Atlanta CDO Executive Summit 2021 | Evanta, a Gartner Company | 8 December 2021 | JW Marriott Atlanta Buckhead, 3300 Lenox Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30326, USA

Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Atlanta's top CDOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CDOs today:
• Embedding D&A in business strategy and results
• Reengineering decision-making across the business
• Scaling a data-first culture

What to Expect?
1. Interactive Sessions
Hear from CDO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.
2. Community Networking
Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Atlanta CDO community.
3. Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Evanta's Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

2021 Speakers

CO-CHAIRS:

James Bolles
Director, Enterprise Solutions COEs, Southern Company

Snorwlor “Sno” Bropleh
Global Director for Operations - Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter, Habitat for Humanity

Steve Einbender
Senior Data Scientist, CyberSecurity Advanced Analytics, The Home Depot

Dr. Vijay Gandapodi
Global IT Head – Marketing Analytics and Data science, Reynolds American

Diwakar Goel
VP – Global Chief Data Officer, General Electric

Rajeev Kapur
Chief Data Officer, Kimberly-Clark

Sesha Madapoosi
Exec Director, Data & Analytics Products, NCR

Karthikeyan Ramasamy
Advanced Analytics and Strategy Leader, Georgia- Pacific

Kenneth Viciana
Director Information Risk Management, Fiserv

SPEAKERS:

Farukh Lakhani
Sr. Director Sales Analytics and Operations, Essilor of America

Christopher Glover
Field CTO, BigID

Brent Lever
Regional VP, East, Dataiku

Santosh Kudva
Chief Data Officer & CIO-Finance/HR, GE Gas Power

Scott Schumacher
VP of Product Management, Collibra

Sylvester Morgan
Executive Director, Enterprise Data Management, Cummins

Gregory Brown
Vice President of the Global Advanced Technology Group, UPS

Sameer Vittal
Chief Consulting Engineer for Data Science/Analytics and Reliability, Chief Technology Officer, GE Power

Colin Coleman
SVP Data and Analytics, Equifax

Ethiraj Purushothaman
Head Advanced Analytics & Data Science, Best Buy

KEYNOTE:

Marc Hunt
Director of Data Services, Enterprise Analytics, Chick-fil-A

Brent Bradley
Sr. Principal Program Lead, Data Literacy, Chick-fil-A

Bill Franks
Director, Center For Statistics And Analytical Research, Kennesaw State University

Binu Varghese
Global Data & Analytics Leader, Carrier

2021 Partners

KEY PARTNER:
• Amazon Web Services

PROGRAM PARTNERS:
• BigID
• Collibra
• Dataiku
• Starburst Data