IN-PERSON

Boston CDAO Executive Summit

June 5, 2019 | Hyatt Regency Boston

June 5, 2019
Hyatt Regency Boston

Collaborate with your peers

Get together with Boston's top CDAOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CDAOs today:

Adopting D&A strategies and operating models that deliver business value in volatile environments

Generating measurable economic benefits to the business from data assets and advanced analytics

Becoming a master change agent and driving data literacy across the enterprise

Boston CDAO Governing Body


The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CDAOs, for CDAOs.

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Michael Blumberg

Raytheon Company
IDS IT Chief Technologist

Matthew Maher

Raytheon
Manager, Advanced Analytics (DTI)

Sears Merritt

MassMutual
Head of Technology Strategy, Enterprise Architecture & Data Science

David Saul

State Street Corporation
SVP & Chief Scientist

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CDAO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.

Community Networking

Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Boston CDAO community.

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Evanta's Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Agenda


June 4, 2019

6:00pm - 8:30pm  Governing Body Welcome Reception

Data Trivia Night

Join your CDO peers and test your data literacy skills at our Data Trivia Night, presented by The Big Quiz Thing. Cement your data hero status and set the tone for what it means to be a data leader while networking with your peers.

11:40am - 12:50pm  Keynote

Solving for Enterprise Scale Analytics and Agile Data Operations

Buno Pati headshot

Buno Pati

CEO

Infoworks

With all the market hype on big data, organizations have taken their eye off the ball of the main goal, delivering analytics use cases to support decision making at the pace with which business is evolving. According to feedback from Evanta CDO boardroom sessions in 2018, business models are evolving more rapidly than ever before, and “agile data” is now clearly the priority, whether or not your data is “big.” 

In this keynote you'll hear:

  • Industry trends that are making organizations both more and less agile in their data operations
  • What approaches organizations are taking to become more agile with their data operations
  • How analytics agility is a cornerstone to digital transformation initiatives

12:50pm - 1:20pm  Networking Break

1:20pm - 2:10pm  Breakout Session

Supporting a Data-Driven Culture

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Michael McHugh

Head of Data Engineering & Analytics

Biogen

Paramount to making an enterprise more data-driven is influencing its organizational culture. Data and analytics leaders must show leadership, business acumen and demonstrate the value of data if they are to foster data-related cultural change.

In this session you’ll learn:

  • What ‘data and analytics spokes’ are needed for successful teams
  • Which attributes make for good IT stewards
  • How to shift the mindset of a company

1:20pm - 2:10pm  Breakout Session

Lead with Speed — Next Generation Data Architecture Strategies 

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Paul Wolmering

VP Worldwide Sales Engineering

Actian

Modern use cases such as the customer journey and hyper-personalization have blurred the boundaries between operational and analytics systems. Legacy operational databases and enterprise data warehouses find it really challenging to keep up with the demand.

In this session you’ll learn:

  • The needs for hybrid data to help scale, standardize and break silos
  • The key characteristics of an Agile data warehouse
  • The needs of the broader team to solve for hyper personalization requirements

1:20pm - 2:10pm  Executive Boardroom

Agile Data Makeover — Strategies for Data Operations and Data Engineering

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Bappa Roy

Enterprise Information Architect

TJX Companies

Srinivasan Sankar headshot

Srinivasan Sankar

Enterprise Data Leader

Hanover Insurance Company

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Buno Pati

CEO

Infoworks

Every enterprise understands the urgency of digital transformation and the central role that data plays in the process. In a world where analytics agility is a key competitive edge and big data expertise is scarce, data operations and data engineering challenges have intensified as digitization proliferates real-time flow of data across a multitude of platforms.

In this boardroom, you’ll discuss:

  • The pervasive data engineering demands for better flexibility within the enterprise
  • Different strategies for diverse data management and governance demands
  • Eliminating big data complexities on premise and in the cloud

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager Alison Topliff on 503-972-4452 or alison.topliff@evanta.com.

1:20pm - 2:10pm  Executive Boardroom

The Next Chapter in Data and Analytics Strategy

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Michael Blumberg

IDS IT Chief Technologist

Raytheon Company

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LaRue Brown

VP Worldwide Solutions Specialists, Data Intelligence

Altair

Organizations are looking to digitally transform and analytics is at the center of this trend. Prioritize the analytics changes you should address and how to prepare for them via training, hiring and gaining executive buy-in.

In this boardroom, you’ll discuss:

  • Creating the right objectives and team for success
  • How to establish trust in your data and the analysis it is used for
  • Which strategies to use to manage the diversity of data, users and outputs

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager Alison Topliff on 503-972-4452 or alison.topliff@evanta.com.

7:00am - 7:45am  Registration & Breakfast

8:30am - 9:00am  Networking Break

9:00am - 9:50am  Breakout Session

Scaling Automation to Build a Data Driven Enterprise

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Don Gray

Chief Data and Advanced Analytics Officer

S&P Global

Identifying business cases for automation requires CDOs to have a deep understanding of current AI technologies, their limitations and how these solve a clear objective for the business. Benefit from S&P Global on how they worked to create scalable use case for automation.

In this session you’ll learn:

  • Why having a clear automation objective is key
  • What communication strategies to use to scale automation
  • How to enable data scientists and retain top talent

9:00am - 9:50am  Breakout Session

Achieve 100% Analytics Adoption With a New Class of Enterprise Intelligence

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Phong Le

Senior EVP, COO & CFO

MicroStrategy

Despite having access to a wealth of data, enterprises still struggle to effectively deliver trusted insights to the entire workforce—preventing them from realizing the full value of their data investments. Overcoming this challenge takes pervasive adoption of trusted analytics.

This session will cover:

  • Mastering the next wave of Enterprise Intelligence with zero-click analytics
  • Empowering your workforce to get more from tools they use, every day
  • Using mobile productivity apps to impact every business role and function

9:00am - 9:50am  Executive Boardroom

Strategies for Tackling Defensive and Offensive Data Management

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Matt Pickering

Director, Consumer Analytics Technology

Converse

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Sue Habas

VP of Strategic Technologies

ASG Technologies, Inc.

How are data leaders applying best practices to the supply chain, empowering stakeholders to collaborate, and sharing trusted data throughout the organization? Learn how your peers are successfully automating data lineage and governance, creating transparency to build trust and accessibility, reducing 100 hours of time to find data elements down to minutes – all while staying compliant.  

In this boardroom you’ll discuss:

  • How to create a data management strategy with transparency and efficiency
  • What governance and organizational challenges are barriers to success
  • Why technology infrastructure and data governance is necessary

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager Alison Topliff on 503-972-4452 or alison.topliff@evanta.com.

9:50am - 10:20am  Networking Break

10:20am - 11:10am  Breakout Session

Data Monetization — Gaining and Maintaining A Competitive Edge

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Matt Griffiths

Vice President, Data-Driven Transformation

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Successful data monetization requires a collaborative approach that requires a clear definition of value and a methodical approach to use-case prioritization.

In this session you’ll learn:

  • How can today’s data-centric technologies support the data-driven revolution?
  • What does it mean to leverage data as a business asset?
  • How do you engage, define and mange a pipeline of opportunities in a large enterprise

10:20am - 11:10am  Executive Boardroom

Journey to the Intelligent Enterprise — A Data Leader's Roundtable

Srinivasan Sankar headshot

Srinivasan Sankar

Enterprise Data Leader

Hanover Insurance Company

Sebastien Lefebvre headshot

Sebastien Lefebvre

Senior Director Data Analytics & Decision Support

Alexion

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Phong Le

Senior EVP, COO & CFO

MicroStrategy

Enterprises aspire to maximize their return on investment from data, and to quickly take advantage of the latest innovations in analytics, mobility, cloud, and AI/machine learning. Yet too many organizations struggle with disparate data systems, inconsistent data, closed architectures, and tools that only empower a fraction of the workforce.

In this boardroom you'll discuss:

  • What industry leaders are doing to overcome these challenges and transform their businesses
  • How to apply the right tools and structure to balance counteractive forces, such as agility vs. governance
  • How to empower individuals and teams with access to those tools, while establishing a single version of truth

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager Alison Topliff on 503-972-4452 or alison.topliff@evanta.com.

10:20am - 11:10am  Executive Boardroom

Accelerating Efficiencies in Data Governance

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Andrew Jacobus

VP, Insights and Data Science

Virgin Pulse

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Ramesh Shurma

CEO and Founder

Orion Governance

CDOs and Data Governance professionals face mounting challenges in data governance as the sources, volume, and types of data continue to grow exponentially. Those who are successful focus on automation and deliver innovation faster with on-demand access to data and platforms that accelerate the application delivery lifecycle.

In this boardroom, you’ll discuss:

  • Which compliance aspects to focus on first
  • What new best practices that you should know and data science use cases
  • How to communicate effective data and analytics governance

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager Alison Topliff on 503-972-4452 or alison.topliff@evanta.com.

11:10am - 11:40am  Networking Break

7:45am - 8:30pm  Keynote

The Evolving and Future Role of the CDO

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Heidi Lanford

Vice President, Enterprise Data and Analytics

Red Hat Inc

While the CDO position has clearly arrived, the role of the CDO continues to evolve, with differing views of the mandate and organizational reporting structures. A growing percentage of CDO’s are moving from a defensive stance (regulatory and compliance reporting) to an offensive one (innovation, revenue generation). In this keynote you’ll discover:

  • How can you do ‘Shadow IT’ the right way
  • What methods to use to go from "order taker" to consultative solution provider and partner
  • Why data literacy matters and how to build it into your brand

2:10pm - 2:30pm  Networking Break

2:30pm - 3:20pm  Breakout Session

Developing a Data Strategy Framework

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Sene Sorrow

Director of Product Management, Data and Analytics

United Technologies Corporation

While the consulting standard of people, process and technology provides some classic pillars for implementing a data strategy, developing a data strategy in your organization is not necessarily so standard or intuitive.

In this session, you’ll learn:

  • How to use a general data strategy framework to build a data stack that supports multiple stakeholder needs
  • How this framework can be applied across all industries
  • Why enabling technologies are key components to success

2:30pm - 3:20pm  Breakout Session

Machine Learning — The New Language of Leadership

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Sears Merritt

Head of Technology Strategy, Enterprise Architecture & Data Science

MassMutual

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Dan Wulin

Head of Data Science and Machine Learning

Wayfair

Leading companies are using ML to power innovation across industries. In this session, learn how to build scalable ML solutions, as well as our services for computer vision, language, and analytics. Benefit from real-world use cases for enterprises to get more value from their data and to integrate and manage intelligent systems and processes.

In this interactive session you’ll discover:

  • How to separate the promise from the reality?
  • Which strategies balance risk and efficiency?
  • What talent is needed to get to the next level?

2:30pm - 3:20pm  Executive Boardroom

Practical Applications of AI to Enhance Data Quality

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Akhill Chopra

Director, B2B Insights & Analytics

Wayfair

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JJ Kardwell

Co-Founder and CEO

EverString

Lack of foundational data quality and risk management creates inefficiency in go-to-market and operational processes for B2B-focused companies. Learn how the most progressive data teams are leveraging new concepts in AI and machine learning to enhance what they're able to accomplish with their data.

In this boardroom, you’ll discuss:

  • Common challenges businesses face along their data journey
  • Tactics for using AI to improve foundational data quality
  • Examples of how companies are driving meaningful outcomes based on improved foundational data


3:20pm - 3:40pm  Networking Break

3:40pm - 4:20pm  Keynote

The Next Evolution of Data and Artificial Intelligence

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Dr. Hans Mumm

Author & Thought Leader

on Future of Artificial Intelligence

From the White House lawn to the battlefields overseas, to your backyard, autonomous systems and the data that feeds them are changing the world around us. Technology is changing the world faster than world leaders and governments can align policies, governance, and the rule of law to these new technologies. This presentation will discuss how autonomous systems will change your life and your business.

In this keynote you'll discover:

  • How CDOs can align with these changes from operations to communications?
  • Which security and data ethics parameters to start thinking about?
  • What's on the horizon for automation?

4:20pm - 5:00pm  Closing Reception & Prize Drawing

June 4, 2019

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alison.topliff@evanta.com