
Atlanta CDAO Community
Inner Circle
October 22, 2019 | Ventanas
October 22, 2019
Ventanas
Collaborate with your peers
Join Atlanta's top CDAOs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CDAOs today:
Adopting D&A strategies and operating models that deliver business value in volatile environments
Generating measurable economic benefits to the business from data assets and advanced analytics
Becoming a master change agent and driving data literacy across the enterprise
Atlanta CDAO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the discussion topics and agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CDAOs, For CDAOs™.
Governing Body Co-Chairs

James Bolles
Southern Company
Director, Enterprise Solutions COEs

Snorwlor “Sno” Bropleh
Habitat for Humanity International, Inc.
Global Director, Operations - Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter

Mohammed Chaara
UPS
Enterprise Director of Advanced Analytics, Data Sciences, Machine Learning & AI

Steve Einbender
The Home Depot, Inc.
Senior Data Scientist, Network Security Analytics

Dr. Vijay Gandapodi
The Coca-Cola Company
Global IT Head – Marketing Analytics and Data Science

Diwakar Goel
General Electric
VP – Global Chief Data Officer

Rajeev Kapur
Kimberly-Clark
Chief Data Officer

Karthikeyan Ramasamy
Georgia- Pacific
Advanced Analytics and Strategy Leader

Pradipta Saha
Mondelez International
Head of Data & Analytics (Global Supply Chain and Asia Middle East Africa)

Kenneth Viciana
First Data Corporation
Director Information Risk Management
Agenda
October 22, 2019
4:00pm - 5:00pm Executive Networking Reception
5:00pm - 6:30pm Discussion Topics
The New CDO – Gatekeepers for Digital Transformation

Colin Coleman
SVP Data and Analytics
Equifax

Dr. Vijay Gandapodi
Global IT Head – Marketing Analytics and Data Science
The Coca-Cola Company

Diwakar Goel
VP – Global Chief Data Officer
General Electric

Karthikeyan Ramasamy
Advanced Analytics and Strategy Leader
Georgia- Pacific
Anthony Canitano
General Manager – Advanced Analytics
Delta Air Lines

Pradipta Saha
Head of Data & Analytics (Global Supply Chain and Asia Middle East Africa)
Mondelez International

Marsal Gavalda
Head of Machine Learning, Commerce Platform
Square

Charles Reeves
Director of Business Intelligence
Southwire Company

Kenneth Viciana
Director Information Risk Management
First Data Corporation

Mohammed Chaara
Enterprise Director of Advanced Analytics, Data Sciences, Machine Learning & AI
UPS
While data governance, data quality, and regulatory drivers maintain to be critical areas of business for data and analytics leaders, the new CDO is one who extends beyond these foundational underpinnings of the office to spearhead data-driven organizations. With an increasing dependence on data and insights as enterprises move to a digital-first mindset, it is up to the CDO to create or modernize their data and analytics programs and embrace value creation over risk mitigation. In this dinner discussion, CDOs discuss how to effectively usher their organizations into a digital business environment through stronger data literacy, data integration, and advanced analytics campaigns.
Topic 1: Taking the Lead to Improve Data Literacy
- How are you helping people develop a new mindset that establishes a new culture and set of behaviors around data and analytics?
- What areas of your business derive the most value from analytic insight, and how are you tracking the outcomes and benefits?
- Have you established ethical guidelines for your program? Do themes like transparency, data protection, and analyst integrity figure in to your ethical code?
Topic 2: Moving From Digital Transformation to Intelligence Transformation
- How are you defining advanced analytics in your organization?
- Where is your focus in advanced analytics and why? What best practices can you share in your journey around advanced analytics (e.g. chatbots, recommendation engines, personalization, NLP, etc.)?
- How are you measuring and communicating the confidence in your advanced analytics (e.g. AI models) to the business?
6:30pm - 7:00pm Networking Break
7:00pm - 8:00pm Summary Discussion & Dinner
8:00pm - 9:00pm Social Hour
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Atlanta CDAO Community Inner Circle.
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Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
Each application will be reviewed, and once your participation is confirmed, you will have access to year-round community programs.
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VentanasCommunity Program Manager
For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contact.
Joseph Nattress
Senior Program Manager – Territory Specialist
971-222-2379
joseph.nattress@evanta.com