Minneapolis CDO Community

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

Expanding digital business & accelerating value creation
Influencing culture & collaboration with governance
Orchestrating change & empowering real-time decisions

Minneapolis CDO Governing Body

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

Co-Chairs

Greg Albaugh

Synchrony Financial
Senior Vice President, Data Architecture & Analytics

Sky Ammann

Workiva
Head of Product Insights

Jayant Dhamne

Ecolab
Chief Data Officer

Saiful Islam

Optum
Vice President – Strategic Product and Technology Governance (OptumInsight)

Sravan Kasarla

Thrivent
Chief Data Officer

Teri Kaslow

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
Head of Enterprise Data & Analytics

Stephanie Lenzner

Mayo Clinic
Vice Chair, Governance and Engagement

Kapil Narang

Ameriprise Bank
Chief Data and Analytics Officer

Keith Narr

Cargill
VP, Chief Data Officer

Ritu Sharma

Securian Financial
Chief Data and Analytics Officer

Members

Anandh Asokan

Thrivent
VP, Head of Enterprise Integration Engineering and Services

Dwayne Beberg

Land O'Lakes
Director, Business Analytics

Eric Bibelnieks

Ascena Retail Group Inc
VP, Marketing Analytics & Data Sciences

Andrew Bingenheimer

U.S. Bank
Business Information Officer - Corporate Technology & Core Banking Systems

Michael Brazys

Allianz Life US
VP - Data & Analytics

Pat Brickson

Digi-Key
Director, Enterprise Data Systems

Asher Chaudhry

Albertsons Companies
VP Technology - Retail

David Clemens

Sleep Number
Vice President Enterprise Analytics Platforms

David Collins

UMB Financial
Senior Enterprise Architect

Ines Davis

Ameriprise Financial
Vice President Marketing Strategy and Analytics, Information Management and Strategy

Tim Deutsch

Sentara Medical Group
Chief Data Officer

Mahadev Dovre Wudali

Ameriprise Financial
VP, Enterprise Data and Analytics

Erik Erickson

Hennepin County
Chief Data Officer

Chris Fitzharris

C.H. Robinson
Senior Director, Data & Analytics

Jeannie Furlan

Mutual of Omaha
VP, Data & Business Intelligence Strategy

Poonam Garg

U.S. Bank
VP Software Engineering

Nancy Garrett

Aetna
VP, Provider Digitalization

Nait Grave

MiTek
VP, Data & Analytics

Karla Hillier

Trane Technologies
Director, Decision Science & Advanced Analytics

Song Hou

Wings Financial
Chief Digital, Data and Design Officer

Sumeer Khosa

UnitedHealthcare
VP, Software Engineering

Brad LeBlanc

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
Interim CIO

Jeremy Lembeck

Land O'Lakes
Director, Data and Analytics

Trent Lezer

Greystar
Chief Data Officer

Evan Loenser

UCare
Associate Director, Enterprise Data & Reporting

Jayme McBride

Optum
Vice President, Optum Data Solutions

Tom Moore

Medtronic
Director, Analytics Global Materials Supply Management

Manish Motiramani

Medtronic
Director, Analytics & Insights, Global Operation

Sudhir Nandamuru

Landmark Health
VP, Data Management & Governance

Brad Paine

CSC ServiceWorks
Chief Digital Officer

Tony Peleska

Kraus-Anderson
VP and Head of Information Technology and Digital Transformation

Teri Prive

Medtronic
Sr. Director, Advanced Analytics & Reporting, Global Operational Excellence and Transformation

Anne Pronschinske

Mayo Clinic
Sr. Director of Operations, Chief of Staff to the CDAO

Noelle Rude

Connexus Credit Union
VP of Data & Insights

Ron Schmitz

Great River Energy
Director, Information Services

Matthew Schrag

Delta Air Lines
VP, IT Revenue Technology and Analytics

Ryan Schrupp

U.S. Bank
SVP - Enterprise Analytics and AI

Angie Schulke

Life Time
Vice President - Applications, Data & Business Intelligence

Karl Schultz

Prime Therapeutics
Director of Analytics

Rebeccah Stay

Cargill
Global Leader of Data Science

Brandt Vettel

Metropolitan Council
Data Officer

Jay Wardle

Red Wing Shoes
Director, Enterprise Data Group (EDG) & IT Finance

Heidi Westfall

Medtronic
Global IT Core Data and Analytics, Architecture and Education

QingHui Yuan

Donaldson
Director, Modeling and Data Science

“In the past couple of months, Houston virtual CDO events have been a fantastic source of communication and networking with peers. Covid-19 has thrown us a lot of social challenges, but thanks to Evanta and their conscientious efforts, virtual boardrooms and roundtables are here to stay.”

DR. ASHWANI DEV, DIGITAL AND DATA SCIENCE OFFICER
HALLIBURTON

Upcoming Programs

VIRTUAL

December 8, 2022 | 1 hour

Minneapolis CDO Virtual Town Hall

Accelerate Business Value With DataOps Observability

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

May 23, 2023 | 1 day

Minneapolis CDO Executive Summit

Hyatt Regency Minneapolis

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

Content from your CDO peers

BLOG | DECEMBER 5, 2022

CDOs’ Perspectives on the State of the Economy

As business leaders and data leaders, we wondered how economic uncertainty was impacting CDOs. In a recent survey, we asked CDOs how they were planning for 2023 given the current state of the economy. Here are 5 survey highlights from CDOs across Evanta communities.

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BLOG | NOVEMBER 21, 2022

5 Tips for a Successful Data Mesh Implementation

Data mesh is a trending topic among CDOs, and many are contemplating whether it is the right approach for their future data architecture needs. Vishal Patel, Chief Data Officer & Head of Data Engineering at Webster Bank shares insight into the value of data mesh and how data leaders can utilize it to promote self-service capabilities throughout organizations.