San Francisco CDAO Virtual Executive Summit
December 10, 2020 | 8:00am - 12:30pm PST
December 10, 2020 | 8:00am - 12:30pm PST
Collaborate with your peers
Come together with your peers virtually to tackle top business challenges through peer-driven content and discussions at the San Francisco CDAO Virtual Executive Summit.
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
Data governance, stewardship and quality as drivers of insight and action
Governing Body Co-Chairs
Fawad Butt
UnitedHealth Group
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Stephen Harris
VMware
Former Chief Data & Analytics Officer
JuneAn Lanigan
Western Digital Corporation
Global Head of Enterprise Data Management
Diana Wolcott
Experian Health
SVP, Data Science
What to Expect
Connect with your CDAO community through a variety of different session formats at the upcoming Virtual Executive Summit. You'll have the opportunity to listen, engage and create lasting relationships with like-minded peers.
Agenda
December 10, 2020
11:00am - 12:00pm PST Executive Boardroom
AI and ML for Improved Customer Experience and Ethical Data Usage
Anand Sahasram
CDO
Dodge & Cox
Brady Cole
Chief Data Officer
Bank of the West
2020 has turned predictive models on their heads. Machine learning tools are more important than ever, as they are increasingly embedded in customer analytics and digital experience platforms. Learn from your peers about how they are using new technologies to improve these customer experiences in the new era.
In this session we’ll discuss:
Use cases for augmented analytics, segmentation, personalization
Benefits from these technologies and how to measure their success
Personalization and privacy issues to avoid along your AI/ML journey
11:00am - 12:00pm PST Executive Boardroom
Is Your Technology Getting the Most Out of Your Strategy?
Hosted by DataStax
Bryan Kirschner
Vice President, Strategy
DataStax
JuneAn Lanigan
Global Head of Enterprise Data Management
Western Digital Corporation
Technology itself is not a strategy, but maximizing the right technology makes a strong strategy successful. Getting there requires excellent data for decision-making, actionable metrics for benchmarking and AI-enrichment of quality information to take the next step. In this session, CDOs will dive into the ways that data-driven enterprises leverage tech better to come out on top.
Join this boardroom to discuss:
- Data scalability, data portability and AI-ready infrastructure
- The right tools to enhance your digital-consumer strategy
- Benchmarking tools and processes
12:00pm - 12:30pm PST Networking
Q&A with Stephen Harris
Stephen Harris
Former Chief Data & Analytics Officer
VMware
Join this informal and interactive networking session to connect with your San Francisco CDO peers. In this session, the San Francisco community will have the chance to share their takeaways from the program in small groups and walk away with at least one new connection.
8:00am - 8:45am PST Keynote
Driving Digital Transformation Faster With X Analytics
Hosted by Starburst Data
Justin Borgman
CEO
Starburst Data
Ivan Black
Director - Big Data Platforms
FINRA
Leaders need faster access to new data to better understand their evolving business and accelerate digital transformation. The COVID-19 pandemic has made historical data obsolete, and many organizations are experiencing a data deficit where their models were trained to recognize behavior patterns that no longer exist. The path forward lies in giving analytics teams fast access to all data, no matter the source, to find new patterns and retrain models. Gartner calls this X Analytics, the ability to improve decision-making with faster access to newer data sources, thus uncovering new behavioral patterns. This will address the loss of the great data science work that's been done, and help get machine learning models focused on the right data.
This keynote will explore:
Pain points associated with delays in digital transformation projects
How X Analytics addresses these, with examples across industries
Strategies for building an X Analytics architecture that fills data, technical and organizational gaps
8:45am - 9:00am PST Break
9:00am - 10:00am PST Executive Boardroom
Optimizing Advanced Analytics to Overcome Business Obstacles
Hosted by OmniSci
Aaron Williams
VP Marketing
OmniSci
Kshitij Kumar
Chief Data Officer
Farfetch
Azadeh Moghtaderi
Head of Data Science
Ancestry.com
To unleash the full potential of data and analytics, organizations must understand the objectives, techniques, and limitations of their data. Where is your organization on the advanced analytics maturity continuum?
Join this session to discuss strategies for:
Developing an organizational plan for execution on insights to optimize the current environment and understand your customer
Effective uses of advanced analytics to achieve a better bottom-line
Best practices for removing the fear surrounding AI and emerging technology
9:00am - 10:00am PST Executive Boardroom
Data Management for the Future
Hosted by BigID
Peggy Tsai
Vice President - Analytics & Data
BigID
Sonu Kansal
Head of Data and Ads
Entercom Communications Corp
Harinder Singh
Director, Data Strategy & Governance
Workday
A data-driven organization requires incorporating AI/ML into their data discovery, governance, and data insight practices — or risk losing their competitive advantage. To generate value at the speed business demands, CDOs must adopt a flexible model that can thrive in all business scenarios; but how can data leaders solve for this while ensuring data is properly managed without impacting productivity or the customer journey?
In this session, you and your peers will discuss:
Adaptable strategies to solve for evolving data management and governance demands
AI/ML opportunities for advanced analytics and discovery capabilities
Strategies for incorporating a privacy-aware program to realign corporate behavior with consumer expectations
10:00am - 10:45am PST Keynote
Strategies for the Future - Data Analytics Driving Business Outcomes
Hosted by Informatica
Graeme Thompson
SVP and Chief Information Officer
Informatica
Cara Dailey
Chief Data Officer
Silicon Valley Bank
Susan Wilson
VP Data Governance Segment Leader
Informatica
Data and analytics leaders possess the tools and resources to empower the business to navigate uncertain conditions, plan for recovery, and tap new revenue streams for economic growth. Join this keynote session to hear a panel of data leaders discuss how they are weaving a data-driven culture into the fabric of the business and driving the enterprise forward.
- Best practices for aligning data strategy with business objectives and outcomes
- Managing the human element and changing needs and usage of data
- Promoting an innovative data driven culture
10:45am - 11:00am PST Break
December 10, 2020
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