-Driven Business,” moderated by Pradipta Saha, Head of Data and Analytics at Mondelez International; with panelists Eric Little, CEO of LeapAnalysis; Amitha Krishnappa, Sr Manager, Analytics, Measurement, and Optimization at Walmart Labs; and Heidi Lanford, VP Enterprise Analytics and Data at Red Hat.
On Tuesday, the third and final day of the event, Mathison introduced the opening keynoter, the Global Chief Data Officer at IBM, Inderpal Bhandari, who presented on “Leading by Example: Creating a Data and AI Driven Company.”
In 2017, the CDO Club presented Dr. Bhandari with the Chief Data Officer of the Year award at the W hotel in Washington, DC.
The closing keynoter was the Chief Analytics Officer at the Central Intelligence Agency, Dr. Michael Simon, who spoke on “Human and Machine Intelligence.”
The program ended with the final panel, “Creating a Shared Data and Analytics Vision that Becomes Ingrained in the Corporate Culture,” was moderated by David Mathison. Panelists included Alan Segal, Vice President of Audience Development & Analytics at CNN; Anuj Marfatia, Director of Business Analytics at Brunswick Corporation; and Armen Kherlopian, Chief Science Officer at Genpact.
This event was such a success, we’re already planning the next one for June 2020! See you there!
“Creating a Shared Data and Analytics Vision that Becomes Ingrained in the Corporate Culture”
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Das Dasgupta: In addition to being Corporate SVP and Head of Data Science and Digital Transformation at Viacom, Das is also Adjunct Professor of Data Sciences and Advanced Analytics at USC Marshall School of Business, where he teaches MBA and MS courses in Advanced Analytics and Logistics on Saturdays.
Chris Wiggins: In addition to being the Chief Data Officer at the New York Times, Chris is also Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics at Columbia University. At Columbia, he is a founding member of the Department of Systems Biology, the executive committee of the Data Science Institute, and the Institute’s education and entrepreneurship committees.
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