In-Person

New York CDAO Community

Inner Circle

February 5, 2026 | Riverpark

February 5, 2026
Riverpark

Collaborate with your peers

Join New York'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:

Connecting data, analytics, and AI initiatives to measurable business outcomes

Proving the ROI on D&A investments

Addressing barriers to delivering D&A and AI value

New York 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

Andrew Foster

M&T Bank
Chief Data Officer

Glenn Hofmann

MetLife
Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Tembi Hommes

Arup Group Limited
Global Chief Data Officer

Kyle Pudenz

Cencora
SVP, Enterprise Analytics

Andrew Reiskind

Mastercard
Chief Data Officer

Gaurav Shah

Opella Healthcare
Global Head of Data Analytics & AI

Kendell Timmers

CNN
SVP, Head of Data Analytics, Science & Insights

Jim Young

AIG
Global Chief Data Officer

David Zimmerman

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Americas

Agenda

February 5, 2026

4:30pm - 5:30pm  Executive Networking Reception

6:30pm - 7:00pm  Networking Break

7:00pm - 8:00pm  Summary Discussion & Dinner

8:00pm - 9:00pm  Social Hour

We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming in-person gathering

Gartner cares about the health and safety of our community. If you are feeling unwell, please refrain from attending the conference. At this time, Gartner does not have any health-related requirements in place for attendance. Should this change, we will follow up with updated guidance.

Location

Venue

Riverpark

Community Program Manager

For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contact.

Andreina Pelaez

Community Program Manager

972-697-6224

andreina.pelaez@gartner.com