Houston CDAO Community

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Join a powerful network of C-level peers

Connect with a local community of like-minded peers who share similar challenges and priorities. Access the collective expertise of CDAOs from diverse experiences, backgrounds and industries. Members of the community come together several times a year to connect with each other, exchange ideas and best practices, and validate strategies and solutions.

Join your local community for exclusive access to:

Programs
  • Participate in year-round gatherings both in person and virtually with your local peer group
  • Engage in unparalleled collaboration through in-depth discussions on the most critical and relevant issues
  • Network with like-minded peers facing the same challenges as you
Insights
  • Exchange ideas, strategies and solutions validated by peers
  • Gain exclusive access to community insights, including best practices and survey results, to benchmark your organization with others
  • Learn how other leaders approached their challenges by leveraging peer-recommended partners
Connections
  • Make new connections through facilitated networking opportunities, including curated 1:1 peer meetings
  • Grow and enhance your career through an exclusive network and mentorship
  • Build lasting relationships and stay connected with peers and colleagues

Houston CDAO Governing Body


A regional Governing Body leads the Houston CDAO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CDAOs, for CDAOs.

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Navin Advani

Sysco
VP, Global Supply Chain, Enterprise Applications & Innovation

Vincent Cen

Direct Energy
Head of Digital Usage & Data Analytics

Partha Chatterjee

Shell USA
Principal, Data Analysis

Sarah Karthigan

Chevron
GM, Data & Insights, Strategy & Innovation

Raphael Louvrier

City of Houston, TX
Enterprise Data Officer

Arun Narayanan

RES Group
Chief Executive Officer, Digital Solutions

Quang Ton

SLB
Head of Business Intelligence

Hema Yalamanchi

The Kraft Heinz Company
Global CDO

Governing Body Members

Adil Ahmed

Bristow Group
Chief Data Scientist & Director, Knowledge Management

Christopher Barringer

Mesquite Energy, Inc.
VP, Information Technology

Dave Bhattacharjee

Farm Credit Bank of Texas
SVP/Chief Data Officer

Antonio Carbajal

iHeartMedia
VP, Data Science

Jeremy Eade

BP Americas
Manager, Data & AI Technology

Laura Gardner

TechnipFMC
VP, Software Services

Devshree Golecha

TDECU-Your Credit Union
Vice President of Data, Analytics and Data Governance

Frank Hayden

Calpine
VP, Trading Compliance

Shannon Hughes

ExxonMobil
Enterprise Data Architecture Manager

Summer Husband

Worley
SVP, Data & AI

Ankur Jain

Whole Foods Market
VP & Head of AI, Data, Analytics & Science, Amazon Worldwide Grocery Stores

Sam Jain

American Century Investments
Head of Data Science & Machine Learning

Ram Karnati

Synchrony Financial
VP, Data Provisioning

Anu Krishnan

Shell USA
Head of Information, Data & Analytics

Majid Latif

Sysco
Global Head of Data Science

Chuck Layton

San Jacinto College
Chief Data Management Officer

Justin Lo

Chevron
Technical Manager, Enterprise AI Engineering

Anissa Lyvers

American Bureau of Shipping
VP, Data & Analytics

Greg Nelson

Kelsey-Seybold
Senior Director, Analytics

Hari Perugu

The Hartford
Assistant VP, Application & Data Transformation

Jun Qian

Gulf States Toyota
Director, Data Science & Analytics

Chandra Radhakrishnan

Sunbelt Rentals
VP, Data & Analytics

Dheepa Raju

CITGO Petroleum
Enterprise Data Analytics Lead

Mustafa Rizvi

ConocoPhillips
Head of Data Management & Architecture

Mario Rojas

University Lands
VP, Business Intelligence & IT Services

Kunal Sharma

Archrock
Head of Data Engineering & Analytics

Erik Tennison

AIG
Associate Information Officer

Boyan Vukichevich

Shaw Group
Senior Director, IT


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

  1. Focusing on Foundations for AI Readiness
  2. Establishing Measurable Value and Proving ROI
  3. Driving Culture Change to Elevate Data and Analytics Initiatives

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