Congratulations to the 2021 CDO and CAO of the Year!*|CDO Club’s CDO/CAO of the Year|*
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Wednesday December 8th, 2021
Congratulations to:
Eileen Vidrine: U.S. Chief Data Officer of the Year 2021!
Sol Rashidi: U.S. Chief Analytics Officer of the Year 2021!
Eileen Vidrine, Chief Data Officer at The United States Department of the Air Force, was recognized today as the U.S. 2021 “Chief Data Officer of the Year” by the CDO Club, the world’s largest community of C-suite digital, data, and analytics leaders.
Ms. Vidrine was presented with the award today by David Mathison, CEO at the CDO Club/CDO Summitat the IBM CDO/CTO Summit on “Quantum Computing,” the sixth and final IBM CDO/CTO Summit of 2021.
“Eileen Vidrine has been entrusted with managing mission-critical data in very demanding, trusted, and secure environments, from the United States Department of the Air Force, to the U.S. Department of Defense, and in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. In all cases, Ms. Vidrine has proven herself to be a selfless leader with her teams, a trusted colleague to her peers, and a collegial contributor to the CDO community. Therefore I am delighted and honored to name Eileen Vidrine as the U.S. 2021 Chief Data Officer of the Year,” Mathison said.
Sol Rashidi, Senior Vice President, Global Data & Analytics and Chief Analytics Officer at The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., was recognized today as the U.S. 2021 “Chief Analytics Officer of the Year” by theCDO Club, the world’s largest community of C-suite digital, data, and analytics leaders.
The award was presented to Ms. Rashidi by David Mathison, CEO at the CDO Club/CDO Summit at the IBM CDO/CTO Summit on “Quantum Computing,” the sixth and final IBM CDO/CTO Summit of 2021.
Sol joined The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) as Senior Vice President, Global Data and Analytics and Chief Analytics Officer in January 2021. At ELC, Sol and the broader Enterprise Marketing and Data team have been working to further implement a data-first mindset, ensuring that data and analytics remain at the heart of the business operations.
“I am thrilled and honored to recognize Sol Rashidi as the first-ever U.S. Chief Analytics Officer of the Year,” Mathison said. “Sol has experience in diverse and challenging sectors such as Media & Entertainment, CPG, Travel & Hospitality, FinTech, Life Sciences/Pharma, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain. Sol has filed 21 patents and issued eight, and is a strong, capable, strategic leader and valuable team member to the C-suite, her staff, and the wider global community of her C-suite peers in data and analytics,” said Mathison.
Previous U.S. Chief Data Officer of the Year award winners include
Mona Siddiqui, Senior Vice President at Humana (2020)
Linda Avery, the Chief Data Officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2019)
Dr. Anthony Scriffignano, the Chief Data Scientist at Dun & Bradstreet (2018)
Dr. Inderpal Bhandari, Chief Data Officer at IBM (2017)
Dr. D.J. Patil, former Chief Data Scientist at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (2016)
In 2017, the CDO Club named Lauren Sager Weinstein the UK Chief Data Officer of the Year; and the Australian Chief Data Officer of the Year award to Simon Bligh, CEO of illion ANZ.
Celebrating the CDO Club’s US 2021 “CDO and CAO of the Year” award-winners
Eileen Vidrine and Sol Rashidi at this year’s IBM CDO/CTO Summit finale in December 2021.
The awards were announced at today’s IBM CTO/CDO Summit Finale.
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The IBM CDO/CTO Summit Series 2021
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For a quick overview of last year’s IBM CDO/CTO Summit Series 2020, check out this brief video featuring highlights from all six episodes – including the finale where we gave out the CDO Club’s US Chief Data Officer of the Year 2020 award!
About the CDO Club:
The CDO Club is the world’s first, largest, and most powerful community of C-suite digital, data, analytics, and cyber-security leaders. Our members receive access to advisory services, breaking news, original research, career development support, networking opportunities, and inspirational events such as the CDO Summit. Our high-impact services are designed to help CDOs improve their capabilities, strengthen their professional networks, openly share insights and strategies, and collaboratively identify the tools essential to help them succeed in navigating today’s rapidly evolving, highly competitive and complex online environment. Visit the website.
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Celebrating the CDO Club’s US 2020 “CDO of the Year” award-winner
Dr. Mona Siddiqui of Humana, at last year’s IBM CDO/CTO Summit finale in December 2020.
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