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Chicago CDO Executive Summit
December 11, 2018, Hyatt Regency Chicago
December 11, 2018
Hyatt Regency Chicago
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with your peers to tackle top business challenges through peer-driven content and discussions at the Chicago CDO Executive Summit.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CDOs today:
Adopting D&A strategies and operating models that deliver business value in volatile environments
Generating measurable economic benefits to the business from data assets and advanced analytics
Becoming a master change agent and driving data literacy across the enterprise
Chicago CDO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CDOs, for CDOs.
Co-Chairs
Agenda
December 10, 2018
December 11, 2018 - morning
7:00am - 7:45am Registration & Breakfast
8:30am - 9:00am Networking Break
9:00am - 9:50am Breakout Session
Navistar – Intersecting Manufacturing, Technology and Data
Hosted by Cloudera
Ashish Bayas
CTO
Navistar
Dan Pikelny
VP, CAO
Navistar
How do you drive an evolutionary process through a 185 year old manufacturing company? For Navistar it was to force evolution to occur through the selection of the right people, technology and processes.
In this session you’ll learn
- Efficient adjustment strategies that are short and continuous
- Communication tactics to leadership
- When your data ecosystem is ready for emerging technology
9:00am - 9:50am Breakout Session
Creating a Culture of Innovation with ML & AI
Hosted by Pure Storage

Adam Kornick
Chief Data Technologist
Allstate Insurance Company
Prashant Mehrotra
Head of AI Center of Excellence
Allstate Insurance Company
Machine learning (ML) initiatives demand a data strategy that is comprehensive in supporting data preparation. Without effective strategy, the resulting system may become full of tangled data pipelines.
In this session you’ll discover:
- Data strategy plans that focus on data preparation for ML initiatives
- The wider culture of innovation and case studies using AI
- How to avoid data integration issues through stakeholder alignment
9:00am - 9:50am Executive Boardroom
Agile Data Makeover – Best Practices in Data Engineering
Hosted by Infoworks
Don Fleschut
Chief Data Officer
Ryerson, Inc.
Russell Simmons
Director, Global Data & Analytics
Shell Oil Company

Todd Goldman
Vice President
Infoworks
Every enterprise understands the urgency of digital transformation and the central role that data plays in the process. In a world where analytics agility is a key competitive edge and big data expertise is scarce, data engineering challenges have intensified as digitization proliferates real-time flow of data across a multitude of platforms.
In this boardroom, you’ll discuss:
- The pervasive data engineering demands for better flexibility within the enterprise
- Different strategies for diverse data management and governance demands
- Eliminating big data complexities on premise and in the cloud
Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CDOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Joseph Nattress at 971-222-2379 or Joe.Nattress@evanta.com.
9:50am - 10:20am Networking Break
10:20am - 11:10am Breakout Session
Developing Predictive Analytics for Competitive Advantage
Hosted by Sisense
Amy Feltheimer
Data Visualization & Business Intelligence Manager
Caterpillar Inc.

Daniel Organ
Advanced Analytics Manager
Caterpillar Inc.
Innovative organizations are not only aware of their data, they’re layering in technologies that provide predictive, prescriptive techniques. This approach is helping them optimize their future strategies, actions and decisions.
In this session, you’ll learn:
- How to lay & sustain the strategic foundations of a data culture
- The evolving realm of predictive and prescriptive analytics
- Tactics to communicate and visualize data effectively
10:20am - 11:10am Breakout Session
Diversity & Data – How JLL Leveraged Data to Drive Progress
Hosted by DataStax

Mary Bilbrey
Chief Human Resources Officer
JLL
Luke Barnard
Manager, HR Analytics
JLL
Diversity of backgrounds, thought, and perspectives is critical to creating innovation and competitive advantage. However, moving the needle can be difficult.
In this session, you’ll learn how JLL:
- Created and communicated the business case for increased diversity
- Partnered HR Leadership with Data Analytics teams to drive insights and action
- Created a data-driven D&I culture
10:20am - 11:10am Executive Boardroom
Better Data Prep For More Effective Analytics and Governance Outcomes
Hosted by erwin, Inc.

Laté Lawson
Sr. Dir Customer Information Design & Operations
W.W. Grainger
Guru Rao
Chief Analytics and Data Officer
FBAlliance Insurance
Tim Suther
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Data Solutions
Change Health Care

Mariann McDonagh
CMO
erwin, Inc.
Research shows that more than 80% of analyst time is spent on data collection and only 20% on generating actual results. And for 4 out of 5 CDOs, changing this equation is their number one priority.
In this boardroom, we’ll tackle:
- The biggest challenges in generating a reliable data pipeline
- Requirements for every data user across the value chain
- How data mapping and automation are key change agents in this ongoing process
Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CDOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Joseph Nattress at 971-222-2379 or Joe.Nattress@evanta.com.
11:10am - 11:40am Networking Break
December 11, 2018 - afternoon
December 11, 2018 - mid-afternoon
Chicago CDO Program Manager
For inquiries related to this event, please reach out to your dedicated program manager.