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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.
Invaluable network
Build a strong professional network where you live and work. Access the collective expertise of your true peers all in one place. Make new connections and catch up with old friends.
Peer collaboration
Gain new perspectives from peers who understand your most critical priorities and are facing the same challenges -- generate ideas, share real-life experiences and get forward-looking guidance and insights.
Actionable insights
Exchange best practices, validate strategies and walk away with practical insights that are immediately actionable.
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
Wilbur-Ellis Company
Global Head of Data Strategy and Governance
Diana Wolcott
Experian Health
SVP CDO, NA Decision Analytics
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
Patrick Bangert
Samsung SDS
VP of Artificial Intelligence
Stephane Bourles
Brain Balance
CIO
Ken Calhoon
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
Vice President, Data Analytics
Brady Cole
Bank of the West
Chief Data Officer
Aaron Crews
Littler Mendelson
Chief Data Analytics Officer
Cara Dailey
Silicon Valley Bank
Chief Data Officer
Chitrang Dave
Medtronic
IT Director - Health Information and Analytics
Mike DeCesaris
Cornerstone Research
Principal and Director of Data Analytics
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
Shanthi Iyer
DocuSign
CIO
Meenal Iyer
Tailored Brands
Sr. Director, Enterprise Analytics & Data
Romit Jadhwani
Pinterest
Head of Growth Analytics, Data Science and Business Intelligence
Sham Kashikar
Facebook
Global Head of Data Management
Manesh Kitanhoth
Willis Towers Watson
Sr. Director, EDW & Business Intelligence
Vijay Kotu
ServiceNow
VP of Analytics
Jonas Kriks
ATEL Capital Group
CIO
Adam Leary
CBS Interactive
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
GlobalFoundries
Global Head, Advanced Analytics & Data Science
Barkha Saxena
Poshmark
Chief Data Officer
Amit Sethi
Momentive.ai
Vice President of Data
Greg Siino
University of California - Davis
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Business Intelligence
Harinder Singh
Workday
Director, Data Strategy & Governance
Ashok Srivastava
Intuit
SVP & Chief Data Officer
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
February 24, 2022 | 1 hour
San Francisco CDO Virtual Town Hall
Driving an Inclusive Data & Analytics Strategy with Agile Data Governance
An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.
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IN-PERSON
April, 2022 | an evening
San Francisco CDO Inner Circle
A gathering with peers to discuss timely topics over dinner in a private setting.
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PAST PROGRAMS
San Francisco CDO Executive Summit - 12/15/2021
San Francisco CDO Virtual Boardroom - 11/04/2021
San Francisco CDO Virtual Boardroom - 10/19/2021
San Francisco CDO Virtual Boardroom - 09/22/2021
San Francisco CDO Virtual Town Hall - 08/25/2021
San Francisco CDO Virtual Boardroom - 06/23/2021
San Francisco CDO Virtual Boardroom - 05/20/2021
San Francisco CDO Virtual Town Hall - 05/06/2021
San Francisco CDO Virtual Town Hall - 04/14/2021
San Francisco CDO Virtual Boardroom - 03/30/2021
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Content from your CDO peers
BLOG | JANUARY 19, 2022
BLOG | JANUARY 19, 2022
Swinging the Pendulum — Women Technology Leaders in 2021
The content team at Evanta, who ensures all topics and agendas are driven ‘by C-level executives and for C-level executives,’ set a goal – to intentionally and deliberately showcase women technology leaders at Evanta in-person summits. Read on to see what they were able to accomplish in 2021.
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BLOG | JANUARY 12, 2022
What C-Level Executives Were Reading in 2021
As you’re returning from holidays and getting back into work, we wanted to share some articles and survey findings you might have missed in 2021. These are some of the most-viewed articles (and most listened to podcasts!) on Evanta.com in the past year.
VIEW POSTBLOG | JANUARY 6, 2022
BLOG | JANUARY 6, 2022
Chief Data Officers — 2021 Year in Review
The role of the CDO has become critical to enterprises, as data is the lifeblood of digital business. In 2021, D&A leaders relied on each other for insights to help them succeed. Here is a recap of the content that CDOs felt was most compelling for their role today.
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