The most influential people in data and AI

The most influential people in data and AI

The most influential
people in data and AI

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Elyas Achkar
SVP and Head of AI and General Manager, GIA
Globalizations Partners
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Manish Agarwal
Vice President, Data & Analytics
Skechers
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Yuri Aguiar
SVP, Chief Technology Officer
Tokio Marine North America Services
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Katya Andresen
Chief Digital & Analytics Officer
The Cigna Group
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Judith Apshago
Chief Digital Officer
Amtrak
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Caroline Arnold
EVP, Chief Data Officer & CIO
State Street
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Ramnik Bajaj
Chief Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence Officer
USAA
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Paul Ballew
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
The National Football League
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Wendy Batchelder
Senior Vice President & Chief Data Officer
Centene Corporation
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Anu Bedi
VP Measurement, Insights, Data and Analytics
LinkedIn
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Franziska Bell
Chief AI, Data and Analytics Officer
Ford Motor Company
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Karen Bernhard
Chief Data Officer
Citi
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Kristen Bessette
Chief Data Officer
Zurich US
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Saba Beyene
Vice President of Customer Intelligence
American Airlines
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Ido Biger
CIO & CDO
Delek US Holdings
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Mark Birkhead
Managing Director and Firmwide Chief Data Officer
JPMorgan Chase
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Michelle Boston
Chief Information Officer
Bank of America
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Goutham Budati
VP, Data Strategy and Insights
The Farmer's Dog
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Ashok Chennuru
Chief Data & Digital AI Transformation Officer
Elevance Health
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Krishna Cheriath
VP, Head of Digital and AI (CDAIO), Biopharma Services
ThermoFisher Scientific
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Danielle Conklin
SVP, Portfolio Technology & Innovations
Blackstone
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Ursula Cottone
Chief Data and Architecture Officer
Huntington Bank
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Ranju Das
Chief AI & Technology Officer
Lululemon
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Abhishek Dasoar
Director, Advanced Analytics
Airbnb
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Ash Dhupar
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Analog Devices Inc
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Chandra Donelson
Chief Data and AI Officer
United States Space Force
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Brian Dummann
VP, IT & Chief Data Officer
AstraZeneca
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Patrick Duroseau
Chief Data AI Officer
Under Armour Inc
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Ronke Ekwensi
Global Chief Data Officer
Applied Materials
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Meaghan Ferrigno
Senior Vice President, CFO & CDAO
Destination Canada
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Richard Floyd
Chief Data & AI Officer
City National Bank
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Andrew Foster
Chief Data Officer
M&T Bank
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Chaitanya Garikapati
Head of Data & Analytics
MARS Petcare
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Luke Gee
Chief Analytics & AI Officer
TD Bank Group
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Chris Gifford
Chief Data Officer
American Express
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Ankit Goel
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
KeyBank
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Venkat Gopalan
Chief Digital, Data & Technology Officer
Belcorp
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Jonathan Hay
SVP, Business Strategy & Analytics
Boston Red Sox
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Justin Heller
Chief Data Officer
Synchrony Financial
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Tom Henry
Chief Data and Deputy Chief Information Officer
Schnucks
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Meenal Iyer
VP, Data
Surveymonkey
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Remzil Jacob
CDO - Americas and US Consumer Bank
Barclays
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Aravind “Jag” Jagannathan
Senior Vice Present, Single-Family Chief Data Officer
Freddie Mac
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Deepak Jose
Vice President of Data and Decision Intelligence
Niagara Bottling
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Olivia Kew
Chief Data Officer
Vanderbilt University
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Director of Business Intelligence & Advanced Analytics
Director of Business Intelligence & Advanced Analytics
UPS
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Sonia Khosla
SVP, Chief Data & AI Officer
Globe Life
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Rajiv Kolagani
CDAIO
Lurie Children's Hospital
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Anu Krishnan
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Chevron
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Richard Leaton
Vice President - Data, Analytics, and AI
Novelis
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Amy Lenander
Chief Data Officer
Capital One
JC Lionti
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JC Lionti
Chief Data Officer
Mizuho Americas
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Xingchu Liu
Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Commercial
Genentech
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Emily Lyons
Chief Enterprise Data & Data Science Officer
Liberty Mutual Insurance
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Bryce Macher
VP, AI Engineering
FanDuel
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Sandeep Mahajan
Director, Data Science
Walmart
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Wei Manfredi
SVP, AI & Architecture
IHG Hotels and Resorts
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Randy Mangelsen
Co-Head of Investment Analytics
Allspring Global Investments
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Andy Markus
Chief Data Officer
AT&T
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Tifani McCann
VP, Data & Analytics
Otsuka Pharmaceutical
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Shivanku Misra
Vice President, Advanced Analytics & AI
McKesson
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Zee Moradi
Chief Data Officer Americas
UBS
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Deval Motka
Chief Data Officer
Genesco Inc.
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Joern Mumme
AVP Data Science & Machine Learning
Hyatt
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Chas Murphy
Senior Vice President, Data & Analytics, DTC
The Walt Disney Company
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Joshua Paul Nafman
VP, Data
Diageo
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Chandhu Nair
Senior Vice President, Stores, Data, Artificial Intelligence and Innovation
Lowe's
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Christy O'Gaughan
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Abbvie
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Dr Paul Pallath
Chief Data & AI Officer
GoFundMe
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Amit Patel
Chief Data Officer - Wholesale Bank
Truist
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Bhagyesh Phanse
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Starbucks Coffee Company
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Hannah Poferl
Chief Data Officer
Universal Music Group
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Sushma Punuru
EVP, Chief Data Officer
Global Payments
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Bharathi Rajan
Vice President - Data, AI & Digital
Swire Coca-Cola, USA
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Vijay Rajandram
Chief Data Officer
Northern Trust Asset Management
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Harish Rao
VP, Global Data and Analytics
Costco
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Gaurav Rastogi
Senior Director - Enterprise Data Analytics and Business Intelligence
Hertz Corporation
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Deep Ratna Srivastav
Chief AI Officer
Franklin Templeton Investments
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Andrew Reiskind
Chief Data Officer
Mastercard
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Jane Rheem
Chief Data & AI Officer
Sidley Austin LLP
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Scott Richardson
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
First Citizens Bank
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John Rogers
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Cotality
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Christopher Satchell
Managing Director Digital & Technology
CD&R
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Diana Schildhouse
EVP, Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Colgate-Palmolive
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Fernando Schwartz
Chief AI Officer
Claritev
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Abhi Seth
Chief Enterprise AI & Data Officer
Boeing Company
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Anand Shenoy
Global Chief Data Officer
Mars
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Gagandeep Singh Chahal
Vice President, Data & Analytics
Regions Bank
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Kumar Singirikonda
Director of DevOps Engineering
Toyota
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Ganesh Sivakumar
Global Chief Data, Analytics & AI Officer
Mead Johnson Nutrition
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Vikram Somaya
CDAO - Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Kenvue
Tarun Sood
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Tarun Sood
Chief Data and AI Officer
American Century Investments
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Rajesh Sura
Head of Data Engineering and Analytics
Amazon
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Ryan Swann
Chief Data Analytics Officer
Vanguard
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Vishal Talwar
Executive Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer; President of FedEx Dataworks
FedEx Corporation
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Kendell Timmers
SVP, Data Analysis, Science, and Insight
CNN
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Mike Vaughan
Chief Data Officer
Brown & Brown
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Amin Venjara
Chief Data Officer
ADP
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Jim Young
Global Chief Data Officer
American International Group (AIG)
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Robert Yue
VP, Data Intelligence
AARP Services Inc.