(US and Canada) We are pleased to welcome Vishal Patel to CDO Magazine’s Global Editorial Board. Patel is the Chief Data Officer for Webster Bank in Connecticut, USA. He is responsible for various aspects of data management that cover data governance, business intelligence & analytics, master and reference data management, data engineering, and data platform management for the bank.

An experienced Chief Data Officer and Data Modernization professional, Patel has more than two decades of success leading all phases of diverse data modernization programs and technology projects within the financial services industry. Before joining Webster Bank, Patel held several senior leadership roles and developed data-management solutions at JP Morgan Chase & Co., General Electric Company and AllianceBernstein L.P.

Patel is also an advisory board member for MIT’s Center of Information Systems Research – Data Research Board Advisory. He received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mumbai.

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