(US and Canada) We are pleased to welcome Karthik Ravindran to CDO Magazine’s Global Editorial Board. Ravindran is General Manager, Data Governance, at Microsoft. 

Ravindran is passionate about building solutions to responsibly democratize enterprise data and digital transformation. In his current role, he leads Microsoft’s Data Governance products and solutions. He also leads data transformation engagements with Microsoft’s enterprise customers and partners on data modernization strategies, architecting a cloud native data and analytics foundation, and scaling data governance for responsible data democratization. 

In his prior role at Microsoft, Ravindran led Microsoft’s internal data and analytics transformation journey. He delivered a modern cloud native data and analytics foundation on Microsoft Azure for Microsoft’s digital transformation, standardized and scaled enterprise data governance to responsibly democratize data and data applications, and delivered transformative data and analytics solutions for customer data management, marketing automation, sales intelligence, business operations, and ESG.

In his 24 years at Microsoft, Ravindran has also directed cross-functional teams of data engineers, software engineers, data scientists, and operations engineers in building and operating data platforms, analytics services, and omni-channel marketing automation platforms, as well as product marketing, digital supply chain engineering, and platform architecture for industry solutions.

As global thought leaders, CDO Magazine’s Editorial Board of top executives share their expert opinions and innovations in data and analytics. The board ensures that we champion the best companies, leaders, and insights that accelerate our community’s success. Members may serve as editorial writers, reviewers, content developers, and conference speakers.

The CDO Magazine community welcomes Karthik Ravindran to our growing Global Editorial Board membership.