
Chicago CDAO Community
Executive Summit
November 2, 2021 | Marriott Marquis Chicago
November 2, 2021
Marriott Marquis Chicago
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Chicago's top CDAOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CDAOs today:
Embedding D&A in business strategy and results
Reengineering decision-making across the business
Scaling a data-first culture
Chicago CDAO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CDAOs, For CDAOs™.
Governing Body Co-Chairs

Kristina Chambers
TTX
Chief Data Officer

Bill Clarkin
Fiserv
VP, Head of Data & Analytics

Mike Jennings
Walgreens Boots Alliance
Senior Director, Customer Data Platform (CDP) for Marketing Technologies

Scott Kaufman
Baker Tilly
Chief Analytics and Data officer

Madhav Madaboosi
BP United States
Head of Digital Transformation, Future Midstream & Strategy

Andrea Marks
Walmart
Vice President, Clinical Performance

Nalini Polavarapu
Bayer Corporation
Vice President - Enterprise Analytics and Data Science

Salema Rice
Accenture
Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Tammy Roust
Chief Data Officer

Kevin Salzmann
BMO Harris
US Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Gagan Singh
Ascension
Chief Data Officer
What to Expect
Agenda
November 1, 2021
November 2, 2021
7:30am - 8:15am Registration & Breakfast
8:15am - 8:30am Opening Comments
8:30am - 9:00am Keynote
Breaking Ground - How to Approach Data Strategy
Hosted by Starburst Data

Kristina Chambers
Chief Data Officer
TTX
By creating a vision, building a strategy, and illustrating the journey for business leaders, Kristina Chambers makes data a key differentiator at TTX. As the CDO, Kristina is taking a systematic and collaborative approach to implementing a data strategy that will propel TTX into a data-driven enterprise.
Join this session as Kristina describes her approach to data strategy:
- Assessing the hidden obstacles — Collaborating with key stakeholders for better outcomes
- Simplifying modernization — Navigating through a complex landscape of technologies
- Leading a cultural evolution — Data moves front and center
- The balancing act — Realizing continuous value for stakeholders while making progress towards long-term goals
9:00am - 9:15am Break
9:15am - 10:00am Breakout Session
The Multi-Dimensional Data Strategy in Action
Hosted by Exasol

Peter Jackson
Chief Data and Analytics Officer
Exasol
Data and analytics leaders must be the conduit of value to the entire enterprise, but there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to data strategy. D&A executives must communicate what is possible across the C-suite, enact strategies that generate insights now while building capability for the future and drive key changes to operating and business models.
Join this session as Exasol's Peter Jackson shares how to:
- Communicate and articulate data value and strategy to key stakeholders across the business
- Build the proper D&A foundations to create immediate impact and long-term viability
- Visualize the role of the CDO as change agent for business and operating models
9:15am - 10:00am Breakout Session
Data Literacy – Empowering Collaborative Business Intelligence
Hosted by Tessellation, a phData Company

Jorge Balestra
Global Head of ML Operations and Platforms
Kraft Heinz
Data is the primary asset to organizations to drive their business innovations efforts. Turning data into insights is a team effort that must be practiced among all employees to advance a company’s overall objectives. Join Jorge Balestra, Global Head Machine Learning Operations and Platforms of Kraft Heinz, to learn how to generate and source compelling innovation ideas, rapidly evaluate those ideas, and partner effectively with external organizations.
Join this session as he shows ways to:
- Empower stakeholders with tools to make innovative fact-based decisions
- Use self-service BI to develop collaborative business intelligence
- Increase awareness of organizational data literacy
9:15am - 10:00am Executive Boardroom
Gaining Value from Your Data
Hosted by Andela

Patrick Hennessey
VP of Data and Analytics
Andela

Pula Reddy
Head of Global Data and Analytics
CNH Industrial America

Chad Konchak
Assistant Vice President, Clinical Analytics
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Data teams spend countless hours building interpretable predictive models in an effort to optimize customer interactions and drive the business forward. But many of these same teams are also experiencing pitfalls that are preventing them from achieving their desired results.
Join, Andela’s VP of Data and Analytics, Patrick Hennessey and your peers to discuss:
- Preventing the pitfalls from traditional data warehouse models
- Identifying why the phrase “data-driven culture” can be misleading
- Overcoming the aversion to challenging problems and experimentation
10:00am - 10:30am Networking Break
10:30am - 11:15am Executive Boardroom
From Raw Data to Measurable Business Impact
Hosted by SnapLogic

Tammy Roust
Chief Data Officer

Michael Nixon
Vice President of Product Marketing
SnapLogic

Dessa Gypalo
Chief Data Officer
Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology
Data democratization is increasingly important to the digital enterprise. For data-powered organizations that seek to deliver advanced analytics at scale, instilling a culture of data dexterity throughout the enterprise ensures the execution of high impact projects and business outcomes.
This session will cover:
- Generating enterprise intelligence through data access, repeatable data projects and transparent data transformation
- Methods for creating business value by leveraging data literacy and decision management
- Strategies for aligning data and analytics strategy to enterprise goals for demonstrable ROI
10:30am - 11:15am Executive Boardroom
How to Create and Maintain Business Value With AI
Hosted by Dataiku

Conor Jensen
VP, Data Science
Dataiku

Rajeeve Kaul
Corp Vice President- Global Pricing Officer
McDonald's

Prashant Mehrotra
Head of AI Center of Excellence
Allstate
Harvard Business Review estimates that AI will add $13 trillion to the global economy over the next decade. Despite this, organizations struggle to actually generate tangible business value with AI, meaning their efforts have fallen short when it comes to making key processes and functions better, faster, or more cost-effective.
Join this interactive session to discuss:
- Tracking value creation as early and as often as possible
- Operationalizing AI projects in parallel to infrastructure transformation projects
- Balancing auditability and permission management to avoid stagnating the organization’s efforts
10:30am - 11:15am Breakout Session
Building a Modern Data Strategy
Hosted by Amazon Web Services

Kathy Koontz
Principal, AWS Analytic Platform Strategy
Amazon Web Services
Applying old organizational models and methodologies to modern cloud technology won’t allow companies to achieve the kind of results and agility they expect. Companies need an operating model, organizational model, and data literacy approach that enables data-driven decision making throughout an organization.
In this session, we will explore:
- The people, process and technology considerations in building a modern data strategy
- Methods for driving agility across the business
- Getting your teams into a data-first mindset
11:15am - 11:25am Break
November 1, 2021
November 2, 2021
Apply to Participate
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Location
Venue & Accommodation
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Health & Safety Local Guidelines
Marriott Marquis Chicago requires all guests to wear a mask in all public spaces. Masks will be provided for your convenience.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Marriott Marquis Chicago at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 1-877-303-0104. Please mention Evanta Chicago Executive Summit to ensure the appropriate room rate.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $274 USD (plus tax) is October 22, 2021.
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