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Washington, DC CDO Executive Summit
May 23, 2019, Marriott Marquis, Washington DC
May 23, 2019
Marriott Marquis, Washington DC
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with your peers to tackle top business challenges through peer-driven content and discussions at the Washington, DC 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
Washington, DC CDO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CDOs, for CDOs.
Co-Chairs

Dak Liyanearachchi
Hilton Worldwide, Inc.
Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Jodi Morton
KPMG
Chief Data Officer
Agenda
May 23, 2019 - morning
7:00am - 7:45am Registration & Breakfast
7:45am - 8:30am Keynote
Creating a Data-Driven Culture
Hosted by ThoughtSpot

Dak Liyanearachchi
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Hilton Worldwide, Inc.
Establishing a data-driven culture requires that CDOs partner with leaders across the business, provide a scalable data platform, and enable team members to take action on data insights. Hear how Hilton has combined the power of data with industry-leading talent to build a global team that drives change and maximizes value.
In this session you’ll discover:
- Building blocks for architecting your own culture strategy
- Methods for managing growth along the way
- Strategies for prioritizing opportunities that enhance value
8:30am - 9:00am Networking Break
9:00am - 9:50am Breakout Session
Building a Data Culture — Interactive Benchmarking Session
Hosted by Altair

Aaron Black
Chief Data Officer
Inova Health System
Antonia Tartamella
Head of AI and Data Science
Hilton Worldwide, Inc.
Data executives face dual challenges in scaling their teams while creating a data-driven culture that supports investments in data infrastructure, training and tool deployment. This interactive session, allows peers to compare initiatives and baseline their teams against their peers and a framework established by the General Assembly Data Science Standards Board.
Interact with your peers and discover:
- Obstacles to attracting data leaders and how to develop them
- Insights on making an effective data culture
- Best practices for engaging participants in culture change
9:00am - 9:50am Executive Boardroom
Accelerating and Securing Data Flow to Drive Enterprise Initiatives
Hosted by Delphix
Eui-Hong (Sam) Han
Vice President, Advanced Data Science
Marriott International Inc.
Srini Nanduri
VP, Data Analytics
Advance Auto
Karun Bakshi
Vice President, Product Marketing & Strategy
Delphix
Enterprises generate massive amounts of data but often struggle to quickly access, move, govern and secure data that drives key initiatives and decisions. Explore how enterprise CDOs are accelerating the flow of secure data to deliver modern application development, AI/ML, cloud, and analytics strategies.
In this session you’ll learn:
- Multi-cloud solutions for accelerated data provisioning
- Examples of self-service analytics that facilitate data-driven decisions
- Strategies for accelerating your digital transformation, cloud, and governance initiatives
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 C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact Jared Bral at 971-271-6881 or Jared.Bral@evanta.com.
9:00am - 9:50am Executive Boardroom
Make Your Data Ready for AI
Hosted by IBM
Donna Roy
Executive Director, ISE Office
Department of Homeland Security
Shonyel Lyons
VP, Distribution Intelligence & Data Management
T. Rowe Price
Madhu Kochar
Vice President, Analytics Product Development
IBM
The average person makes 35,000 decisions a day, each of which is based on data and taxes the brain. AI helps automate many of those decisions, freeing up teams to focus on what really matters, but many organizations are still striving to achieve their journey to AI.
In this session, you’ll discuss:
- Common challenges businesses and government sectors face in their AI journey
- Steps to collect, organize, analyze, infuse AI, and modernize your data
- Efficient information architectures (IA) for AI
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 C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact Jared Bral at 971-271-6881 or Jared.Bral@evanta.com.
9:50am - 10:20am Networking Break
10:20am - 11:10am Breakout Session
From Farm to “Table” — Agriculture and Analytics
Elizabeth Conzo-Kershner
Analytics Leader
John Deere US
John Deere is ushering in the future of farming by leveraging their established culture to shift from product to platform. Hear how a traditional manufacturing company is embedding data analytics across the company and helping to revolutionize an age-old industry in the process.
In this session, you’ll discover:
- How to educate key partners on the language of data
- Lessons learned along the data and analytics journey thus far
- Why adaptation and appreciation are key ingredients to success
10:20am - 11:10am Breakout Session
The Journey Toward Self-Service Analytics and Machine Learning
Hosted by Dataiku
Michael Hortatsos
Head of Partnerships
Dataiku
Shailesh Gavankar
Head of Analytics and Machine Learning Practice & Strategy
Morgan Stanley
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:
- How Morgan Stanley overcame challenges in democratizing analytics across the organization
- Best practices when implementing self-service data analytics & machine learning at scale
- Strategies for distributing trustworthy information to empower data scientists, business analysts, and data engineers
10:20am - 11:10am Executive Boardroom
Better Data Prep for More Effective Analytics and Governance Outcomes
Hosted by erwin, Inc.

Carlos Rivero
Chief Data Officer
Commonwealth of Virginia

Kevin Bates
VP, Data Execution
Fannie Mae

Sam Benedict
Vice President - Solution Strategy
erwin, Inc.
Research shows that more than 80% of analyst time is spent on data collection and only 20% on generating actual results. And for 4 out of 5 CDOs, changing this equation is their number one priority.
In this boardroom, we’ll tackle:
- The biggest challenges in generating a reliable data pipeline
- Requirements for every data user across the value chain
- How data mapping and automation are key change agents in this ongoing process
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 C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact Jared Bral at 971-271-6881 or Jared.Bral@evanta.com.
10:20am - 11:10am Executive Boardroom
Agile Data Makeover – Strategies for Data Operations and Data Engineering
Hosted by Infoworks
Shan Collins
Chief Analytics Officer
Nestlé USA, Inc.
Ankit Goel
Vice President of Data Management
Freddie Mac

Todd Goldman
Vice President
Infoworks
Every enterprise understands the urgency of digital transformation and the central role that data plays in the process. In a world where analytics agility is a key competitive edge and big data expertise is scarce, data operations and data engineering challenges have intensified as digitization proliferates real-time flow of data across a multitude of platforms.
In this boardroom, you’ll discuss:
- The pervasive data engineering demands for better flexibility within the enterprise
- Different strategies for diverse data management and governance demands
- Eliminating big data complexities on premise and in the cloud
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 C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact Jared Bral at 971-271-6881 or Jared.Bral@evanta.com.
11:10am - 11:40am Networking Break
May 23, 2019 - mid-afternoon
May 23, 2019 - afternoon
May 22, 2019
Washington, DC CDO Program Manager
For inquiries related to this event, please reach out to your dedicated program contact.