Dallas CDAO Community
Executive Summit

The intelligent enterprise is the ultimate data-driven organization. It harnesses traditionally counteractive forces – agility and governance, convenience and security, ease of use and enterprise functionality – to go beyond business intelligence and deliver transformative insights to every user, constituent and partner. Today, every forward leaning company is racing to become an intelligent enterprise. Why? Because organizations that build this intelligent edge over competitors will be the dominant force of tomorrow.

In this keynote, you’ll hear:

• How to map out your organization into an intelligent enterprise
• Best practices to build Data Analytics throughout the organization
• Ecosystem solutions to help manage data securely but remain agile

There is an ever-increasing need for data professionals with the depth and breadth of experience necessary to add immediate value in today’s data-driven organizations. In this session we’ll approach the issue from several angles; collegiate advancements, external recruitment, and internal cultivation.

• Hear how a local college is preparing graduates with real-world data visualization prior to graduation
• Participate in an open dialogue about methods for recruiting top talent
• Learn how other data leaders are spearheading internal conferences to promote data education and cultivate internal data professionals

A robust data architecture is the foundation needed to accelerate business initiatives. Hear how Bell Helicopter redesigned their data architecture in-house to increase democratization and empower their teams to make more data driven decisions.

In this session, you’ll discover:

• Key indicators that data architecture updates are on the horizon
• Methods used to build consensus and gather input
• How to get executive consensus on novel solutions through storytelling

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 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 CDOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Lucy Putnam at 971-222-2398 or lucy.putnam@evanta.com. 

Today’s leaders rely on data-driven insights to guide their business decisions and improve performance. With real-time data flowing in from multitude platforms, data leaders require solutions that allow them to remain focused on business objectives. Learn how to overcome infrastructure challenges and uncover hidden insights within your data through this interactive session. In this boardroom, you’ll discuss:

• Modernizing data center infrastructures
• Curating quality data from disparate sources
• Reducing ingestion complexities to allow onboarding data at scale

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 CDOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Lucy Putnam at 971-222-2398 or lucy.putnam@evanta.com. 

From data in motion to data at rest, Mastercard's security standards exceed industry requirements. By offering data security consultation services to its partners, Mastercard is monetizing their expertise to generate additional revenue and improve security across the industry. 

In this session, you’ll learn:

• How intelligent data management extends beyond traditional security measures
• Best practices to further protect your clients’ sensitive information
• Strategies for customizing the classification of your data

Effective data analysis requires quality information in order to meet the business’ need for relevant insights. Whether you’re working on defensive or offensive data strategies, discover how to systematically approach cleaning up data bloat to accelerate new business directives.

In this interactive session, you’ll discuss:

• Methods for maintaining data quality and consistency from disparate sources
• Breaking down data silos and using data holistically across the organization
• Connecting business to data with tools including data lineage and catalogs

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 CDOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Lucy Putnam at 971-222-2398 or lucy.putnam@evanta.com. 

In omni-channel environments, organizations need the ability to gather and manage different types of data and perform advanced analytics to keep up with the pace of change, competition, and commoditization. 

In this session you’ll learn:

• Key business and data challenges in a retail environment
• Approaches that utilize process and technology to help address these challenges
• Consolidating and connecting data to enable advanced analytics and automated insights

In the era of the AI economy, businesses small and large are considering how to take advantage of data and AI to drive better customer experiences, operational efficiencies, and revenue growth. Hear from Kim Keating on the operating principles and considerations for successfully applying and scaling AI within your organization to unleash the true potential of AI.

In this keynote session you’ll learn:

• Understanding and embracing disruption
• The truth of AI hype vs reality
• Organizational design to apply and scale AI