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Dallas CDAO Executive Summit

June 6, 2023 | Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum by the Galleria

June 6, 2023
Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum by the Galleria

Collaborate with your peers

Get together with Dallas'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:

Building Connections Throughout the C-Suite and Enterprise

Transforming Through Trusted and Secured Data

Enhancing Impact of Data and Analytics Initiatives

Dallas 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

Jayadev Gopinath

DraftKings
SVP, Global Data Engineering

Sanjeev Kumar

Gainwell
Vice President, Data Analytics & AI

Mano Mannoochahr

The Travelers Companies Inc
SVP, Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Suzi Myers

Conduent
Head of Enterprise Business Intelligence

Mark Nance

American Fidelity Corporation
Chief Data Officer

Phanii Pydimarri

Health Care Service Corporation
Head of Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships

Latheef Syed

Verizon
Head of Data Products, Data Engineering & Architecture

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CDAO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.

Community Networking

Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Dallas CDAO community.

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Evanta's Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Agenda


June 5, 2023

6:00pm - 8:30pm  Governing Body Welcome Reception

Governing Body Welcome Reception

Governing Body members host this dinner for attendees to launch the event with an evening of peer networking.

11:00am - 11:45am  Breakout Session

Renovating Enterprise D&A Strategy Through Lessons Learned

Sonia Khosla headshot

Sonia Khosla

SVP, Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Globe Life

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Shrikanth Kannan

Sr. Director Data Services

Rent-A-Center

A successful D&A strategy is built from a framework crafted in service of long-term business goals. When done right, it has the potential to rapidly transform both internal and external stakeholders experiences. But what is the right strategy?

Join this session as CDAO’s discuss:

  • Identifying metrics to evaluate D&A initiatives
  • Aligning business and technology to a common goal
  • Learning from use cases to accelerate scaling enterprise strategy

11:00am - 11:45am  Breakout Session

Implementing Responsible and Explainable AI

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Sourav Mazumder

Distinguished Engineer - AI Governance Solutions, Master Inventor, Technology Expert Labs

IBM

AI adoption is increasingly used to beat the competition, release innovative products and services, better meet customer expectations, and drive revenue growth. However, AI is not straightforward. With disruptors like generative AI, novel use cases to serve customers, and emerging regulations, effective governance is a challenge needing to be solved. Stakeholders, customers, and government entities are demanding responsible and explainable AI.

Join this session to learn how to:

  • Operationalize AI with confidence in your organization
  • Better manage AI risk to avoid brand degradation
  • Scale while complying with the growing AI regulations

11:00am - 11:45am  Executive Boardroom

Assessing the Maturity of Your Data Program

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Susan Laine

Director of Solution Strategists/DI Thought Leader

Quest Software

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Vino Kingston

Head of Data Platforms & Technologies, Sr. Manager

Lockheed Martin

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Suzi Myers

Head of Enterprise Business Intelligence

Conduent

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Jayesh Shah

VP of Digital Transformation

McKesson

Gartner reports 80% of organizations seeking to scale digital business will fail without a modern approach to governance. As data and analytics leaders seek to mature their frameworks, they must not only address technical challenges but also issues of trust, risk and ethics. Learn from your peers about what has and hasn't worked and leave with a framework to help guide the assessment of your program's maturity. 

Join this session to explore: 

  • Analyzing current governance trends with your peers 
  • Reshaping and deriving value from data 
  • Outlining a path to ensure scalability of your governance framework

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CDOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: 

Christopher Cresci at christopher.cresci@evanta.com

11:00am - 11:45am  Executive Boardroom

Refining Data Access Flows with ML and Generative AI

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Michael Burke

Sr. Director AI & Machine Learning

Reltio

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Prashanth Brahmandam

Global Head of Strategy, Technology & Analytics

Meta

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Michael Ostrander

VP Advanced Analytics and Informatics

Vizient

Modern businesses understand the power of big data, but they also understand that it can be even more powerful when merged with intelligent automation. Data and analytics leaders are challenged to improve productivity and profitability by finding valuable insights buried within their organization's database. Machine learning automates the data analysis workflow to provide faster, deeper and more comprehensive insights.

Join this peer roundtable to discuss:

  • Deploying ML effectively across the enterprise
  • Aligning disparate data sources and eliminating duplicates
  • Uncovering insights to generate new revenue streams

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CDOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Christopher Cresci at christopher.cresci@evanta.com

11:45am - 12:30pm  Lunch Service

12:30pm - 1:05pm  Keynote

Future of Work with AI

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Seemit Sheth

Executive Management, Data Science, USAA

USAA

According to Gartner research, by 2024 75% of organizations will have deployed AI in some form for a variety of use cases. For data and analytics leaders, having a solid understanding of AI technologies is critical to stay ahead of the curve and remain competitive in their industries.

Join Seemit Sheth, as he shares ways to work with AI to:

  • Drive innovation across different industries
  • Leverage AI to transform the role of the CDAO
  • Address AI’s ethical, privacy, and security challenges proactively

1:05pm - 1:30pm  Break

7:45am - 8:30am  Registration & Breakfast

8:30am - 9:15am  Keynote

Words That Work: Using Powerful Language to Deliver Results

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Val Wright

Global Leadership & Innovation Expert, Author of three books including Words That Work

Guest Speaker

Effective communication is a critical component of success for CDAOs. Using "words that matter" can help you bridge the gap between technical expertise and business decision-making; which will articulate the value of data and analytics to your CEO, your board, and your investors. Val Wright offers fresh perspectives and techniques to help elevate common business conversations and gain supporters all around you.

  • Create communication that resonates and simplifies complex information
  • Foster productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  • Develop powerful responses to navigate resistance and achieve results

9:15am - 9:40am  Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am  Breakout Session

Data as a Product vs. Data as a Service

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Ibrahim Itani

Head of Analytics and lnnovation

Marathon Petroleum

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Murali Kallem

Head of Office of Data

Salesforce

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Justin Nguyen

Head of CS Data Engineering and Analytics

Chewy

As the amount of data generated by organizations continues to grow, data and analytics leaders need to find ways to capitalize on these assets and deliver business value. But which strategy is the best fit for your business? There’s data as a product which produces and leverages data artifacts that scale and drive outcomes. There’s also data as a service, which provides white-glove service and analysis for your business stakeholders. What factors should be considered when deciding whether to use data as a product or data as a service?

Join this fireside chat as we discuss the tradeoffs of each approach:

  • Understanding the key differences between data as a product and data as a service
  • Critical factors that drive or limit success for each
  • Structuring your data organization to maximize efficiency and ROI

9:40am - 10:25am  Executive Boardroom

Defining Value — Making an Impact

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Josh Good

Vice President, Product Marketing

Qlik

Savitha Namuduri headshot

Savitha Namuduri

SVP, Data Science & Analytics

DEPT

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Divakar Khanna

Head of Workforce Intelligence and Data Strategy

Kenvue

Data and analytics are the foundation to a successful digital business. Yet, many data and analytics strategies fail to leverage measurable metrics to account for that success. D&A leaders must remain agile and think critically when making data and analytics investments at scale.

Join this roundtable to discuss:

  • Closing the gap between data and action to shift the cultural needle
  • Identifying use cases where analytics can increase ROI
  • Getting buy-in around D&A strategy from stakeholders

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CDAOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Christopher Cresci at christopher.cresci@evanta.com

9:40am - 10:25am  Executive Boardroom

Reducing the Cost of AI — 3 Ways to Make it Happen

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Doug Bryan

Field Chief Data Officer

Dataiku

Aamer Charania headshot

Aamer Charania

Head of Applied Machine Learning

Best Buy

Pankaj Kenjale headshot

Pankaj Kenjale

Group VP - AI, Analytics and Data R&D

Mavenir

The real cost of implementing AI is often an ugly truth. The good news is that there are three key, concrete ways to reduce the costs associated with AI. But how?

Join this interactive roundtable as CDAOs discuss:

  • How to gain C-Suite buy-in to implement AI tools in your organization
  • Ways to lay the groundwork to reduce AI costs
  • Creating a data literate workforce to lower the odds of technical debt in the future

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CDAOs).To reserve your seat, please contact: Christopher Cresci at christopher.cresci@evanta.com

10:25am - 11:00am  Networking Break

10:30am - 10:55am  Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Breakout Session

Driving Transformation of Business Through Artificial Intelligence

Mano Mannoochahr headshot

Mano Mannoochahr

SVP, Chief Data & Analytics Officer

The Travelers Companies Inc

Leveraging AI and machine-learning algorithms to generate insights from vast amounts of data can be a powerful way to automate and optimize complex tasks, assist front-line decision-making, and ultimately improve business outcomes. However, successful implementation of machine learning capabilities requires careful planning, specialized skills, and ongoing evaluation and refinements. To fully realize the benefits of AI-based transformation, organizations must invest in quality data, advanced analytics tools, and a culture of collaboration.

Join this session as CDAO’s discuss ways to:

  • Identifying business use cases ripe for AI-based experimentation
  • Investing in data readiness, integration, and data management tools to ensure high quality data
  • Fostering a culture of collaboration to drive your transformation goals

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Executive Boardroom

Empowering Your Entire Organization with Data-Driven Insights

Vamshi Ramarapu headshot

Vamshi Ramarapu

VP of Engineering

Actian

Mark Nance headshot

Mark Nance

Chief Data Officer

American Fidelity Corporation

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Manish Zanzaria

Vice President - Head of Data Platforms & Engineering

Freeman

When the gates to organizational data are open to all, innovation and business outcomes accelerate across the enterprise as actionable insights are delivered directly to your front-line workers. However, with this vast access comes great responsibility. As companies expand self-service data, how can they ensure that data privileges and data literacy increase at the same rate to ensure success while mitigating risks?

Join this boardroom as CDOs discuss:

  • Evolving from a siloed to democratized data model
  • Determining data privileges for data owners and users across the enterprise
  • Challenging your workforce to become data literate and embrace self-service data

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CDOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Christopher Cresci at christopher.cresci@evanta.com

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Executive Boardroom

Predictive Analytics for Faster Innovation

Heather Harris headshot

Heather Harris

Field Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Alteryx

Sankar Bala headshot

Sankar Bala

Managing Director, Deal Advisory & Strategy

KPMG

Phanii Pydimarri headshot

Phanii Pydimarri

Head of Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships

Health Care Service Corporation

Organizations are under constant pressure to speed up and improve decision making, which is growing more complex. Utilizing machine learning to learn from use cases optimizes operations and gives organizations a competitive advantage. With the help of predictive analytics tools and models, organizations can use past and current data to reliably forecast trends and make accurate future predictions.

Join this round table discussion as CDAOs discuss:

  • Aligning your predictive analytics strategy with business objectives
  • Ensuring data is clean, secure and accessible
  • Delivering self-service capabilities for enterprise collaboration

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CDAOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Christopher Cresci at christopher.cresci@evanta.com

2:15pm - 2:50pm  Networking Break

2:20pm - 2:45pm  Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

2:50pm - 3:35pm  Breakout Session

Sharpening Your Executive Pitch — An Interactive Exercise

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Rainy Berry

Director/SVP, Data Governance Leader

Wells Fargo

Marcelo Casas headshot

Marcelo Casas

Chief Data Science Officer

GM Financial

Sanjeev Kumar headshot

Sanjeev Kumar

Vice President, Data Analytics & AI

Gainwell


CDAOs play a critical role in enabling data-driven decision making within the organization. But to effectively communicate the value of data and secure the resources necessary to drive key initiatives, CDAO's must hone their executive pitch. Join this interactive session to improve your executive pitch for the next time you’re in the hot seat.

In this session, CDAOs will work together in groups to:

  • Create and present executive pitch aligned to key business objectives
  • Share strategies to refine their messaging for a more engaging and persuasive pitch
  • Receive real-time feedback from your peers


2:50pm - 3:35pm  Executive Boardroom

Unlocking Business Potential Through Data Democratization

Atul Jain headshot

Atul Jain

Head of AI/ML and Data Platform Engineering and Ops

Verizon

Ram Chapa headshot

Ram Chapa

Data Science & Analytics Leader

Rexel USA

Jayadev Gopinath headshot

Jayadev Gopinath

SVP, Global Data Engineering

DraftKings

Data democratization enables employees at all levels of an organization to make data-driven decisions that improve business outcomes. However, achieving this goal requires overcoming technical debt, legacy technology, and employee adoption challenges. By prioritizing execution and investing in talent development and new technologies, organizations can build a data-driven culture that drives growth and innovation.

Join this roundtable discussion as CDAOs discuss:

  • Overcoming data democratization challenges: technical debt, legacy tech, and adoption
  • Building a data-driven culture for better ownership and outcomes
  • Developing talent and investing in tech for unlocking business potential


Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CDOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Christopher Cresci at christopher.cresci@evanta.com

2:50pm - 3:35pm  Executive Boardroom

Leading with Data — The Future of the CDAO

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Harveer Singh

Chief Data Architect & Global Head of Engineering

Western Union

Manish Motiramani headshot

Manish Motiramani

Director, Analytics & Insights, Global Operation

Medtronic

Shri Prakash Singh headshot

Shri Prakash Singh

Head of Data Science and analytics

McAfee

In today's data-driven world, the role of the Chief Data and Analytics Officer (CDAO) is essential in driving innovation and growth. To succeed in this role, the CDAO must possess a unique skill set that includes technical and business acumen, effective communication skills, and the ability to build strong partnerships and retain top data talent. By doing so, the CDAO can become a key driver of data-driven strategies and ensure compliance with evolving regulations and ethical standards.

Join this roundtable discussion as CDAOs discuss:

  • Strategic thinking to identify and prioritize opportunities for data-driven innovation
  • Agility to adapt to changing business needs and emerging technologies
  • Ethical and regulatory understanding to ensure data privacy and compliance


Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CDAOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Christopher Cresci at christopher.cresci@evanta.com

3:35pm - 4:00pm  Break

4:00pm - 4:35pm  Keynote

Measuring Impact — Key to Analytics Success

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Monish Balasundarum

Head of Analytics

Amazon

Measuring data and analytics initiatives is critical for data and analytics leaders to understand the effectiveness and impact of their strategies as well as earning trust with leadership and peers. By setting clear metrics, KPIs, and mechanisms organizations can track the progress of their initiatives and identify areas for improvement.

Join Monish as he discusses best practices to:

  • Align and demonstrate ROI on initiatives to stakeholders
  • Leverage power of anecdotes
  • Identify new opportunities to meet changing market demands

4:35pm - 5:00pm  Closing Reception & Prize Drawing

June 5, 2023

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A block of rooms has been reserved at the Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum by the Galleria at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 1-972-661-2800. Please mention Dallas CDAO Executive Summit to ensure the appropriate room rate.

Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $189 USD (plus tax) is May 15, 2023.

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