Ryan Hale, CIO & Director of Strategic Initiatives at Lithko together with Louie Hollmeyer, Director of Marketing + Consultant at ATC describes the key enablers of success for Lithko. Hale’s team made sure to invest time in understanding their stakeholders. They also created a road map t…

Mark Marshalek, Head of Data Governance at Farmers Insurance together with Chris Knerr, Chief Digital Officer at Syniti perceives technological evolution in the insurance industry. New methods and approaches are transpiring in the market that change people’s perception with insurance. Most a…

Mike Alvarez, Head of Fuse Digital Services at Cardinal Health together with Patrick Martin, Business Development Manager at Lingaro explains how they determine business cases for AI, machine learning, and data science. As an organization, they discuss data science-related mental models ever…

Ryan Hale, CIO & Director of Strategic Initiatives at Lithko together with Louie Holllmeyer, Director of Marketing + Consultant at ATC shares the challenges associated with digital transformation. One of which is identifying the right technology to address business problems. The intersec…

Paul Powers, Founder and CEO at Physna together with Brian Berning, Partner at RSM US describes how Physna enables value extraction of 3D designs of physical assets. Powers is excited about the high possibility that augmented reality will allow a major shift to 3D data in terms of tools and …

Kevin Dewalt, Founder & CEO at Prolego, and Russ Rands, Founder & COO at Prolego talk with Robert Lutton, Vice President at Sandhill Consultants about the critical role of AI canvas in projects. It allows the organization of business plans and enables people to digest key values. Cri…

Laura Titas, Chief Data Officer at Nationwide together with Chris Knerr, Chief Digital Officer at Syniti explains her perspectives on data privacy, data ethics, and bias concerning its effects on industry regulators. Industry regulators are now understanding the power of data, AI, and ML. Ti…

Justin Borgman, Co-founder/Chairman/CEO at Starburst together with Robert Lutton, Vice President at Sandhill Consultants shares his recommendation to other CDOs when it comes to data cloud transfer. Migration of datasets to the cloud does not happen in an instant. Long-term benefits to organ…

Mike Alvarez, Head of Fuse Digital Services at Cardinal Health together with Patrick Martin, Business Development Manager at Lingaro explains how they carry out transformation of Digital Services at Cardinal Health. They identify additional digital layers that can be marketed and used to lev…

Kevin Rinn, Senior Director IT at Lighthouse Youth & Family Services together with Gary Dyer, Employee Owner at Parallel Technologies, Inc. shared Lighthouse Youth & Family Services transition experience to virtually working-from-home. COVID-19 took Lighthouse Youth & Family Serv…

Mark Marshalek, Head of Data Governance at Farmers Insurance together with Chris Knerr, Chief Digital Officer at Syniti talks about his vision for Farmers Insurance. Marshalek would like to bring business value to the organization through data governance practices that he plans to implement …

Iván Herrero Bartolomé, Chief Data Officer at Intercorp together with Patrick Martin, Business Development Manager at Lingaro discusses how he stays up to date with new tools and technologies. Bartolomé emphasizes the need to understand data architecture, business goals, and requirements bef…

Justin Borgman, Co-founder/Chairman/CEO at Starburst together with Robert Lutton, Vice President at Sandhill Consultants explains his views on the future of data analytics. Borgman discusses that there will be more predictive data analytics applications and training machine learning models. …

Doug Davidson, Director, IT Services at GBQ Partners together with Gary Dyer, Employee Owner at Parallel Technologies, Inc. explains the transition model of capital expenditures to operating expenses. Aside from financial reasons, people are adapting the model because of functionality causes…

Mike Alvarez, Head of Fuse Digital Services at Cardinal Health together with Patrick Martin, Business Development Manager at Lingaro discuss their strategic approach in leveraging data architecture, advanced analytics, and data science to accelerate business transformation. Cardinal Health a…

Atif Usman, Global Data and Analytics Director at Zimmer Biomet together with Chris Knerr, Chief Digital Officer at Syniti describes how Zimmer Biomet integrates engineering/analytics and data science in their organization. In addition, Usman emphasizes the importance and benefits of having …

Kevin Rinn, Senior Director IT at Lighthouse Youth & Family Services together with Gary Dyer, Employee Owner at Parallel Technologies, Inc. talk about how fortunate Lighthouse Youth & Family Services was in terms of adapting to COVID-19. They have already upgraded their firewalls, bo…

Ryan Sousa, Chief Data Officer at Seattle Children’s Hospital together with Chris Knerr, Chief Digital Officer at Syniti discuss the changes in the industry dynamics of healthcare. Aside from the rise of financial capital, there are also different capital investments. Seattle Children’s Hosp…

Kevin Dewalt, Founder & CEO at Prolego, and Russ Rands, Founder & COO at Prolego talk with Robert Lutton, Vice President at Sandhill Consultants about publishing a book showcasing AI for a business audience. Dewalt and Rands simplify complex technical information and make it relevant…

Iván Herrero Bartolomé, Chief Data Officer at Intercorp together with Patrick Martin, Business Development Manager at Lingaro points out the absence of proper incentives for long term digital transformation led by CDOs.  The lack of right incentives oftentimes become a common trap for them. …

Justin Borgman, Co-founder/Chairman/CEO at Starburst together with Robert Lutton, Vice President at Sandhill Consultants describes the challenges for data platform owners. Decisions based on data completeness become more complex due to data platform delays. Borgman suggests a single source o…

Ryan Sousa, Chief Data Officer at Seattle Children’s Hospital together with Chris Knerr, Chief Digital Officer at Syniti discuss the roles and processes of Seattle Children’s Hospital’s digital transformation experience. Sousa’s team started with a parallel relational database then formed De…

Ed Kelly, Chief Data Officer at Texas Department of Information Resources together with Tim Brooks, Managing Director at WWT discuss their perspectives about blockchain. Kelly shares that blockchain has a place in the public sector but needs to be examined more. He is currently looking for o…

Doug Davidson, Director, IT Services at GBQ Partners together with Gary Dyer, Employee Owner at Parallel Technologies, Inc. discuss factors to consider when transferring to a cloud-based system. Davidson emphasizes the shared responsibility in cloud-based contracts when it comes to security.…

Mayank Anand, VP Global Data Strategy, Monitoring & Management at GSK together with Tim Brooks, Managing Director at WWT highlights GSK’s transformation from retrospective to predictive analytics operations. The plan is to base operational goals on predictive analytics to decrease subjec…

Dr. Ken Clark, Chief Data Officer/Assistant Director at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) together with Robert Lutton, Vice President at Sandhill Consultants shares the workplace transformations ICE had due to COVID-19. The pandemic gave way to a 25% increase in workforce produc…

Matt Fornito, Head of AI at Trace3 together with Robert Lutton, Vice President at Sandhill Consultants shares his views on ethics and privacy. As AI continues to change and revolutionize industries, ethics and privacy must also be given attention. Fornito suggests the creation of independent…

Iwao Fusillo, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at General Motors (GM) together with Tom Pohlmann, Chief Marketing Officer at AHEAD shares the transformation brought by data analytics and technology in the auto motors industry. With the increasing pools of vehicular data, Fusillo is looking f…

Todd Pugh, CIO at Sugar Creek Packing Co. together with Gary Dyer, Employee Owner at Parallel Technologies, Inc. discuss internal tweaks and processes they adapted due to COVID-19. Sugar Creek Packing Co. moved from a paper-based to an electronically based filing control system. Their staff …

Ed Kelly, Chief Data Officer at Texas Department of Information Resources alongside Tim Brooks, Managing Director at WWT discuss how the Department of Information (DIR) utilizes AI and ML. The DIR has established an AI center of excellence and is test-driving some branches of ML. Kelly belie…

Mayank Anand, VP Global Data Strategy, Monitoring & Management at GSK with Tim Brooks, Managing Director at WWT shares how stakeholders and key decision-makers use data to help drive business. Data analytics are used to govern, drive data, and execute efficient results.

Matt Fornito, Head of AI at Trace3 with Robert Lutton, Vice President at Sandhill Consultants discuss how Trace3 can strategically facilitate the success of a company. Fornito shares how they help develop a center of excellence by integrating all engineering components, data science componen…

Ryan Sousa, Chief Data Officer at Seattle Children’s Hospital together with Chris Knerr, Chief Digital Officer at Syniti discuss how data on demographics is useful in trying to understand how diseases progress and impact families. Sousa’s team developed a semantic model taking into considera…

Ed Kelly, Chief Data Officer at Texas Department of Information Resources together with Tim Brooks, Managing Director at WWT discuss the digital interface put forth by Texas for its citizens. It is a one-stop-shop where your data entry is managed by the state and can be used across multiple …

Ryan Sousa, Chief Data Officer at Seattle Children’s Hospital along with Chris Knerr, Chief Digital Officer at Syniti discuss the importance of data sourcing from a variety of origins. Sousa explains the complexity of clinical data and the associated problems that can be derived. He further …

Iwao Fusillo, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at General Motors along with Tom Pohlmann, Chief Marketing Officer at AHEAD tackle the main priorities of General Motors (GM) which revolves around talent. Fusillo shares how he provides leadership and elevates data analytics competencies among …

Ed Kelly, Chief Data Officer at Texas Department of Information Resources together with Tim Brooks, Managing Director at WWT discuss the functions of Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR). DIR fulfills its mission by assisting other agencies and helping them be successful. Kelly sh…

Gaurav Shah, Senior Director, Analytics and Innovation at Sanofi together with Baz Khuti, President US at Modak discuss the possibility of data explosion in the future. Shah shares his insights on trends and Sanofi’s application of Agile concepts in addressing business cases. He lobbies for …

Veda Bawo, Director of Data Governance at Raymond James together with Melissa Campbell, Chief Revenue Officer at Tamr discuss the challenges that Bawo faced during her early years in her data science journey. The people, partnerships and connections brought about by data management gave Bawo…

Matt Fornito, Head of AI at Trace3 along with Robert Lutton, Vice President at Sandhill Consultants discuss artificial intelligence and its components – deep learning, machine learning, predictive analysis and data science. By using the right algorithms for data science, AI can help understa…

Iwao Fusillo, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at General Motors together with Tom Pohlmann, Chief Marketing Officer at AHEAD talk about data and analytics as the main priorities of General Motors (GM). Fusillo describes how enterprise–wide analytics and top tier data science capabilities is…

Gaurav Shah, Senior Director, Analytics and Innovation at Sanofi, along with Baz Khuti, President US at Modak, talk about addressing the key questions of a Chief Data Officer when undertaking data and digital transformation. The key questions include concerns on leveraging data, effectively …

Dan Merzlyak, Head of Business Analytics and Sales Insights at LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group), along with Patrick Martin, Business Development Manager at Lingaro discuss measuring value delivery in LSEG in terms of operational and financial metrics. Dan outlined the implementation of  da…

Andi Mann, Global Technology Executive at Sageable, and David Boone, Associate Publisher at CDO Magazine, discuss the value of data to make better decisions that will lead to better outcomes. Data can be utilized to make critical business decisions and to generate competitive advantage which…

Deba Sahoo, SVP, Head of Product for Customer Journeys at Fidelity Investments, together with Robert Lutton, Vice President at Sandhill Consultants, discuss Deba's role in simplifying, digitizing, and transforming the customer journeys by reengineering and application of technology. Deba hig…

Sandro Saitta, Chief Industry Advisor at Swiss Data Science Center, and Robert Lutton, Vice President at Sandhill Consultants, discuss why data science is making big waves in many industries. Sandro also emphasized the critical steps on how companies can successfully adopt strategies on beco…

Mikitaka Hayashi, Chief Technical Leader / Information Leader at JGC Corp., and David Boone, Associate Publisher at CDO Magazine, talk about how data can be utilized to improve processes and make innovations in the construction business. Mikitaka emphasized that innovations could be achieved…

Kimberly Blackburn, Director – Information Operations Support at Safelite, and Andy Thornton, Director of Business Development at Callibrity, discuss Kimberly’s areas of responsibilities and functions in terms of operations and support at Safelite.  Kimberly also described the digital transf…