Eileen M. Vidrine, CEO and Founder, Vidrine Vantage Consulting LLC
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? A significant challenge we face is talent. With the issuance of the October 2023 Presidential Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of AI, this year […]
Jordan Morrow, Senior Vice President of Data and AI Transformation, AgileOne
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? I think one challenge is for organizations to slow down and really work to figure out how to get value and success out of data, analytics, and AI. A challenge […]
Kate Strachnyi, Founder, DATAcated
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? There is a growing skills gap in the industry. The rapid evolution of data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies makes it hard to stay up to date. Just keeping […]
Louis DiModugno, Managing Partner, Data Curiosity
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? Large language models (LLMs) will continue to attract an increased amount of attention as capabilities are refined and use cases become more associated with value addition for organizations. Preparing unstructured […]
Morgan Templar, CEO and Founder, First CDO Partners
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? Many companies with large amounts of data debt will unsuccessfully attempt to implement generative artificial intelligence (genAI)-based systems. This will cause a loss of trust in new tools that is […]
Randy Bean, CEO, Founder, Senior Advisor, Data and AI Leadership Exchange
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? Leading companies and global organizations face a data and AI leadership challenge. These organizations are under increasing pressure to deliver business value from their data and AI investments. At the […]
Robert J Abate, Founder and CDAO, Info Immersion LLC
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? GenAI has made its mark on the industry and is being pushed into organizations in use cases it was not intended for. This will create a challenge in implementing projects […]
Sadie St Lawrence, Founder and CEO, Women in Data and The Human Machine Collaboration Institute
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? In the year ahead, balancing data privacy with utility, combating data bias for fairness in AI, enhancing data literacy, and keeping pace with rapid technological advancements stand as formidable challenges. […]
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 […]
Scott Taylor, The Data Whisperer, MetaMeta Consulting
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? The way we talk about data is holding the industry back. Despite the excitement around generative AI (genAI) and related technologies I still believe in many cases data leaders spend […]
Thomas H Davenport, Distinguished Professor, Research Fellow, Senior Advisor, Babson College, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, Deloitte CDAO Program
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? Preparing data and getting value from generative AI (genAI); institutionalizing data product management; dealing with the democratization of IT development, automation, and data science in the citizen movement.
Wendy Turner-Williams, Founder and CEO, TheAssociation.AI
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? AI will spotlight the immense about of data debt, and poor data awareness most companies have. Issues like bias, copyright, and ethics will force a data by design focus as […]
Ari Kaplan, Head of Technical Evangelism, Databricks
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? Companies are now realizing that the quality genAI models and machine learning productions they strive for still depend on having quality data. Many businesses are still foundationally struggling with siloed […]
William McKnight, President, McKnight Consulting Group
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? The challenges will be around artificial intelligence (AI), specifically generative AI (genAI), as there is a high demand to incorporate this technology into enterprise environments. However, genAI requires enterprise data […]
Asha Saxena, CEO, WLDA
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? Anticipated challenges for the data industry in the year ahead include data privacy and compliance, security threats, ethical data usage, maintaining data quality, scalability, talent shortages, cloud adoption, and addressing […]
Dan Everett, Owner, Insightful Research
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? One of the biggest challenges I see is that around half of employees and consumers do not trust that artificial intelligence (AI) will be used responsibly. As an industry we […]
Dr Seth Dobrin, CEO, Qantm AI
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? Integrating foundational AI models, such as GPT, Gemini, and more within the frameworks of complex regulations (GDPR, CCPA, EU AI Act) poses a significant challenge. This complexity is magnified by […]