Ozgur Dogan, President of Solutions and Service Lines, Blend
What challenges do you see for data in the year ahead that will have an impact on your clients and on the industry as a whole? Talent shortage will continue to be a big challenge. There is a persistent difficulty in finding skilled professionals in the fields of data science and engineering. Data explosion […]
Paul Moxon, Senior Vice President Data Architectures and Chief Evangelist, Denodo Technologies
What challenges do you see for data in the year ahead that will have an impact on your clients and on the industry as a whole? I would paraphrase the realtor mantra of “location, location, location,” and say that the biggest challenge for every organization in the coming year is going to be “AI, […]
Salema Rice, Founder and CDO, CDO Today
What challenges do you see for data in the year ahead that will have an impact on you and on the industry as a whole? This year marks a pivotal moment for CDOs and the data industry, driven by artificial intelligence (AI)’s evolution. Key challenges include ensuring data quality, upholding privacy and compliance, fostering a […]
Satyen Sangani, CEO and Co-Founder, Alation
What challenges do you see for data in the year ahead that will have an impact on your clients and on the industry as a whole? I think there are two big challenges in data, and I see both as massive opportunities in the industry. First, I think that many institutions got caught up […]
Tripti Sethi, Executive, NA Data and AI Lead, Avanade
What challenges do you see for data in the year ahead that will have an impact on your clients and on the industry as a whole? We are living in an AI-first world today given the huge impact genAI has had over our industry in the last couple of years. Every organization today needs to […]
Wendy Batchelder, Chief Data Officer, Salesforce
How are you developing the data literacy of your organization, including the skills of your data teams and of your business stakeholders? We have internal training programs built for users internally and externally to learn data literacy concepts.
Ali Ghodsi, CEO and Co-Founder, Databricks
Venkat Achanta, Executive Vice President, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, TransUnion
Assia Abada, Global Senior Vice President Innovation and Data Science Strategy, Choreograph
What stage has your organization reached on its data maturity journey? Choreograph is the data and technology arm of WPP. Its data maturity is in the high end of the spectrum. It procures solutions anchored in data and powered by machine learning and AI. Tell us about the data and analytics resources you are […]
Bret Greenstein, Partner, Data, Analytics and AI, PwC
What stage has your organization reached on its data maturity journey? Our organization is highly mature. Not only are we fully modernized on cloud native data architectures, but we have robust data governance, integration of third party data, a comprehensive data catalog and marketplace and we are advanced in our use of analytics and […]
Chad Engelgau, CEO, Acxiom
What stage has your organization reached on its data maturity journey? As industry leaders in data management, we’re exceptionally good but always want to get better. What’s next? Reducing bias in datasets and algorithms, adding more AI and privacy-enhancing technologies, increasing efficiencies and effectiveness while focusing on improving outcomes for everyone. Data maturation is never […]
Jennifer Agnes, Managing Director, Cynozure Group US
What stage has your organization reached on its data maturity journey? As a small consultancy we can ensure that we are data guided from the start and consistently make data part of our culture. Of course, one of our core services is to help other companies, including public, private and non-profits, make progress on their […]
John Gim, Global Chief Marketing Sciences Officer, Rapp, and Head of Data Science, OPMG
Gim also leads marketing sciences for RAPP, a global creative agency, that puts the individual at the heart of everything, using data to find out what makes them tick and technology to talk to them one-to-one, but to one million at a time. He joined the business seven years ago as director of data science, […]
John Spens, VP of Data and AI North America, Thoughtworks
During his time at Thoughtworks, Spens has been responsible for strategic planning, business development, account oversight and people development for the business unit where he also oversaw a 300% increase in market revenue by 300% over a two-year period. He has also worked as director of consulting at Claritas and senior project manager at Hyperion […]
Michael Komasinski, Global CEO, Merkle, a dentsu company
Komasinski has a detailed history of senior leadership having spent time as chief operating office at Razorfish; president, Schawk Retail Marketing within SGK; and vice president, global operations at The Nielsen Company.
Yannis Kotziagkiaouridis, Global Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Edelman Data and Intelligence
What are your key areas of focus for data and analytics in 2022? At Edelman, I lead the efforts in digitizing Trust and connecting it to action and measurable impact through the power of scaled communications. My team is bringing together, in real time, billions of signals from content and third-party data for the sole purpose […]
David Ciancio, Global Head of Grocery, dunnhumby
I worked at every job in a supermarket, from bagger through to store manager, eventually landing as Kroger’s corporate VP of customer loyalty. I was privileged to help create and lead the industry leading KrogerPlus loyalty program (starting with the King Soopers SooperCard) in 1996. KrogerPlus still operates today, as one of the most customer-preferred […]
Elizabeth Shepherd, GM Data Science and AI, Microsoft
From there, I found my way to the USA in 2016 where I worked to transform the core Expedia Group data platform and services engineering function from a data centre-based capability to a modern cloud-based flexible infrastructure. I am currently at Microsoft where I am able to combine all my past experiences and learnings […]
Inderpal Bhandari, Global Chief Data Officer, IBM
His expertise is to transform data into business value and improved customer experiences by delivering strategic and innovative capabilities that use analytic insights to enable growth and productivity. Bhandari aims to convert challenges into opportunities, solving the most complex problems through data, AI, and technology while building a trusted, enterprise-wide data and AI backbone for […]