Southern California CDO Community

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Southern California CDO Governing Body

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

Co-Chairs

Mike Burkes

Ultra Mobile
SVP, Enterprise Information Management (CDO)

Tom Mullen

Riverside County
Chief Data Officer

André Vargas

CAA Brand Management
Chief Data Officer

Members

Meetali Agarwal

Fidelity Investments
Vice President, Analytics & Insights

Seiji Akiyama

AAA National
Vice President

Stephen Alford

Worldwide Environmental
CIO & CISO

Lokesh Anand

Circle K
Head of Global Data & Analytics Engineering

Savitha Anantharaman

Bank of America
SVP Data & Analytics

Richard Battersby

AEG Worldwide
SVP Data, Analytics & Strategy

Chuck Chekuri

Trace3
Director Analytics and Insights

Kenny Choy

Inland Empire Health Plan
Director, Head of Healthcare Data Science

Subash D'Souza

California State University
Director, Cloud Data Engineering

Hovannes Daniels

Kaiser Permanente
VP, Chief Data Officer

Manish Dasaur

Accenture
Chief Data & Analytics Officer - Comms & Media NA

Das Dasgupta

Saatchi & Saatchi
Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Ibrahim Debbagh

Envestnet
SVP, Head of Data Analytics and Intelligence Engineering

Brian Docili

Technicolor
VP, Information Technology

Stephan Erberich

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Chief Data Officer

Michael Fein

The Trade Desk
VP, Global Marketing Strategy & Operations

Rich Fox

Qdoba Restaurant Corporation
VP, Analytics & Finance

Brad Furukawa

Northrop Grumman
VP, Corporate Data & CTO

Christine Gambino

County of San Diego
Chief Data Officer

Hanoz Gandhi

Creative Channel
Chief Analytics Officer & EVP, Strategy

Hans Ghekiere

Yamaha
Data Management

John Gim

Omnicom Group
Head of Decision Sciences

Jay Gimple

Long Term Care Group
Senior Vice President, Data Conversions (CoE)

Mark Greninger

Los Angeles County, CA
Chief Data Officer

Zane Hall

Analog Devices
Executive Director, IT

Martin Hosseini

Bristol-Myers Squibb
Enterprise Analytics, Head of Data Quality & Data Issue Management

Punnoose Isaac

Crunchyroll
VP and Head of Center for Data and Insights

Kiran Kanetkar

PETCO Animal Supplies
Sr. Director of Data and Analytics

Brian Kleber

Farmers Insurance
VP, Head of Data Management and Data Science

Seongjoon Koo

Amgen
Head of Data and Analytics, Global Development Operations

Stephanie Madison

University of California
Chief Quality, Data Analytics, Performance Management, Knowledge Management & PMO Officer

Rebecca Maffei

PETCO Animal Supplies
CIO

Mohammed Mahbouba

Radiology Partners
Chief Data Officer

Rajesh Marar

Ingram Micro
VP & CTO Cloud Channel Platform | Harmony PSA, Cloudblue

Rajeev Mehrotra

Western Dental Services
VP of Business Systems, Engineering, Analytics, & Big Data

Ashwani Muir

CareMore Health
Sr. Dir. EDW, Advance Analytics, Big Data

Eva Pereira

City of Los Angeles, CA
Chief Data Officer

Sreeram Potukuchi

Republic Services
Director, Head of Enterprise Data

Prachi Priya

Team One
Chief Data Officer

Sarath Ramaswami

Fox Corporation
SVP, Data Products

Eric Schmirler

KARL STORZ Endoscope
Global Head, Performance & Analytics

Matt Smith

Microsoft Corporation
Chief Data Officer - West Enterprise Operating Unit

Mike Thompson

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Executive Director of Enterprise Data Intelligence

Max Trichet

Capital Group
VP, Data Governance

Zeena Wright

HireRight
Global Data Governance & Management

Bruce Yen

Guess
VP, Retail Applications

“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

August 18, 2022 | 1 hour

Southern California CDO Virtual Town Hall

Leading with Data — Propelling Organizational Success

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

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PAST PROGRAMS

Content from your CDO peers

BLOG | JUNE 27, 2022

What Community Brings to Executives

We have written before about the value of community and how important it is in a hybrid world. Here, we reflect on what community means from the perspective of executives. This is how they describe the value of getting together with a community of their peers.

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LEADERSHIP PROFILE | JUNE 27, 2022

How the NHS Maintains the Momentum towards Digitalisation

How can executives drive support and enthusiasm for the endless digitalisation journey? Ming Tang, CDAO, NHS England, shares how her team is using learnings from the pandemic to deepen the momentum towards digitalisation in this new era of business.

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SURVEY REPORT | JUNE 21, 2022

Top 3 Goals & Challenges for CDOs in 2022

The role of the CDO is rising in organizations across the globe, unlocking opportunities for growth and innovation. Here, we take a closer look at their top goals and challenges, based on results from Evanta’s 2022 Leadership Perspective Survey.

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