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San Francisco CDO Executive Summit
December 11, 2019 | Hilton San Francisco Union Square
December 11, 2019
Hilton San Francisco Union Square
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
Fawad Butt
United HealthCare
Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Stephen Harris
VMWare
VP Head of Enterprise Data and Analytics

JuneAn Lanigan
Western Digital
Global Head of Enterprise Data Management

Sendil Thangavelu
Solar Mosaic
Former Senior Director of Engineering

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

Diana Wolcott
Experian
VP, Data Science
Agenda
December 10, 2019
December 11, 2019 - morning
7:30am - 8:15am Registration & Breakfast
8:15am - 8:30am Opening Comments
8:30am - 9:00am Keynote
Data Science and Analytics Transformation Across the Enterprise
Chris Chapo
Vice President, Data Science & Analytics
Gap Inc.
Some companies have data in their DNA, while other legacy enterprises are having to undertake large scale data science and analytics transformations. Chris Chapo will share insights on implementing an effective data program and lessons he learned along the way.
In this session, you will discuss:
- Focusing on business challenges before technology
- Implementing strategies that benefit the customer
- Approaches to scaling initiatives enterprise wide
9:00am - 9:20am Networking Break
9:20am - 10:10am Breakout Session
Redesigning a Data-Driven Operating Model
Hosted by EverString
Suraj Rao
Global Head of Digital Analytics
Western Digital Corporation
At Western Digital Corporation we collect data from our factory operations, suppliers, customers and non-operational functions like Sales, Finance, Procurement, etc. Considering the scale of opportunities from which data can be collected, how can companies design an Analytics operating model with the shortest path to capture value?
In this session, we’ll discuss:
- Our experience with central vs. decentral operating models and the drawbacks of each
- How to position an analytics growth strategy in a challenging talent market
- Lessons learned along WDC’s journey and the evolving path ahead
9:20am - 10:10am Executive Boardroom
Implementing Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Environments
Hosted by Infoworks

Sendil Thangavelu
Former Senior Director of Engineering
Solar Mosaic
Hemang Timbadia
Global Head of Payments Data Analytics
Apple Inc.
Brian Ferguson
Head of Sales, West
Infoworks
In a world where agile analytics provide a key competitive edge, data leaders need a winning data and analytics strategy that can leverage new cloud-based infrastructures while still accounting for legacy on-premise environments.
In this session, you’ll discuss:
- Challenges with becoming more agile in data operations
- Strategies for managing data flows across multiple environments
- Solutions that allow you to architect for future infrastructure options
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 CDO executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager; Clay Gartner at Clayton.Gartner@evanta.com.
9:20am - 10:10am Executive Boardroom
Extending Data Privacy to Data Governance
Hosted by BigID

Diana Wolcott
VP, Data Science
Experian
Bill Yock
Chief Data Officer
County of Santa Clara
Daniel Sholler
Sr. Director of Product Marketing
BigID
This boardroom discussion will consider emerging challenges and best practices guidelines for incorporating data privacy requirements into a data governance strategy.
The session will explore:
- Solving the privacy paradox: meeting global privacy regulations like CCPA and GDPR while fueling data-driven innovation
- The importance and challenge of providing business context to data governance via data intelligence
- Implementing privacy compliance across the data lifecycle through integration of machine learning and metadata enrichment
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 CDO executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager; Clay Gartner at Clayton.Gartner@evanta.com.
10:10am - 10:30am Networking Break
10:30am - 11:20am Breakout Session
Human-Centered Design in ML Applications
Hosted by Dataiku
Pallav Agrawal
Director of Data Science
Levi Strauss & Co.
Investments in AI have increased steadily over the last three years and there's no signs of stopping. However results have been lukewarm thus far, with a recent IDC survey showing that the success rate for AI projects is lower than 50%.
In this session, you’ll learn:
- Strategies for creating delightful consumer experiences that deliver positive ROI on AI initiatives
- How Human-Centered Design or Design Thinking can mitigate risk in new projects
- Effective solutions for incorporating customer journey mapping, prototyping, usability studies, and other techniques
10:30am - 11:20am Breakout Session
Enabling Self-Service Analytics Across the Organization
Hosted by erwin, Inc.

Srinivasan Rangaswamy
Global Head, Data Science & Advanced Analytics
GLOBALFOUNDRIES
AI entering the workplace presents a unique opportunity for CDOs to efficiently leverage data. But how do you empower users, both technical and non-technical, to use AI tools for making data-driven decisions?
In this session, you will learn:
- Use cases of successful self-service analytics
- Best practices when implementing self-service data analytics at scale
- Strategies for distributing trustworthy information to empower users
10:30am - 11:20am Executive Boardroom
Developing a Data-Driven Culture for Future Success
Hosted by Segment

Cara Dailey
Chief Data Officer
Silicon Valley Bank

Rene Kim
SVP, Global Data Officer
Charles Schwab
Calvin French-Owen
Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer
Segment
Data and analytics leaders must show leadership, business acumen and demonstrate the value of data if they are to foster data-related cultural change, particularly when stakeholders are reluctant to participate. Join your peers in discussing strategic approaches to enabling a data-driven culture across the enterprise.
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 CDO executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager; Clay Gartner at Clayton.Gartner@evanta.com.
10:30am - 11:20am Executive Boardroom
Comprehensive Machine Learning’s Competitive Advantage
Hosted by Lucidworks
Prasad Bhandarkar
Director, Facebook App Analytics

Prasad Uddaraju
Deputy Chief Data Officer
First Republic Bank

Justin Sears
VP, Product Marketing
Lucidworks
Emerging technologies like AI, automation and machine learning are often introduced piecemeal throughout the enterprise – automate this task here, AI in that product there. But the truly differentiated organization is fundamentally reshaped through wholesale alignment of business goals and technology-driven insight.
In this roundtable conversation, you’ll:
- Discuss enterprise-wide transformation fusing outcomes to computing tools like machine learning and automation
- Identify quick-value opportunities for strategic AI throughout the enterprise
- Uncover the markers of predictive intelligence within your organization – and learn to leverage them
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 CDO executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager; Clay Gartner at Clayton.Gartner@evanta.com.
December 11, 2019 - mid-afternoon
December 11, 2019 - afternoon
San Francisco CDO Program Manager
For inquiries related to this event, please reach out to your dedicated program contact.