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San Francisco CDO Executive Summit
December 5, 2018 | InterContinental San Francisco
December 5, 2018
InterContinental San Francisco
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with your peers to tackle top business challenges through peer-driven content and discussions at the San Francisco 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
San Francisco CDO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CDOs, for CDOs.
Co-Chairs
Stephen Harris
VMware
VP, Head of Enterprise Data & Analytics
JuneAn Lanigan
Western Digital
Global Head of Enterprise Data Management

Tim Swan
MUFG Union Bank
Managing Director, Head of Information Asset Management

Sendil Thangavelu
Mosaic
Senior Director of Engineering

Sandeep Uttamchandani
Intuit
Chief Data Architect & Head of Data Platform Engineering

Diana Wolcott
Experian
VP, Data Science
Agenda
December 4, 2018
December 5, 2018 - morning
7:00am - 7:45am Registration & Breakfast
8:30am - 9:00am Networking Break
9:00am - 9:50am Breakout Session
Assume Nothing – How the Data Executive Can Adapt and Evolve
Hosted by Waterline Data
Harinder Singh
Global Director, Data Strategy & Solution Arch.
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Fawad Butt
Executive Director, Chief Data Governance Officer
Kaiser Permanente
The leaders of data in an organization often have a multi-purpose function within any business and, while the role will differ depending on the circumstances of the business needs. This panel will be a discussion about how data can be structured in a way that successfully enables businesses of all sizes to create impactful solutions with a large pool of data.
This session will discuss:
- Communication strategies from the data team to the executive boardroom
- Strategies to manage data responsibly in the era of the data economy
- The future of the data executive: embracing waves of change for a successful roadmap
9:00am - 9:50am Breakout Session
Creating an Enterprise-Wide Data-Driven Operating Model
Hosted by SnapLogic Inc

Mark Picone
VP, Information & Data Services
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe has developed an enterprise-class data driven operating model and single source of truth to capitalize on valuable data assets and drive insights to run its Digital Media business.
In this session you will discover:
- A playbook to establish an enterprise-class data driven operating model
- Strategies to form a unified data architecture and analytical experience
- Cross-functional governance models needed to build a common analytical experience
9:00am - 9:50am Executive Boardroom
Examining the Data Trinity – Governance, Security and Privacy
Hosted by erwin, Inc.
Azadeh Moghtaderi
Head of Data Science
Ancestry
Aaron Crews
Chief Data Analytics Officer
Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Sam Benedict
VP of Solution Strategy
erwin, Inc.
Without data governance, the time and money invested in data privacy and data security can be wasted. This has been seen most where protections and controls fail.
In this boardroom, we’ll discuss:
- The new data trinity of governance, security and privacy
- Data governance strategies from politics to culture
- How to govern and socialize data with context and control
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: Clay Gartner at 503-808-9833 or clayton.gartner@evanta.com.
9:50am - 10:20am Networking Break
10:20am - 11:10am Breakout Session
Trends in Deep Learning – Two Use Case Applications

Mike Tamir
Head of Data Science
Uber ATG
Applied deep learning has fast become a standard tool for many industry machine learning applications. New advances in neural network techniques have opened the doors to solving problems at scale that were out of reach until recently. Because of these advances applications such as in image recognition for self-driving cars, medical image classification, text translation, and fake news detection are both tractable and often the industry standard. In this session you'll discover:
- High level insights into deep learning advances possibilities and their benefits
- Two key application areas of deep learning
- Expectations for how this technology will evolve within the enterprise
10:20am - 11:10am Breakout Session
Driving Business Innovation Through Data, Analytics and AI
Hosted by Sisense
Charles Holive
Managing Director, Data, Analytics, & A.I. Strategies
Sisense
Analytics and AI offer a life time opportunity to re-invent every industry by shifting core businesses from selling product/feature/services into outcomes and value driven partnerships. Dormant data in many industries like Healthcare, are only steps away from becoming true monetized assets.
This session will discuss:
- Successful use cases of launching a multi-million dollar analytics businesses
- Ways to drive innovation at scale across your organization
- Development of BI to AI to drive incremental value to your customers
10:20am - 11:10am Interactive Session
Western Digital's Voyage Though the Modern Data Landscape
Hosted by DataSource Consulting, an EXL company
Joe Rossi
Global Senior Director, Big Data & Analytics
Western Digital Corporation
Linda Zhou
Director of Research & Machine Learning Solutions
Western Digital
JuneAn Lanigan
Global Head of Enterprise Data Management
Western Digital
Navigating today’s advanced analytics (big data, fast data, AI/ML, etc.) path forward is extremely complex. How do you make sure you are placing the right bets and making the right investments while mitigating risks as much as possible? In this session, collaborate with executives from Western Digital’s Enterprise Data Management and Data Center Systems and learn from each other’s successes and failures.
In this session you’ll discover:
- Strategies to tackle the technology landscape and get the most value from your data
- Lessons learned to harness the power of your data
- Future tactics to marry agility and an evolving technology stack
10:20am - 11:10am Executive Boardroom
Leading Digital Transformation From the CDO Perspective
Hosted by Wipro Limited
Brady Cole
Chief Data Officer
Bank of The West / BNP Paribas USA
Prasad Uddaraju
Dy. Chief Data Officer
First Republic Bank

Sajjad Hussain Khazipura
VP of Cloud and Data Platforms
Wipro Ltd
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:
- Tactics on how Chief Data Officers should participate in digital transformation
- Strategies to position data and analytics principles as key components of success
- Techniques 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: Clay Gartner at 503-808-9833 or clayton.gartner@evanta.com.
11:10am - 11:40am Networking Break
December 5, 2018 - afternoon
December 5, 2018 - mid-afternoon
San Francisco CDO Program Managers
For inquiries related to this event, please reach out to your dedicated program contacts.