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December 8, 2021 | JW Marriott Atlanta Buckhead
December 8, 2021
JW Marriott Atlanta Buckhead
Get together with Atlanta'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:
Embedding D&A in business strategy and results
Reengineering decision-making across the business
Scaling a data-first culture
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CDAOs, for CDAOs.
James Bolles
Southern Company
Director, Enterprise Solutions COEs
Snorwlor “Sno” Bropleh
Habitat for Humanity
Global Director for Operations - Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter
Steve Einbender
The Home Depot
Senior Data Scientist, CyberSecurity Advanced Analytics
Dr. Vijay Gandapodi
Reynolds American
Global IT Head – Marketing Analytics and Data science.
Diwakar Goel
General Electric
VP – Global Chief Data Officer
Rajeev Kapur
Kimberly-Clark
Chief Data Officer
Sesha Madapoosi
NCR
Exec Director, Data & Analytics Products
Karthikeyan Ramasamy
Georgia- Pacific
Vice President - AI Product Development & Strategy
Kenneth Viciana
Fiserv
Director Information Risk Management
7:30am - 8:15am Registration & Breakfast
8:15am - 9:00am Keynote
Hosted by Starburst Data
Marc Hunt
Director of Data Services, Enterprise Analytics
Chick-fil-A
Brent Bradley
Sr. Principal Program Lead, Data Literacy
Chick-fil-A
A healthy focus on data is necessary for organizations hoping to re-engineer decision making to operate efficiently, while maximizing effectiveness. For Chick-fil-A, efficiency isn’t a new idea, but its focus on data and analytics is rapidly evolving as the company works to build and scale analytic capabilities that enable enterprise business strategies.
Join this session as Chick-fil-A’s Enterprise Analytics team shares how they’re:
9:00am - 9:15am Break
9:15am - 10:00am Breakout Session
Farukh Lakhani
Sr. Director Sales Analytics and Operations
Essilor of America
Over the last couple of years, the role of data has changed. To enterprise leaders, data is no longer just supportive, it’s an asset. To propel the business forward and remove digital business roadblocks, data and analytics leaders should set a robust data strategy to enable digital acceleration.
Join this session as Essilor of America's D&A leader, Farukh Lakhani, shares how they've:
9:15am - 10:00am Breakout Session
Hosted by BigID
Christopher Glover
Field CTO
BigID
James Bolles
Director, Enterprise Solutions COEs
Southern Company
Data and analytics leaders are forever under pressure to deliver increasing value from the data assets under their care. However, an increasing number of regulations limit their options to leverage data. Governance is necessary. Leaders who deftly weave compliance into their data management practices can change the perception of governance from rigid practice to strategic business enabler.
Join this session as BigID's Field CTO, Christopher Glover, shares strategies to:
9:15am - 10:00am Executive Boardroom
Hosted by Dataiku
Brent Lever
Regional VP, East
Dataiku
Jeff Afonso
SVP, Global Data Management
Elavon
Santosh Kudva
Chief Data Officer & CIO-Finance/HR
GE Gas Power
In the same way a nail is useless without a hammer, data resources cannot be optimized without a team that is eager to integrate those practices into their workflow. Leading the charge toward data literacy and maturity must incorporate a top-down approach that fosters teamwork and alignment.
Join your fellow CDOs to discuss:
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, Monica Podolsky / monica.podolsky@evanta.com
10:00am - 10:30am Networking Break
10:30am - 11:15am Breakout Session
Mark Jackson
Director of Business Intelligence
Piedmont Healthcare
Karthikeyan Ramasamy
Vice President - AI Product Development & Strategy
Georgia- Pacific
Karen Brandenburg Viera
Senior Vice President, Global Chief People Officer
Church's Chicken
Not only did the way of working change as a result of the pandemic; the talent landscape has never been more competitive. Data has quickly become a core competent in organizational decision-making for the future. To attract and retain quality candidates, organizations must create a culture that puts people first.
Join this panel discussion, as heads of Data and HR share ways to:
10:30am - 11:15am Executive Boardroom
Hosted by Collibra
Scott Schumacher
Architect Fellow
Collibra
Sylvester Morgan
Executive Director, Enterprise Data Management
Cummins
Governing data and analytics isn't a new practice, but the way leaders are thinking about it is changing. To enable a more agile organization centered around data, D&A leaders must adopt an adaptive governance strategy.
Join this roundtable discussion as CDOs discuss:
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, Monica Podolsky / monica.podolsky@evanta.com
10:30am - 11:15am Executive Boardroom
Gregory Brown
Vice President of the Global Advanced Technology Group
UPS
Sameer Vittal
Chief Engineer - Data Science/Analytics and Reliability
GE Power
It is rare you reach the finish line on a great business initiative without clearing a few hurdles along the way. Winning organizations see the obstacles coming and are ready to react, through smart deployment of predictive and prescriptive analytics. This peer-driven session explores improving business outcomes and getting your employees onboard with advanced analytics tools.
In this session you will discuss:
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, Monica Podolsky / monica.podolsky@evanta.com
11:15am - 11:25am Break
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Health & Safety Local Guidelines
Our host venue, JW Marriott Atlanta Buckhead, requires all guests to wear a mask in all public spaces. Masks will be provided for your convenience.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the JW Marriott Atlanta Buckhead at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 1-866-343-5747 . Please mention Atlanta CDO Executive Summit to ensure the appropriate room rate.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $214 USD (plus tax) is November 15, 2021.
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