Chicago CDO Community

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CDOs 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

Chicago CDO Governing Body

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

Co-Chairs

Jorge Balestra

The Kraft Heinz Company
Global Head Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) and Platforms

Kristina Chambers

TTX
Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Shamsa Jafri

Wells Fargo
Analytics Executive, Head of Channel Marketing Science

Scott Kaufman

Baker Tilly
Chief Analytics and Data officer

Aditya Kaushal

Walgreens Boots Alliance
Senior Director, Data Architecture & Data Platform

Madhav Madaboosi

bp
Head of Digital Transformation, Future Midstream & Strategy

Prasannal Nithyanandam

Volkswagen Group of America
Head of Data and Advanced Analytics

Nalini Polavarapu

Bayer Corporation
Vice President - Enterprise Analytics and Data Science

Sid Raina

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
Divisional VP Data and Analytics

Kevin Salzmann

NXT Capital, LLC
Senior Director, Business Analytics

Members

Naveed Asem

Wex
Head of Data & Analytics

Andy Ashta

Citigroup
Head of Enterprise Data Modeling and Engineering

Michael Baker

Chamberlain Group
VP, Advanced Analytics

Michael Baraz

Walgreens Boots Alliance
Head of Global Finance Data Office

Mary Basani

Rotary International
Director of Digital Product Delivery & Analytics

Wendy Batchelder

Salesforce
SVP of Global Data Governance & Chief Data Officer of Trust

Abhijit Bhatwadekar

PPL
Head of Data & Analytics

Kalyani Boddupalli

Molex
Director, Digital Services and Analytics

Christopher Boone

Abbvie
Vice President, Global Head Health Economics and Outcomes Research

James Boudreault

CME Group
Global Head of Data Science

Ashley Brinegar

Titanium Metals Corporation
Chief Data Officer

Shailaja Chathurvedula

Littelfuse
Director Data, Analytics and Digital Innovation

Vishal Chawla

Kemper Corporation
Enterprise Data Leader

Madhava Chundru

Synchrony Financial
VP, Senior Product Engineering Leader

Peter Chung

Wolters Kluwer
Director Business Intelligence

Spencer Collins

NorthShore University HealthSystem
AVP Health Information Technology

Brett Collins

Navistar
Director Data Science

Joe DeCosmo

Enova
Chief Analytics Officer

Farouk Ferchichi

Envestnet
Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Don Fleschut

Ryerson
Chief Data Officer

Ravi Ginjupalli

Plante Moran
Head of Digital Solutions & Data Analytics

Mani Gunasekaran

KeHE Distributors
VP of Product Engineering

John Hassman

Abbvie
Analytics Leader

David Hirschfeld

Marsh McLennan
Chief Data Officer

Rajeeve Kaul

McDonald's
Corp Vice President- Global Pricing Officer

Matthew Kelly

Northern Trust Asset Management
SVP, Digital & Automation

Jawad Khan

Tufts Medical Center
Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Vikas Khanna

ABN AMRO
Executive Director, Global Head of Data Governance

Chad Konchak

NorthShore University HealthSystem
Assistant Vice President, Clinical Analytics

Laté Lawson

Grainger
Senior Director, Customer Information Design & Operations

Patrick Leonard

Duracell
Global BI, Data & Analytics

Dave Litos

S C Johnson & Son Inc
Sr. Director, Info. Mgmt. & CDO

John Long

UW Hospitals and Clinics
Vice President, Solution Delivery

Sean MacCarthy

Camping World
VP of Analytics

Andrea Marks

Walmart
VP, Digital Transformation Officer

Prashant Mehrotra

Allstate
Head of AI Center of Excellence

Bhavna Mehta

Cincinnati Children's
Assistant Vice President, Data and Analytics

Kushal Pasari

Chubb
AVP, Digital Transformation | Data Analytics

Omkar Patel

Zurich North America
Vice President, Data Analytics Engineering & Platforms

Amit Patil

Amazon Web Services
Head, NA Retail GTM

Mohan Putcha

Aon Corporation US
Global Vice President – Digital Transformation, Architecture & Product Strategy

Charles Qian

Cengage Learning
Vice President, GTS Enterprise Architecture

Karthik Raja

Ascension
Chief Data Science Officer

Vijay Rajandram

Northern Trust Asset Management
Chief Data Officer

Anand Ramakrishnan

Rotary International
Director - Enterprise Architecture & Data Engineering

Daniel Reaume

Caterpillar
Chief Analytics & AI Director

PC Reddy

CNH Industrial America
Head of Global Data and Analytics

Cisco Reyes

SGSCO
Director of Ent. BI, Data & Analytics

Tim Riddle

Premier
Senior Director, Enterprise Analytics

Tammy Roust

Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Chief Data Officer

Dave Sawdey

Avison Young
Principal, Global Leader of Portfolio Analytics and Business Intelligence

Vikrant Saxena

Global Atlantic Financial Group
SVP, Analytics Officer

Olga Selina

Baxter
VP of IT Data Analytics Transformation and Automation

Winthrop Short

Cigna
VP, Information Management

Molly Shutt

CIBC
Managing Director, Head of Data Management

Chad Stallings

Merieux NutriSciences
Global CIO, CDO

Tim Suther

Change Healthcare
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Data Solutions

Bryan Tabiadon

Chicos
Vice President, Data & Analytics

Atif Usman

Zimmer Biomet
Global Data, Analytics, and Data Science Director

Dr. Bhatt Vadlamani

DigExplore
EVP Chief Digital Officer

Danielle Voyles

Baxter
Vice President, Digital & Data Transformation

Serdar Yorgancigil

Jet Support Services
Chief Information Officer

Jimmy yang

CIBC
Chief Risk Analytics and Infrastructure Officer

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AMERIPRISE BANK

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TTX

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UBS INC.

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Upcoming Programs

IN-PERSON

March 23, 2023 | an evening

Chicago CDO Inner Circle

The Gage

A gathering with peers to discuss timely topics over dinner in a private setting.

April 20, 2023 | 1 hour

Chicago CDO Town Hall

Making Data-Driven Culture a Reality

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

October, 2023 | 1 day

Chicago CDO Executive Summit

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

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Data Governance — Unleashing the Power of Data

CDAOs continue to name data governance as a mission critical priority to deliver value for the business. Recently, the New York CDAO Community gathered for a Town Hall to discuss how they can streamline their approach to data governance and successfully unify data across the enterprise – these are their takeaways.

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INFOGRAPHIC | MARCH 10, 2023

2023 CDAO Leadership Perspectives

Being a CDAO today is all about “value” - knowing the value of data and delivering on it across the enterprise. From a functional level, what are CDAOs prioritizing and investing in to accomplish this? Learn what 330 CDAOs say are their mission critical priorities for 2023 in our annual Leadership Perspective Survey.

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BLOG | FEBRUARY 28, 2023

3 Tips from CDAOs on Leading Data & Analytics Success

CDAOs from the world’s leading organizations shared their advice on how to be productive and effective data and analytics leaders. Learn tips from 10 CDAOs on leading data and analytics success.

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