(USA and Canada) Blake Brannon is a chief strategy officer at OneTrust. After a background in engineering in software and technology, he focused his expertise on privacy and security for mobile phones. He talked with Mark Johnson, an editorial board chair at CDO Magazine and regional vice pr…

(Italy) Michele Valentini is a consultant, trainer, and developer at Fit Strategy. He chatted with David Boone to discuss how to measure data strategy. How do you make sure that your data is line with the main goals for the company? 

(USA and Canada) Vimal Kohli is the head of data science and analytics at Gap, Inc. He spoke with Leonard Maganza, the chief customer officer at Syniti about managing a global brand like Gap. Kohli discusses the importance of customer experience and perspective, differences in culture with f…

(USA and Canada) Julia Bardmesser, SVP, Head of Data Management, Enterprise Architecture & Salesforce Development at Voya Financial, together with Peter Ku, VP and Chief Industry Strategist at Informatica, discusses methods for driving business forward. Bardmesser believes that you need …

(South Africa) Nollie Maoto, Executive Head: Business Intelligence, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring at FNB South Africa, together with Mark Johnson, Editorial Board Chair at CDO Magazine and Regional VP at Fusion Alliance, shares her career journey and her current responsibilities with FN…

(USA and Canada) Kiran Kodali, Global Data Strategy & Governance Lead at Sanofi together with Leonard Maganza, Chief Customer Officer at Syniti shares his career journey and bits of advice for those who are interested in data science. Having a sense of purpose and staying focused on his …

(USA and Canada) Wendy Batchelder, Chief Data Officer at VMWare together with Chris Knerr explains her value outcome program plans and metrics in driving the objectives of VMWare as an organization. A unique skill set is needed to be able to translate the value of data professionals into bus…

(USA and Canada) Tom Dunlap, Chief Data Officer at London Stock Exchange, together with Robert Lutton, Vice President at Sandhill Consultants, explains the importance of organizations hiring CDOs. There is a need to effectively understand where and how data is created in order to avoid dupli…

(USA and Canada) Seth Dobrin, Global Chief AI Officer at IBM, together with Anthony Lempelius, Vice President of Sales at Wavicle Data Solutions, explains IBM’s strategic initiatives for developing advanced machine learning. According to Dobrin, to be successful in digital transformation, a …

(USA and Canada) Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy, Managing Director – IC and Technology Fellow and Chief Data Scientist at Halliburton, together with Tim Brooks, Managing Director at WWT, shares how his roles and missions for transitional energy gave changed over the last few years. During his early …

(USA and Canada) Carl – Johan Nakamura, CDO/VP at ZEISS Group together with Chris Knerr emphasizes the significance of having early training and education on developing one’s creative side. The interplay of non-technical creativity and knowledge adds up towards a better performance over time…

(USA and Canada) Anusha Dandapani, Chief Data Officer at United Nations International Computing Center, together with Anthony Breem at AHEAD, explains how their organizational data strategy is designed to deliver more value from data responsibly. They are constantly pursuing making data a be…

(USA and Canada) Raja Rajamannar, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer and President, Healthcare at Mastercard, together with Anthony Breem, CEO at Synergistic, talks about how marketing has changed over the years. With the advent of data discovery as a powerful tool for marketing, p…

(USA and Canada) Luke Weidner, Chief Technology Officer at Kleo, together with Robert Lutton, Vice President at Sandhill Consultants, explains how he supports data management with engineering architecture. For Weidner, data management and architecture engineering fit very well together. His …

(USA and Canada) Julia Bardmesser, SVP, Head of Data Management, Enterprise Architecture & Salesforce Development at Voya Financial, together with Peter Ku, VP and Chief Industry Strategist at Informatica, discusses the opportunities AI and ML offer the financial services industry. These…

(India) Lalitha Krishnamoorthy, Director, Digital Commerce & Data Platforms at IBM, together with Althea Davis, Managing Partner & Chief Data Officer at Turn Key Technologies, and Rashed Alsuwaidi, Chief Executive Officer at Turn Key Technologies, shares her career journey and her ma…

(USA and Canada) Satyen Yadav, Chief Technology & Development Officer at Boeing Digital Solutions and Analytics, together with Eric Kaplan, CTO at AHEAD, explains how he keeps himself updated on the newest analytics platforms and technologies. Yadav’s primary resource is his reading and …

(USA and Canada) Dora Boussias, Director, Enterprise Architecture & Data Strategy at Stryker together with Baz Khuti, President US at Modak highlights the importance of encouraging diversity and inclusiveness. As mentioned by Boussias, there should be an intentional effort and purpose in…

(USA and Canada) Dan Merzlyak, Head of Business Analytics & Sales Insights at London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), together with Patrick Martin, Business Development Manager at Lingaro, shares how his past career experiences prepared him for his current role as global head at LSEG. Merzly…

(USA and Canada) Sravan Kasarla, Chief Data Officer at Thrivent, together with John Hershberger, Financial Services Practice Leader at Wavicle Data Solutions, describes his key considerations when establishing a new practice within an organization. Kasarla elaborates upon how having a busine…

(USA and Canada) Levi Bailey, AVP, Cloud Architecture, Healthcare Interoperability Services at Humana, together with Baz Khuti, President US at Modak, shares the short-term and long-term impacts of COVID-19 for the healthcare sector. For Bailey, COVID-19 pushed a number of companies to make …

(USA and Canada) Ryan Kean, VP Technical Strategy & Architecture at Kroger, together with Rajesh Padmanabhan, Senior Account Manager at Lingaro, shares how Kroger manages to always provide unlimited supplies for their customers. With their strong teamwork and close relationships with ven…

(USA and Canada) Carl – Johan Nakamura, CDO/VP at ZEISS Group, together with Chris Knerr, explains the importance of finding the perfect balance when focusing on their business strengths. Nakamura also shares how culture becomes the weakest link for a data success journey, often not being re…

(USA and Canada) Maria Villar, Head of Enterprise Data Strategy & Transformation at SAP, together with Mark Johnson, Regional VP at Fusion Alliance and Editorial Board Chair at CDO Magazine, talks about data monetization. For Villar, data monetization is an expression of the value of man…

(USA and Canada) Luke Weidner, Chief Technology Officer at Kleo together with Robert Lutton, Vice President at Sandhill Consultants shares his top recommendations to young people interested in pursuing a career in data science and IT. Weidner says they need to experience and be hands-on with…

(USA and Canada) Kaycee Lai, CEO and Founder at Promethium together with Mark Johnson, Editorial Board Chair at CDO Magazine and Regional VP at Fusion Alliance highlights Promethium as one of CDO Magazine’s Best New Product for 2021. Lai was personally motivated and inspired to build Prometh…

(USA and Canada) Abhishek Singh, VP, Global Head of Business Analytics at Metlife, together with Patrick Martin, Business Development Manager at Lingaro, shares the five-set value he applies in his career. First, is the problem set, followed by the data set, toolset, skillset, and mindset. T…

(USA and Canada) Dora Boussias, Director, Enterprise Architecture & Data Strategy at Stryker, together with Baz Khuti, President US at Modak, explains her views on interoperability with respect to the various roles of digital data IT working together within an organization. For Boussias,…

(USA and Canada) Matt Loveless, Director, Analytics & Data Science at The J.M. Smucker Co., together with Ravi Shankar, Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer at Denodo, shares his perspective on traditional data science and analytics. As discussed by Shankar, knowledge of your data and q…

(USA and Canada) Satyen Yadav, Chief Technology & Development Officer at Boeing Digital Solutions and Analytics together with Eric Kaplan, CTO at AHEAD explains how COVID-19 accelerated how they operate as an organization. The pandemic has driven them to go virtual in a very short period…

(USA and Canada) Levi Bailey, AVP, Cloud Architecture, Healthcare Interoperability Services at Humana, together with Baz Khuti, President US at Modak, explains his preference and support for a hybrid cloud in their organization. As a company, they've made a goal of becoming a multi-cloud org…

(New Zealand) Sonya Crosby, Chief Data Officer at Westpac New Zealand, together with Susan Wilson, VP Data Governance and Privacy Segment Leader at Informatica, shares her top lessons from her data career journey and her perspective on how technology has enabled her teams to execute their st…

(USA and Canada) Ryan Kean, VP Technical Strategy & Architecture at Kroger, together with Rajesh Padmanabhan, Senior Account Manager at Lingaro, explains how analytics helps solve problems at Kroger. Currently, they are focused on improving customer encounters and the customer buying exp…

(USA and Canada) Juan Riojas, CDO at Rackspace, together with Ravi Shankar, SVP & CMO at Denodo, describe how data virtualization complements data integration strategies especially when it comes to multi-cloud. The two are fairly different but can be complementary when used with the righ…

(USA and Canada) Carl – Johan Nakamura, CDO/VP at ZEISS Group, together with Chris Knerr, talks about the importance of bridging data literacy with those in the C-suite management level. Nakamura emphasizes the importance of establishing measurements, metrics, and frameworks for key performa…

(USA and Canada) Kjersten Moody, CDO at Prudential, together with Savio Rodrigues, VP – Strategic Clients/ Sr. Client Partner at Trianz, shares what she has learned regarding organizational structure and the role of Chief Data Officer at Prudential. For Moody, the Chief Data Officer should b…

(USA and Canada) Luke Weidner, Chief Technology Officer at Kleo, together with Robert Lutton, Vice President at Sandhill Consultants, explains how he balances short-term commercial priorities with strategic product development priorities. Weidner achieves this delicate balance by communicati…

(USA and Canada) Peter Serenita, Chief Data Officer at Scotiabank, together with Derek Strauss, Chairman & CEO at Gavroshe, talks about the ethical considerations warranted by the use of data and new technologies in financial institutions. Serenita stresses the importance of applying eth…

(USA and Canada) Narayanan Nair, Senior VP & Chief Data Officer at Farm Credit Services of America and Frontier Farm Credit, together with Ravi Shankar, Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer at Denodo, talks about the main digital transformation projects they've undertaken which involves…

(USA and Canada) Dora Boussias, Director, Enterprise Architecture & Data Strategy at Stryker, together with Baz Khuti, President US at Modak, describes the causes of their organizational challenges. The base of these challenges is not having a clear business problem to solve, followed by…

(USA and Canada) Hayes Williams, Head of Data Governance, R&D at Daiichi Sankyo, together with Baz Khuti, President US at Modak, explains the importance of data in his role as a CDO. Williams’ responsibilities in research and development are fully invested in data. From the beginning of …

(USA and Canada) Satyen Yadav, Chief Technology & Development Officer at Boeing Digital Solutions and Analytics, together with Eric Kaplan, CTO at AHEAD, explains what excites him in the field of data and technology. Namely, Yadav is excited about the possibilities data holds in the avia…

(USA and Canada) Matt Loveless, Director, Analytics & Data Science at The J.M. Smucker Co., together with Ravi Shankar, Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer at Denodo, talks about how the cloud has accelerated developments in their organization. From an analytics perspective, the cloud …

(USA and Canada) Levi Bailey, AVP, Cloud Architecture, Healthcare Interoperability Services at Humana, together with Baz Khuti, President US at Modak, explains Humana's journey towards interoperability. Firstly, Bailey considers their internal ecosystems in supporting interoperability. From …