Atlanta CDAO Virtual Executive Summit

Gartner Research Board has identified that Data & Analytics executives are beginning to embrace the product management discipline at scale. This session, led by Mario Faria from Gartner, will cover the 2020 state of the CDO market and the trends observed for successful D&A leaders in what Gartner Research Board defines as CDO 4.0, while Tamer Soliman of Assurant and Farouk Ferchichi from USAA will share their journeys.

Business leaders struggle with immature data environments and cultural obstacles when shifting to a data-driven organization. Learn how your peers are automating the foundation of trusted data to deliver business value and enable compliance, data privacy and modernization efforts through AI and Machine Learning.

In this boardroom we will discuss:

• Overcoming cultural challenges that inhibit enterprise data transformation
• Building on strong foundational elements to support innovation and disruption
• Measuring and delivering ROI through automated tooling

CDOs are capturing more data than ever before, using it to train advanced machine learning models and embedding those models in cloud applications to augment the intelligence of employees and customers. The large and rapidly expanding volume of new data requires expansive storage and agile analytical processes which only cloud technologies can make operationally efficient and economically viable. 

In this boardroom, you will discuss: 

• Mitigating risks prior to practical deployment of cloud technologies

• Evaluating the challenges of migrating application infrastructure from on-prem to cloud 

• Strengths and weaknesses of ML applications running in the cloud

Leaders need faster access to new data to better understand evolving business needs and to accelerate digital transformation. COVID-19 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 X Analytics and the ability to improve decision-making with faster access to newer data sources and patterns, uncovering new behavioral patterns and helping ML models refocus 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

Visualizing data in an easy to understand and compelling way is critical to communicating value and ensuring stakeholders understand insights and how to act on them. Yet data and analytics teams continue to struggle with delivering relevant, consumable insights for actionable take-aways.

Join this session to discuss:

• Tailoring visualizations for key stakeholder consumption
• Addressing the challenges associated with interpreting data for a persuasive narrative to take advantage of established storytelling principles
• Translating data and analytics into contextual patterns, trends, and easy-to-spot anomalies to drive informed decision-making

Data literacy is essential for employing self-service analytics, yet many organizations continue to suffer from a lack of strategic prioritization.  Learn approaches on how to successfully improve data literacy and self-service analytics throughout your organization.

In this session you will explore strategies for: 

• Optimizing business data literacy to achieve an empowered analytics-driven culture

• Expanding data and analytics core competencies to increase self-service capabilities

• Providing quality data in an agile manner that accelerates value delivery

Join this interactive networking session for an informal Q&A with Ken Viciana from Fiserv connect with your Atlanta CDO peers. In this session, the Atlanta community will have the chance to share their takeaways from the program in small groups and walk away with at least one new connection.