San Francisco CDAO Community

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

Structuring Data Governance to Improve the Digital Enterprise
Fostering a Culture of Data Literacy and Analytics-Based Decision Making
Data Sharing — Driving Business Value Through Access & Collaboration

San Francisco CDAO Governing Body

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

Co-Chairs

Patrick Bangert

Samsung SDS
VP & Head of Artificial Intelligence

Shadaab Kanwal

Charles Schwab
MD - Digital, Data, and Analytics

Christopher Paskins

Solidigm
Director of Enterprise Data Governance

Members

Raghu Achar

Exelixis
Executive Director, Pharma Supply Chain, Manufacturing & G&A

Ashwin Aravindakshan

University of California - Davis
Associate Professor & Director, Masters of Science in Business Analytics

Hernán Asorey

Microsoft Corporation
Chief Data Officer, Worldwide Commercial Software Engineering

Ramnik Bajaj

USAA
Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Aparna Banerjee

Roche
Head Global Data & Analytics Operations

Sonali Bhagwat

Adobe
Senior Director, Data Governance

Clinton Cohagan

Department of Energy - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Chief Enterprise Information Architect

Brady Cole

Bank of the West
Chief Data Officer

Aaron Crews

UnitedLex
Chief Product and Innovation Officer

Cara Dailey

LPL Financial
Chief Data Officer

Chitrang Dave

Medtronic
IT Director - Data, Analytics, and Business Intelligence

Mike DeCesaris

Cornerstone Research
Vice President, Data Science

June Dershewitz

Amazon
Head of Data Strategy - Amazon Music

Mark Dunning

Square
VP Analytics, Data Science, & Business Operations

Shanthi Iyer

DocuSign
CIO

Meenal Iyer

Momentive.ai
VP of Data

Romit Jadhwani

Pinterest
Product Head, Data and Business Intelligence

Gaurav Jindal

Cricut
Head of Data

Srujana Kaddevarmuth

Walmart
Sr. Director, Data & Machine Learning Center of Excellence (COE)

Zoher Karu

Blue Shield of California
Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Manesh Kitanhoth

Willis Towers Watson
Sr. Director, Data and Analytics

Vijay Kotu

ServiceNow
SVP of Analytics

Sudeep Kumar

Ciena
Global Head of Enterprise Data and Analytics

Adam Leary

Paramount Streaming
VP ML Engineering & Personalization

Michelle Littlefield

City and County of San Francisco, CA
Chief Data Officer

Manjula Mahajan

Model N
Head of IT

Sharad Mathur

Zoom Video Communications
Global Head of Data & Analytics

Azadeh Moghtaderi

Ancestry.com
VP of Data Science & Analytics

Cindy Muscio

Sunbit
Head of Data

William Neil

First Republic Bank
VP Client Data and Data Architecture

Brad Pflum

Course Hero
Head of Analytics & Data Science

Vinay Reddy Ravoola

Elavon
SVP, Data & Analytics

James Reimann

Genentech
VP, Global Head of Data Strategy & Delivery in Product Development

Anand Sahasram

Dodge & Cox
CDO

Barkha Saxena

Poshmark
Chief Data Officer

Amit Sethi

New Relic
VP, Data Technology & Engineering

Harinder Singh

Albertsons Companies
VP Data Management and Governance

Qinghua Song

Kite Pharma
Head of Data and Statistical Science

Deep Ratna Srivastav

Franklin Templeton
Global Head of AI &Digital Transformation

Ashok Srivastava

Intuit
Chief Data Officer

Vinesh Sukumar

Qualcomm
Head of AI Product

Hemang Timbadia

Apple
Global Head of Payments Data Engineering & Analytics

Sandeep Uttamchandani

Intuit
VP of Data & Analytics

Tara Vaishnav

General Mills
VP, Tech Strategy, Innovation, & Architecture

Jeremy Welland

Gusto
CDO

“I think the greatest value of the Evanta community is how it has stayed true to the idea of 'by CDAOs, for CDAOs'.”

KAPIL NARANG, CHIEF DATA AND ANALYTICS OFFICER
AMERIPRISE BANK

“The value of the Evanta community is the community. It's this collective knowledge of folks from different backgrounds, and the more we come together and share this knowledge, it is highly valuable.”

KRISTINA CHAMBERS, CHIEF DATA & ANALYTICS OFFICER
TTX

"Every one of us has unique experiences shaped by our abilities, companies and industries. Every time I meet someone at an Evanta function, I learn something new that I can leverage in my own job.”

LEE FULMER, GLOBAL HEAD OF INNOVATION, CHIEF DATA OFFICER
UBS INC.

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Upcoming Programs

VIRTUAL

July 26, 2023 | 1 hour

San Francisco CDAO Town Hall

An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.

November 10, 2023 | 1 day

San Francisco CDAO Executive Summit

55 Parc

Walk away from this peer-led program with new connections and with actionable insights.

Content from your CDAO peers

BLOG | MAY 15, 2023

Top 5 Priorities for C-Suite Executives in 2023

Each year, we survey C-level executives across our communities to ask their top priorities for the year. The Leadership Perspective Survey gives us the opportunity to compare enterprise-wide priorities across different roles in the C-suite. Read what more than 3,000 executives told us they are focusing on in 2023.

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BLOG | MAY 8, 2023

7 Highlights at Upcoming CDAO Executive Summits

Amid budget cuts from market volatility and disruption from generative AI, we’re committed to building agendas that tackle topics CDAOs are prioritizing. Here’s an inside look at seven highly anticipated sessions and speakers we are hosting at CDAO Executive Summits this Spring.