Dallas CDAO Community
Inner Circle
September 16, 2025 | The Ritz Carlton- Las Colinas
September 16, 2025
The Ritz Carlton- Las Colinas
Collaborate with your peers
Join Dallas'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:
Linking Data, Analytics and AI Initiatives to Business Value
Maturing D&A Culture with Data Democratization and Self-Service Analytics
Modernizing Data Governance to Adopt and Scale Advanced D&A and AI Capabilities
Dallas 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
Aamer Charania
Best Buy
Head of Applied Machine Learning
Jayadev Gopinath
DraftKings
SVP of Data Engineering & Data Science
Murali Kallem
Salesforce
Head of Office of Data
Sonia Khosla
Globe Life
SVP, Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Sanjeev Kumar
Gainwell
VP, Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Mano Mannoochahr
Travelers
SVP, Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Mark Nance
American Fidelity Corporation
Chief Data Officer
Phanii Pydimarri
Health Care Service Corporation
Data & Analytics Transformation Leader
Latheef Syed
Verizon
Vice President Data Products & Governance for Data & Analytics/ AI.
Agenda
September 16, 2025
4:30pm - 5:30pm Executive Networking Reception
5:30pm - 6:30pm Discussion Topics
Delivering Results – Crafting a Business-Driven Data, Analytics and AI Strategy
Hosted by dbt Labs
Many organizations aim to be data-driven, but for CDAOs to contribute effectively, their data, analytics, and AI strategies must be directly linked to tangible business results. While this alignment can be challenging, CDAOs should focus on becoming influential business leaders who can extend their impact beyond the traditional data domain.
Join this discussion to explore how to develop a strategy to effectively leverage D&A and AI capabilities to achieve business outcomes.
- Who are the key stakeholders impacted by your organization's D&A strategy, and how are you involving them in strategy development?
- How are you ensuring that your D&A strategy remains resilient and adaptable to emerging technologies and shifting market conditions?
- How are you communicating the value and purpose of your D&A strategy across the organization?
- How are you aligning your D&A strategy with specific business outcomes, such as revenue growth, cost reduction, or customer acquisition?
- How can D&A leaders evolve to reframe data strategy goals in terms of business outcomes rather than projects or milestones?
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 Dallas CDAO Community Inner Circle.
Gartner facilitates exclusive, C-level communities by personally qualifying and understanding the priorities, challenges and interests of each member.
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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Self park- Hosted by Evanta, Parking garage attached to Hotel
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