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San Francisco CDO Community
Gain powerful new perspectives
Join fellow CDOs in the San Francisco community to solve critical leadership challenges through the collective experiences and expertise of the network.
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
San Francisco CDO Governing Body
A regional Governing Body leads the San Francisco CDO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CDOs, for CDOs.
Co-Chairs

Steffin Harris
Microsoft Corporation
Corporate Vice President, Global Head of Data Science & Analytics

Shadaab Kanwal
Charles Schwab
Executive Leader MD - Digital, Data, and Analytics Services

Christopher Paskins
Solidigm
Director of Enterprise Data Governance
Members
Raghu Achar
Exelixis
Executive Director, Pharma Supply Chain, Manufacturing & G&A
Ashwin Aravindakshan
University of California - Davis
Academic Director, Masters of Science in Business Analytics
Hernán Asorey
Microsoft Corporation
Chief Data Officer, Worldwide Commercial Software Engineering
Ramnik Bajaj
USAA
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Aparna Banerjee
Roche
Head Global Data & Analytics Operations
Patrick Bangert
Samsung SDS
VP & Head of Artificial Intelligence
Sonali Bhagwat
Twitter
Director, Data Strategy and Governance
Ken Calhoon
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
Vice President, Data Analytics
Eric Callmann
S&P Global
Head of Data Enablement
Clinton Cohagan
Department of Energy - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Chief Enterprise Information Architect
Brady Cole
Bank of the West
Chief Data Officer
Aaron Crews
UnitedLex
SVP Analytics & AI
Max Cuellar
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Chief Data Officer
Cara Dailey
LPL Financial
EVP, Chief Data Officer
Chitrang Dave
Medtronic
IT Director - Data, Analytics, and Business Intelligence
Mike DeCesaris
Cornerstone Research
Head of Data Science Center
June Dershewitz
Amazon
Head of Data Strategy - Amazon Music
David Dobbs
Hawaii Medical Service Association
Vice President, Health Data Integration and Analytics
Mark Dunning
Square
VP, Analytics & Data Science
Anil Earla
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Global Chief Data and Analytics Officer
Les Fondy
Ubisoft
VP, Worldwide IT
Meenal Iyer
Tailored Brands
Sr. Director, Enterprise Analytics & Data
Shanthi Iyer
DocuSign
CIO
Romit Jadhwani
Pinterest
Head of Growth Analytics, Data Science and Business Intelligence
Sham Kashikar
Facebook
Global Head of Analytics & Data Management
Manesh Kitanhoth
Willis Towers Watson
Sr. Director, EDW & Business Intelligence
Vijay Kotu
ServiceNow
SVP of Analytics
Jonas Kriks
ATEL Capital Group
CIO
Sudeep Kumar
Ciena
Head of Enterprise Data and Analytics
Adam Leary
Paramount Streaming
VP, Applied Machine Learning Group
George Leng
Equinix
Global Head of Data & Analytics
Uwe Liebetrau
Bio-Rad Laboratories
Head of IT Strategy and Operations
Manjula Mahajan
Model N
Head of IT
Azadeh Moghtaderi
Ancestry.com
VP of Data Science & Analytics
Cindy Muscio
LendingClub
VP Data Platform, Services & MarTech
William Neil
First Republic Bank
VP Client Data and Data Architecture
Brad Pflum
2K
Head of Data Science
Srinivasan Rangaswamy
Analog Devices
Executive Director
James Reimann
Genentech
VP, Global Head of Data Strategy & Delivery in Product Development
Barkha Saxena
Poshmark
Chief Data Officer
Amit Sethi
New Relic
VP, Data Technology & Engineering
Greg Siino
University of California - Davis
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Business Intelligence
Harinder Singh
Albertsons Companies
VP Data Management and Governance
Ashok Srivastava
Intuit
SVP & Chief Data Officer
Dr. Vinesh Sukumar
Qualcomm
Head of AI Product
Hemang Timbadia
Apple
Global Head of Payments Data Engineering & Analytics
Prasad Uddaraju
First Republic Bank
Deputy Chief Data Officer
Tara Vaishnav
General Mills
VP, Tech Strategy, Innovation, & Architecture
Jeremy Welland
Google
Global Head of Data Science & Analytics
Jeff Wright
Dropbox
VP, Business Strategy & Operation

“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
September 15, 2022 | 1 hour
San Francisco CDO Virtual Town Hall
Leading with Data — Propelling Organizational Success
An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.
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IN-PERSON
December 8, 2022 | 1 day
San Francisco CDO Executive Summit
San Francisco Marriott Marquis
Walk away from this peer-led program with new connections and with actionable insights.
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