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Dallas CDO Executive Summit
November 29, 2018 | Renaissance Dallas Hotel
November 29, 2018
Renaissance Dallas Hotel
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with your peers to tackle top business challenges through peer-driven content and discussions at the Dallas 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
Dallas CDO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CDOs, for CDOs.
Co-Chairs

Anurakt Dixit
National Life Group
Chief Data Analytics Officer

Jayadev Gopinath
Toyota Motor North America
General Manager – Advanced Technologies, Data & Analytics

Mark Nance
American Fidelity Assurance Company
Chief Data Officer

Martha Roos
PepsiCo
VP, Global Data & Analytics
Agenda
November 29, 2018 - morning
7:00am - 7:45am Registration & Breakfast
7:45am - 8:30am Keynote
The Power of Personalization
Hosted by MongoDB

Wes Chaar
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Catalina Marketing Corporation

Martha Roos
VP, Global Data & Analytics
PepsiCo
Chris Crotts
Group Manager, Advanced Technologies and Data
Toyota Motor North America
The CDO role has evolved with emerging technologies and the rapid growth of advanced data analytics has broadened opportunities. Personalization has become a common topic across many industries. Personalization is about reaching out every consumer at the right time, with the right message, content, product or service. Join data leaders as they extend their presentations from last year to explore the latest developments.
In this session, you’ll hear:
- How innovative technologies are enabling new personalization capabilities
- Examples and applications that have improved personalization
- Actionable advice for improving your personalization efforts
8:30am - 9:00am Networking Break
9:00am - 9:50am Breakout Session
Leveraging Advanced Analytics to Optimize the Customer Experience
Hosted by Paxata
Darshan Bhate
VP, Retail Strategy, Pricing & Analytics
TXU Energy
Gerry Moore
Director - Data Services
TXU Energy
Advanced analytics can be leveraged at every stage of the customer lifecycle to optimize the customer experience and maintain long-term profitable relationships. In this compelling co-presentation, Darshan Bhate and Gerry Moore present:
- Data leader partnerships that promote a data-driven culture
- Strategies for deepening customer relationships and increasing business longevity
- Methods for utilizing data and advanced analytics to produce measurable business outcomes
9:00am - 9:50am Breakout Session
Make Your Data Ready for AI
Hosted by IBM

Daniel Hernandez
VP, Offering Management
IBM
The average person makes 35,000 decisions a day, each of which is based on data and taxes the brain. AI helps automate many of those decisions, freeing up teams to focus on what really matters, but many organizations are still climbing the ladder to AI.
In this session, you’ll learn:
- Common challenges businesses face in their AI journey
- How CDOs can best prepare to benefit from AI - "the ladder to AI"
- An example of an efficient information architecture (IA) for AI
9:00am - 9:50am Executive Boardroom
Developing Predictive Analytics to Get Ahead of the Competition
Hosted by Aginity
Jason Clark
Manager, Business Analytics
Flowserve Corporation
Nick Curcuru
VP, Data & Analytics
Mastercard
Jeff Grossman
VP Customer Solutions & Success
Aginity
The most advanced organizations are not only managing their data, they are purposefully managing their analytics, driving consistent and trusted insight throughout their business, while building out the foundation for predictive and prescriptive capabilities. Focusing on enterprise analytic management puts companies ahead of the curve of their competition. In this boardroom, you will:
- Discuss the evolving, transformative realm of predictive analytics
- Find out how to lay the strategic foundations of a predictive outlook through analytic management
- Learn the first steps to discovering and implementing analytics that are durable for predictive and prescriptive operations
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: Lucy Putnam at 971-222-2398 or lucy.putnam@evanta.com.
9:00am - 9:50am Executive Boardroom
Building Efficiencies in Data Governance
Hosted by Delphix
Todd Blatti
Director, Solution Engineering
Delphix
Shashi Vangala
VP Enterprise Data Services
Baylor Scott & White Health

Vivek Menon
Executive Director, Data and Analytics Cybersecurity
JPMorganChase
CDOs face mounting challenges in data governance as the sources, volume, and types of data continue to grow exponentially. Those who are successful deliver innovation faster with on-demand access to data and platforms that accelerate the application delivery lifecycle. In this session, you’ll discover:
- Multi cloud solutions for accelerated data provisioning
- Strategies for removing constraints while increasing security
- Examples of self-service analytics that facilitate data driven decisions
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: Lucy Putnam at 971-222-2398 or lucy.putnam@evanta.com.
9:50am - 10:20am Networking Break
10:20am - 11:10am Breakout Session
Creating a Data Revolution by Communicating Value to Stakeholders

Walter Wilinsky
VP & CIO
DRS Technologies
Implementing a BI platform is only effective if teams trust and understand the value it delivers. Successful adoption begins with leadership buy-in and then flows through the rest of the organization.
In this session, you’ll discover:
- Process level improvement strategies for success
- Critical information that executives need in order to become data ambassadors
- Program management strategies for soliciting improvements
10:20am - 11:10am Breakout Session
Three Pillars of Data-Driven Decisions
Darren Pedroza
Vice President, Enterprise Data & Analytics
First Command Financial Services
Know your client. Govern your data. Champion DevOps. Darren Pedroza provides a holistic view of data leadership.
In this session, you’ll discover:
- How to define and execute a holistic view of data leadership and communicate value to senior leaders
- Important technical considerations at the forefront of a data transformation
- Where to begin when recruiting and cultivating data talent
10:20am - 11:10am Executive Boardroom
Best Practices for Managing Large Data Volume Streams
Hosted by Daman

Cory Shouse
VP, Information Delivery
AmerisourceBergen

Carlos Solano
Sr. Director Digital Solutions & Data Science, Global Governance
Walmart Inc.
Bhala Ghatate
Chief Technology Officer
Daman Incorporated
From data acquisition to down-stream analysis and reporting, the governance lifecycle provides opportunities for data-driven organizations to sharpen their insights. By leveraging information assets, leaders can maximize their return on the large volume of data that flows through the company. In this session you’ll discover:
- Key aspects for increasing data quality
- Best practices for efficient and scalable data management
- Solutions that achieve “zero-latency” for your information assets
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: Lucy Putnam at 971-222-2398 or lucy.putnam@evanta.com.
10:20am - 11:10am Executive Boardroom
Leading Digital Transformation From the CDO Perspective
Hosted by Wipro Limited

Mark Nance
Chief Data Officer
American Fidelity Assurance Company
Shekaran Sury
Sr. Practice Partner, Analytics & AI Consulting
Wipro Ltd
Alberto Centeno
Director, Supply Chain Analytics
Commercial Metals
Data and analytics can fuel digital transformation and the CDO is the natural leader to drive this change. Benefit from this interactive session as discussion leaders provide true examples of how to drive change.
In this boardroom, you’ll discuss:
- How Chief Data Officers should participate in digital transformation
- Strategies to position data and analytics principles as key components of success
- Tactics to persuade others in the organization for future projects using data
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: Lucy Putnam at 971-222-2398 or lucy.putnam@evanta.com.
11:10am - 11:40am Networking Break
November 29, 2018 - mid-afternoon
November 29, 2018 - afternoon
Dallas CDO Program Manager
For inquiries related to this event, please reach out to your dedicated program contact.