CDO Magazine Podcast Series

Sarang Bapat, Director of Data Governance, Mitsubishi Electric Trane US, speaks with Sue Pittacora, Chief Strategy Officer of Wavicle Data Solutions, about the organizational data governance program, different governance approaches, the importance of executive sponsorship, the hub and spoke governance model, and building the right data talent.

Helena Cho, Director of B2B Marketing at Expedia Group, speaks with Diena Lee Mann, Founder and CEO of Spectio, about her professional trajectory, her role in building prescriptive analytics toolkits, business challenges to make data-driven decisions, and delivering a successful data product.

Elizabeth Puchek, the Chief Data Officer at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, speaks with Michael Hughes, Chief Business Officer at Duality Technologies, about the importance of governance in immigration data, the process to ensure governance, the role of the CDO office, and the need for data cataloging.

Tracy Ring, CDO and Global Generative AI Lead for Life Sciences at Accenture, speaks with Amy Horowitz, VP of Data Governance Solution Sales at Informatica, about changing the perception of data governance, driving data literacy, the top-down approach to encouraging data-driven decision-making, and the role of technology and data marketplaces.

Shashank Garg, Founder and CEO at Infocepts, speaks with Robert Lutton, VP, Sandhill Consultant and Editorial Vice Chair, CDO Magazine, about enhancing business with generative AI, the process to capitalize on the GenAI opportunities, and building full-stack data products for business use.

Danielle Cloud, SVP, Enterprise Data Governance and Platforms at American Express, speaks with Nazar Labunets, Product Marketing Manager at Ataccama, about measuring the success of data initiatives, tracking data quality, and her take on data modernization.

Palash Thakur, VP, Head of Data Analytics and Fraud at Interac Corp., speaks with Nazar Labunets, Product Marketing Manager, Ataccama, about the role of communication in the success of data analytics function, tips to CDOs, and the organizational path to creating data products.

Shertina Mawuenyega, CVP Enterprise Data Governance Leader, Synchrony, speaks with Asha Saxena, Founder and CEO, WLDA.tech, about the diversity women bring in teams and leadership, and her takeaway advice as a leader.

Kyle Kirwan, Co-founder and CEO of Bigeye, speaks with Derek Strauss, Gavroshe Chairman, and CDO Magazine Editorial Board Member, about the persistent challenge of data lineage, data observability, and the need to have a dedicated function within organizations to tackle data lineage challenge.

Ashwin Ratan, VP of Technology at Burn Boot Camp, speaks with Geoffrey Speare, Director of Data Architecture and Engineering Practice at Ironside, about the organizational data analytics maturity curve, strategic plans for 2024, lessons learned on data and governance, understanding business needs and staying aligned with stakeholders, and possibilities enabled by AI.

Tim Hoolihan, Practice Lead for Data and Analytics at Centric Consulting, speaks with Robert Lutton, VP, Sandhill Consultants, and CDO Magazine Editorial Board Vice Chair, about balancing data security and compliance with data access and the need for constant communication between business and technical partners.

Vijay Venkatesan, Chief Analytics Officer at Horizon BCBS of New Jersey, speaks with Ron Rogers, Principal Consultant at AHEAD, about workforce transformation, strategies to remove unwanted data sets and legacy assets, the role of regulation in technology adoption, and how to advance quality care in the future.

Rex Davis, CDO, Royal Bank of Canada, speaks with Rehan Jalil, President and CEO of Securiti, about his approach to building data talent and his leadership mantra.

Arvind Jain, Founder and CEO of Glean, speaks with Kirk Ball, EVP and Chief Information Officer at Giant Eagle, about Glean as a product, the architectural and technical layers in it, the role of LLMs in Glean, successful use cases, the future of work with generative AI, and the company’s prospects.

Tracy Ring, CDO and Global Generative AI Lead for Life Sciences at Accenture, speaks with Amy Horowitz, VP of Data Governance Solution Sales at Informatica, about balancing the opportunities with risk of generative AI, training teams to leverage the technology, and democratizing data across the organization.

Karthik Ravindran, General Manager, Enterprise Data at Microsoft, speaks with Robert Lutton, VP at Sandhill Consultants, and Editorial Board Vice Chair at CDO Magazine, about practicing a culture of progression over perfection, the key considerations and challenges in navigating technology choices or data governance; and implementing data governance for AI and AI for data governance, combined with...

Shashank Garg, Founder and CEO at Infocepts, speaks with Robert Lutton, VP at Sandhill Consultants, and Editorial Vice Chair at CDO Magazine, about focusing on business value, his recently published whitepaper on , the critical pieces for establishing AI labs for businesses, the DiscoverYai solution, and the delineation between systems of implementation and experimentation for building AI labs.

Bhavna Mehta, AVP Data and Analytics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, speaks with Asha Saxena, Founder and CEO of WLDA.Tech, about the value women leaders bring to organizations and the value of networking opportunities created by organizations like WLDA.

In this CDO Field Guide interview, Krishna Cheriath, CDAO and Head of AI at Zoetis speaks with Ben Blanquera, VP with Rackspace Technology and CDO Magazine Global Editorial Board Member, about the challenges involved in overseeing one of the industry's most expansive digital infrastructures and the crucial role of optimizing AI to drive innovation in animal health care.

Danielle Cloud, SVP, Enterprise Data Governance and Platforms at American Express, speaks with Nazar Labunets, Product Marketing Manager at Ataccama, about her career trajectory, the importance of data governance, setting up a data governance program, and establishing dedicated job roles.

Palash Thakur, VP, Head of Data Analytics and Fraud at Interac Corp., speaks with Nazar Labunets, Product Marketing Manager, Ataccama, about the evolution of the CDO role, what a CDO should focus on while executing data analytics strategies, why the role is misunderstood, and how to attract and retain the right talent.

Kyle Kirwan, Co-founder and CEO of Bigeye, speaks with Derek Strauss, Gavroshe Chairman, and CDO Magazine Editorial Board Member about his learnings around data management from his time as a data scientist at Uber, and how the space has changed over the last five years.

Deval Motka, VP and CDO at Genesco, speaks with Nazar Labunets, Product Marketing Manager at Ataccama, about building sustainable solutions based on governed self-service, AI opportunities in retail, the surge in traditional AI usage, and the data quality challenge with AI.

Maribeth Achterberg, CIO and CTO at The Boldt Company, speaks with Thiago Da Costa, CEO of Toric, about key metrics to measure organizational success, challenges, getting data sources into a data lake, and key technologies that could evolve the construction industry.

Ashwin Ratan, VP of Technology at Burn Boot Camp, speaks with Geoffrey Speare, Director of Data Architecture and Engineering Practice at Ironside, about preparing business stakeholders for the mobile app project, the biggest challenges, scalability, cost-effectiveness of the solutions, integrating on-demand video, and bringing in data from different SaaS systems.