CDO Magazine’s Atlanta Executive Boardroom Dinner brought together senior data, analytics, and AI executives for an exchange of ideas and insights on “The Changing Dynamics of Enterprise AI Infrastructure and the Importance of Graph Databases.”

Moderated by Greg Haney, Director of Enterprise Sales at TigerGraph, the discussions cultivated a sense of shared purpose as leaders tackled common challenges, learned from one another, and explored the evolving role of AI-driven data architectures. The conversations dove into adapting AI infrastructure to handle sophisticated data patterns, enhancing AI explainability, the advantages of graph databases, and measuring the ROI of graph database investments.

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Sudipto Ghose, Equifax VP of Enterprise Data & Analytics, describes the event as a “great evening with smart data people from various industries discussing the latest challenges that they are trying to solve in data and AI areas.”

“Folks chimed in how LLMs and knowledge graphs will be part of the solution footprint for explainable GenAI. The community bonding was evident and reinforced,” Ghose adds.

Sharing his take on the event, Karthik Ramasamy, Guardian Industries Chief Analytics Officer, says, “The dinner with fellow data and analytics leaders was a valuable opportunity to exchange ideas, insights, and experiences with peers at different points of a similar journey. The impactful conversations fostered a strong sense of shared purpose as we discussed common challenges and learned from each other.”

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Anthony Losanno, CDO Magazine SVP, Sales, says: “We had the pleasure of connecting with data leaders in Atlanta for an insightful discussion on the challenges and opportunities in implementing and managing data infrastructure, the evolving impact of AI, and more. Thank you to everyone who attended for an engaging and informative evening!”

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Summing up the event, moderator Haney says: “Thursday’s event in Atlanta was outstanding! Hats off to CDO Magazine for uniting data science leaders from the city’s top companies. It was both insightful and rewarding to see experts from various industries come together to tackle shared data challenges. We delved into topics like fraud prevention, supply chain management, recommendation engines, AI, and ML, with everyone candidly sharing the hurdles they’ve faced and the solutions that add value to their organizations.” 

Special thanks to TigerGraph for their partnership in making the event a success.

*Sudipto Ghose and Karthik Ramasamy are members of the CDO Magazine Global Editorial Board.

Executives attending the Atlanta CDO Magazine Executive Boardroom Dinner included: 

Rashmi Agarwal, Oldcastle APG VP, Data & Analytics; Suvranil Basu, Acadia Director, Analytics & Data Science; Xiquan Cui, Home Depot Sr. Manager, Machine Learning & Data Science; Sudipto Ghose, Equifax VP, Enterprise Data, Analytics & AI; Siddharth Goyal, MiTek Director, Artificial Intelligence; Michael Haley, Edge Solutions Co-Founder & Partner; Mitch Isaacs, Warner Bros. Discovery VP, Data & Monetization Strategy; Matt Kott, Carter’s VP, IT, Data, Analytics, & Enterprise Applications; Gerson Morales, BrandSafway VP, Enterprise Technology & Digital Operations; Kartik Pillai, Yum! Brands Master Data Management & Data Governance Lead; Vadim Radinsky, MediaNews Group Director, Product Analytics, Data Science; Karthik Ramasamy, Guardian Industries Chief Analytics Officer; Teevyah Yuvaraju, BlackRock Business Strategist & Communications Lead, Office of the COO, Data & AI; Paul Zummo, Edge Solutions Director, Networking; Greg Haney, TigerGraph Director, Enterprise Sales; Andrew Kasper, TigerGraph Customer Success Engineer; Paige Leidig, TigerGraph Chief Marketing Officer; Lisa McKenna, TigerGraph VP, Americas; Rajeev Shrivastava, TigerGraph CEO; Steve Bangsund, CDO Magazine Sr. Director, Programs; Anthony Losanno, CDO Magazine SVP, Sales.