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Aravind Jagannathan
Freddie Mac
SVP, Single-Family Chief Data Officer
Peter Maynard
Guardian Life Insurance
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Department of Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration
Chief Data Officer
University of Virginia
Chief Digital, Data and Analytics Officer, Darden School of Business
Fannie Mae
Chief Data Officer
Perdue Farms
Head of Data & Analytics (CDO)
US Navy
Chief Data Officer - Naval Personnel
KBR, Inc.
Deputy Chief Data Officer for TRMC
MedStar Health
Head of Analytics
United States National Guard
Chief Data Officer
USDA - Forest Service
Mission Area Chief Data Officer
Cisco Systems
CTO
Westinghouse Electric Co
Director of Data Integration and Analytics
Credit Suisse
Vice President - Head of Cloud Platform, Data Engineering, Data Science & ML/AI
T Rowe Price Group Inc
Chief Data Officer
City of Virginia Beach
Chief Data Officer
Fortune Brands Innovations
Head of AI
State of Maryland
State Chief Data Officer
AmeriCorps
Chief Data Officer
KeyBank
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
TD Ameritrade
Head, Executive Product Owner and Data Strategy, AMCB Data as a Service (DaaS)
Intel
Chief Data Scientist, Americas
Medtronic
Head Data & Analytics
HP Inc.
Chief Data and Analytics Officer
Clark Construction Group
Head of Data & Analytics
SAIC
Chief Data Officer
Federal Communications Commission
CDO, Enforcement Bureau
McKesson
Global VP & Head of Advanced Analytics, Data Science and AI
Leidos
Chief Data Officer
Leidos
VP Data Strategy & Transformation
Republic Services
VP, Head of Data Science AI/ML and Enterprise Analytics
Commonwealth of Virginia
Chief Data Officer
Rutgers University
AVP, Chief Data Officer
Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
Managing Director, Enterprise Data & Corporate Technology
Equifax
Chief Data & Analtyics Officer
WellStar Health System
Head of Data Science & AI
Department of State
Chief Data Officer, Office of Foreign Assistance
Pilot Flying J
SVP, Chief Data and AI Officer
Gannett
VP, Head of Enterprise Data Science & Analytics
Office of Personnel Management
Chief Information, Technology and Analytics Officer
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