San Francisco CDAO Community
Town Hall
February 26, 2026 | 11:00am PST
February 26, 2026
11:00am PST
Data Management for the Agentic Era
Participate with your CDAO peers in the San Francisco community in small, breakout discussions on a mission-critical priority for data leaders. These informal discussions allow you to share your insights and learn from the lessons, approaches and experiences of a diverse group of peers in virtual breakout rooms.
Join fellow CDAOs in the San Francisco community to discuss:
The transition from data engineering to context engineering for autonomous decision making
Deploying role-based agentic AI providing end-to-end workflows
The new metrics around productivity relating to ROI and risk mitigation
Discussion Leaders
Members of the San Francisco CDAO community will lead the interactive discussion and share lessons learned.
Mike Doll
Guitar Center
VP, Data
Discussion Leader
Abhijeet Gulati
Mitchell International
Head of AI
Discussion Leader
Sharad Mathur
Zoom
Global Head of Data & Analytics
Discussion Leader
Elan Panneerselvam
Merrick Bank
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Discussion Leader
Wendy Zhang
Genentech
Executive Director, Head of Applied & Agentic AI
Discussion Leader
Gus Kimble
Google Cloud
Head of Data Analytics Customer Engineering, North America
Moderator
Agenda
February 26, 2026
11:00am - 12:00pm PST
Data Management for the Agentic Era
Hosted by Google Cloud
As Enterprise AI moves from passive assistants to autonomous agents, the foundation of success has shifted. Leading organizations no longer just manage data, they engineer Agent-Ready environments. This townhall explores the transition from human-centric dashboards to machine-readable context, ensuring that Agentic AI solutions are grounded in high-integrity, multimodal enterprise data.
Come together with your peers to discuss:
- The transition from data engineering to context engineering for autonomous decision making
- Deploying role-based agentic AI providing end-to-end workflows
- The new metrics around productivity relating to ROI and risk mitigation
Apply to Participate
Each application is carefully vetted to ensure members meet established criteria, preserving the quality of the network and enabling meaningful, peer‑level discussions among leaders from the world’s leading organizations.
Once you submit your application, a Community Program Manager will schedule a conversation to understand your priorities and interests and complete onboarding, including access to year‑round community events.
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