CDO Magazine Podcast Series

In conversation with HPE’s Clyde Gillard, Arvind Balasundaram, Executive Director of Commercial Insights and Analytics at Regeneron unpacks what it truly means to be AI-ready in today’s enterprise landscape. 🔹 How can we move beyond raw data to real insight? 🔹 What role does organizational culture play in AI success? 🔹 Why is metadata crucial in scaling your AI architecture? Learn about the 4 d...

Krish Swamy, CDAO at Citizens Financial, sits down with Jonathan Steinert from Guidehouse to talk all things data — from scaling a data marketplace to fostering organization-wide literacy. Highlights include: ✔️Why CDAOs must go beyond systems to shape culture ✔️How Citizens grew marketplace usage 15–20x ✔️What it takes to democratize data meaningfully ✔️Changing the enterprise conversation around...

This episode explores the art of balancing AI’s long-term vision with short-term wins. Faizan Javed, Senior Director of Data Science and Engineering at Kaiser Permanente, shares his approach to: 🔹 Building partnerships to bridge understanding gaps 🔹 Evangelizing the value of data and AI in first-gen companies 🔹 Delivering visible outcomes while laying strong foundations Hosted by Dominic Sartor...

Michelin’s Group Chief Data and AI Officer Ambica Rajagopal joins Julian Schirmer, Co-Founder of OAO, to unpack how the iconic brand is reimagining its business with AI at the core. You’ll hear how Michelin is: 🟦Aligning AI with sustainability goals 🟦Embedding intelligence across production and services 🟦Enhancing road safety with real-time tire data 🟦Building secure GenAI tools for internal i...

In the final installment of our exclusive series, Melissa Mitchell, Chief Privacy Officer at Phreesia, speaks with Todd Foley about the real meaning of trust in healthcare. Listen as Mitchell discusses: 🔹The role of real-time feedback in improving privacy communications 🔹Why patients are increasingly willing to share their data 🔹How targeted outreach—from flu shots to breast cancer awareness—dr...

In this episode, Sham Kashikar, Executive AI Advisor and CDAO at The AIAG, speaks with Gavroshe Founder Derek Strauss about how organizations can unlock business value by aligning data, people, and partnerships. Tune in to hear: ✅Why collaboration is the missing link in many AI initiatives ✅A behind-the-scenes case study that improved renewals and acquisition ✅How to build trust in data and uni...

Kiran Mysore, Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Sutter Health, sits down with Vasant Eswarachari, Partner at Guidehouse, to explore how one of the nation’s leading not-for-profit health systems is building a new model of care — powered by digital tools and generative AI. Hear how Sutter Health: ✅Serves 3.5M+ patients with personalized, tech-enabled care ✅Reduced clinician burnout by 17% usin...

What does it take to secure a hospital when patient lives depend on uptime and trust? Craig Kobren, Chief Information Security Officer at The Christ Hospital Health Network, joins Michael Sutter to explore: ✅How healthcare cybersecurity differs from banking and government ✅Why availability matters more than anything in clinical systems ✅The mission-first mindset needed for success in this secto...

What does it really take to embed AI in a 350-year-old global enterprise? In this episode, we close out our three-part series with Benoit Lepetit, Group Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Saint-Gobain, in conversation with Julian Schirmer, Co-Founder of OAO. Lepetit gets candid about: 🔷Why embracing failure is essential to innovation 🔷How Saint-Gobain restructured 150+ data professionals into...

What does it take to truly prepare a global workforce for the age of AI? In this episode, Ericsson CLO Vidya Krishnan unpacks her unconventional approach to building AI skills — focusing not on consumption, but on qualification and co-ownership. She shares: 🔹 How skills became a product at Ericsson 🔹 Why psychological safety is the real unlock for change 🔹 What it means to treat your company as...

In the final episode of our Verizon x Snowplow series, Verizon CDO Kalyani Sekar talks with Snowplow CTO Yali Sassoon about the hard truths of AI enablement at enterprise scale. What you’ll learn: ✅Why siloed data stacks can’t support enterprise AI ✅How Verizon automates data pipelines to handle multimodal formats ✅The governance balancing act between local flexibility and global consistency ✅...

Faizan Javed, Senior Director, Data Science and Engineering, Kaiser Permanente, breaks down the 3 organizational generations of data and AI maturity and explains why getting the basics right is more important than chasing the next big model. From aligning with business outcomes to building a hybrid talent model and avoiding the trap of a misaligned ecosystem, this conversation with Dominic Sartori...

What does it really take to govern AI in high-stakes enterprise environments? Naresh Dulam, VP of Software Engineering at JPMorgan Chase & Co., joins Or Zabludowski to discuss the realities of AI governance—from explainability and bias to infrastructure and human-in-the-loop design. Key takeaways: ✔️How to define boundaries between automation and oversight ✔️Why governance must start on day on...

In this second episode of our three-part privacy series, Melissa Mitchell, Chief Privacy Officer at Phreesia, speaks with Todd Foley about how HIPAA, emerging privacy laws, and opt-in engagement are converging to build a more trust-based healthcare experience. 💡Why patient choice is key to ethical data use 💡How timely health messaging empowers better decisions Listen in as we uncover how Phreesi...

In this final installment of our Stanford Health Care series, Karl Hightower, CDAO, explores how to build an AI-powered healthcare system that prioritizes decision-making, simplifies insight delivery, and promotes ethical innovation. He joins EY’s Sezin Palmer for a wide-ranging conversation on automation, experimentation, and the future of healthcare in a data-rich but highly regulated environmen...

In this episode, Kiran Mysore, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Sutter Health, joins Guidehouse’s Vasant Eswarachari for an incisive discussion on the state of AI in healthcare. They cover: 🔷Why 72% of healthcare orgs are stuck in pilot mode 🔷How governance makes or breaks scaling 🔷The need to evolve ROI thinking in the AI age 🔷Aligning technology with frontline care, workflows, and trust K...

From Information to Impact: Scaling Data Products at Saint-Gobain In this episode, Benoit Lepetit, Group Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Saint-Gobain, a global leader in sustainable building materials with over 170,000 employees across 70+ countries, speaks with Julian Schirmer, Co-Founder of OAO about how the industrial giant is defining, scaling, and operationalizing data products to drive r...

In this episode, Vidya Krishnan, Chief Learning Officer at Ericsson, joins Merav Yuravlivker to dive into Ericsson’s massive AI upskilling program. From her own evolution across four careers to designing a global learning architecture that prioritizes real-world proficiency, Krishnan shares: ✔️Why Ericsson chose to focus its learning strategy on AI ✔️How they scaled from 300 to 47,000+ AI-skilled...

In this episode, Faizan Javed, Senior Director of Data Science and Engineering at Kaiser Permanente explores how the AI conversation is changing — from building models to solving real-world business problems. Hosted by Dominic Sartorio, VP of Product Marketing at Denodo, the discussion touches on: ✅Transforming AI experimentation into business value ✅AI’s role in improving physician workflows an...

What does it take to turn 140 million customer connections into seamless, proactive experiences? In this episode, Verizon Chief Data Officer Kalyani Sekar talks to Snowplow’s Yali Sassoon about the data transformation underway at one of the world’s largest communication technology companies. From real-time edge analytics to AI-powered sales nudges and call routing, Sekar breaks down how behavioral...

Latha Subramanian, SVP and Head of Data Engineering and Analytics at GM Financial sits down with Acceldata CEO Rohit Choudhary, to uncover how her team is leveraging GenAI not just to boost productivity but also to reimagine what data operations can look like. She dives into: ✔️How GenAI supports governance, privacy, and infrastructure modernization ✔️Why agile transformation is critical to data c...

Robin Sutara, Field Chief Data Strategy Officer at Databricks, breaks down the urgent challenges and bold solutions reshaping enterprise data strategy. Highlights from this episode: ✅Why siloed data multiplies your security risk ✅How Databricks’ AI Security Framework is helping banks cut due diligence time by 66% ✅The role of LakeFlow in modernizing data engineering ✅Why AI democratization and...

In part one of this two-part series, Karl Hightower, Vice President and Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Stanford Health Care, sits down with Sezin Palmer, EY’s Health AI and Data Leader, to explore how data, AI, and human insight are transforming care. Topics include: 🔹The friction points in modern clinical workflows 🔹How ambient tech is giving time back to doctors 🔹Personalizing health w...

In this episode, ADP’s Chief Data Officer Amin Venjara shares how his team is navigating the fine line between bold innovation and responsible governance. From launching safe AI sandboxes to running a monthly GenAI education series, Venjara breaks down how to scale experimentation without compromising oversight. Tune in to hear how ADP is bridging technical execution with cross-functional trust —...

In conversation with Lydonia CISO Todd Foley, Melissa Mitchell, Chief Privacy Officer at Phreesia discusses how the health technology leader is managing patient data privacy while navigating ever-changing state regulations. Mitchell talks about how Phreesia’s patient-first philosophy drives its approach to transparency and patient engagement. Listen as she shares how the company empowers patients...