Boston CDO Community

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

Embedding D&A in business strategy and results
Reengineering decision-making across the business
Scaling a data-first culture

Boston CDO Governing Body

A regional Governing Body leads the Boston CDO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CDOs, for CDOs.

Co-Chairs

Mano Mannoochahr

The Travelers Companies Inc
SVP, Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Michael McHugh

Biogen
Head of Data Engineering & Analytics

Sears Merritt

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
Head of Data, Strategy & Architecture

John Pyhtila, Ph.D

Mass General Brigham
Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Members

Alex Aronov

Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Sr. Director and Head of Data Science

Himanshu Arora

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts Inc
Chief Data and Analytics Officer

Brian Baczyk

Conning
Managing Director, Chief Risk Officer

Leo Barella

Takeda
VP, Chief Technology Officer

Aurelie Bergugnat

Schneider Electric
Chief Data Officer

Michal Cenkl

MITRE
Director of Innovation and Technology

Mercè Crosas

Harvard College
Chief Data Science and Technology Officer, IQSS

Amanda Davis

Commonwealth Care Alliance
SVP, Business Intelligence

Julie Eiermann

HarbourVest
Managing Director & Chief Data Officer

Joshua Glastein

Berkshire Group
Chief Information and Technology Officer

Julie Greenway

Hasbro
Sr. Director IT Data Analytics

Matt Griffiths

Stanley Black & Decker
Vice President, Data-Driven Transformation

Eli Hauser

Dassault Systemes
Strategic Planning at Dassault Systemes

Tamir Hegazy

ENGIE NA
Chief Data Officer

Michelle Hoiseth

Parexel
Chief Data Officer, Corporate VP

Andrew Jacobus

Virgin Pulse
VP, Insights and Data Science

Tomek Kozdrowicz

Hologic
VP, IS Enterprise Architecture

Heidi Lanford

Red Hat
Vice President, Enterprise Data and Analytics

Sebastien Lefebvre

Alexion Pharmaceuticals
Senior Director - Data Sciences, Genomics and Bioinformatics

Vicki Lynch

Endurance International Group
Vice President, IT PMO and Data Governance

Brent Mahan

Keurig Dr Pepper
Director IT Analytics & Data Visualizations

Matthew Maher

Raytheon Technologies
Senior Manager, Advanced Analytics

Laura McElhinney

Horizon Media
Chief Data Officer

Jonathan McGee

Manulife
Global Head of Investment Analytics & Delivery

Matt Pickering

Converse Inc
Director, Consumer Data & Analytics Technology

Dan Power

State Street
Managing Director, Data Governance, Global Markets

Dave Ramos

Aetna Inc
Senior Director, Hybrid Cloud Data Platform Engineering

Kuldeep Rana

UMass Memorial Health Care
Principal Information Architect & Manager - I.S. Infrastructure

Srinivasan Sankar

Hanover Insurance Group
Enterprise Data Leader

Prakriteswar Santikary, Ph.D

ERT
Chief Data Officer

Garrett Sickles

Fidelity Investments
Vice President Data Governance and Insight Solutions, Institutional Asset Management Division

Niren Sirohi

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Head of Clinical Operations & Business Analytics

John Smits

Dell EMC
Vice President Digital Transformation

Meenakshi Solan

ModusLink
Director, Finance, Global Technology

Dan Wulin

Wayfair
Head of Data Science and Machine Learning

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HALLIBURTON

Upcoming Programs

Virtual Programs

November 4, 2021

Boston CDO Virtual Town Hall

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

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PAST PROGRAMS

Content from your CDO peers

PODCAST | SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The Next Big Question, Episode 20

Chief Cybersecurity Officer Kurt John of Siemens USA joins the podcast to discuss how to manage the noise in your organization’s crowded technology ecosystem. Kurt explains how digitalization, speed to market, and a plethora of products are contributing to that noise and how to manage risk in this environment.

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BLOG | SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

CDO Survey: Making the Leap from Strategy to Execution

CDOs and their teams have an intimate understanding of data’s strategic potential, but 60% of data leaders in our communities tell us they struggle with execution. Explore 3 features of organizations that are succeeding along the journey from strategy to execution.

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PODCAST | AUGUST 2, 2021

The Next Big Question, Episode 19

CIO Piyush Chowhan of Lulu International discusses turning his passion for customer experience into value for the enterprise. Piyush shares how to break down the silos between technology and digital business strategy and how to optimize organizational processes and workforce skills to meet the customers’ needs.