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The Data & AI Chief — 146 episodes

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AI Literacy Starts in the C-Suite

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3 Data and AI Books Every Leader Should Read in 2026

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How Vanguard is Architecting its AI Semantic Layer

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How Grant Thornton Reimagines Core Processes in the AI Era

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How Google Is Building Enterprise Trust in Agentic AI

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How Swire Coca-Cola Turned Governance Into an AI Growth Engine

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How to Transform a SaaS Company with AI from ELMO CTO

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How AI is Scaled Across Global Supply Chains with Ligentia

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Why Most Enterprise AI Pilots Fail: Lessons on Trust and Deployment

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S&P Global’s Chief Data Officer on Turning Data into Business Outcomes

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How Semantic Layers and Ontologies Create Trusted AI

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Inside WHOOP's Wearables AI Engine for Predictive Health

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A Wharton AI Research Leader's Formula for Responsible AI

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How a Serial CDAO Scales AI in Insurance with Verisk

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How AI Augments Human Creativity at Scale: The WPP Blueprint

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How Nasdaq Architected a $90 Trillion Data Ecosystem

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How OneDigital Is Reframing AI Agents as Coworkers

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Preparing for Agentic AI: Top Trends in Data and AI 2026

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GenAI Best Practices: What Early Adopters Have Learned

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How Yum! Brands is Using Data & AI as a Recipe for Innovation with CDO Cameron Davies

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Alghanim Industries on Why the Middle East Is the New Frontier for Data-Driven Innovation

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When Navan Chose to Build, Not Buy: The AI Decision That Changed Everything

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Canva’s Moe Kiss on Why Creativity Is the Missing Ingredient in Data

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3 Must-Read Data and AI Books for 2025 with Geoff Woods, Wendy Batchelder, and Malcolm Hawker

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Why CDO of WEX Puts People Before Technology in the Age of AI

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Unlocking the Autonomous Enterprise, with ThoughtSpot CEO

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From Building at Pinterest and Airbnb to Revolutionizing AI at Kumo.AI

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Why "Garbage In, Disaster Out" is AI's New Reality: Ecolab CDO

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Why Leaders Need to Master Responsible AI: Insights from Pioneer Noelle Russell

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How Lloyds Banking Uses Data Escape Rooms to Build a Data Culture

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How a CDAO goes from baseball to insurance with Don Vu - New York Life

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How the Met Police Uses AI to Prevent Crime and Protect Communities

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Why Hyatt is Investing in AI and Self-Service to Transform the Future of Hospitality

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How Macquarie Bank Uses AI and Data to Enhance Customer Experience

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How SeaWorld Uses Data to Create Unforgettable Guest and Marine Life Experiences

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How SharkNinja Drives Business Value: The Power of Data for All

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Data-Driven Personalization: Sephora's Winning Strategy

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Bridging the Gender Gap in Data & AI with Databricks & Women in Data UK

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Why a Federated Data Team is Crucial for Business Value, with Dow

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Data Trends Shaping AI’s Future with NVIDIA’s Agentic AI CTO

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Data and AI Predictions for 2025 with Matt Turck, Steve Nouri, and Joe Reis

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Five Best Practices to Succeed with Data and GenAI: Lessons from Leaders

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How to Master the Future of Work and AI Upskilling, with Marni Baker Stein at Coursera

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How Can Data Leaders Shift from Data-First to Business-First Mindset? With Deepak Jose, Global Data, Analytics and AI leader

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Can We Tame AI Before It’s Too Late? With Dr. Gary Marcus

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Three Must-Read 2024 AI and Analytics Books with Jeremy Kahn, Sol Rashidi, and Bernard Marr

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How Mark Cuban Wins with Data for Affordable Drugs, Sports, and Developing AI Talent

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Is Data Quality the Biggest Threat to Humanity? With Barr Moses and Olga Maydanchik

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What Boards Care About Most When It Comes to AI with Dr. Cindy Gordon

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Stack Overflow CEO on How Seizing The (GenAI) Moment Has Driven Effective Change

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JPMorgan Chase on How to Succeed in Data and Analytics in the GenAI Era

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How to bridge the gap between humans and AI, with Sadie St. Lawrence

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Commander’s Business: How the U.S. Coast Guard Serves with Data and AI

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How to activate the collective genius with data and AI, with Walid Mehanna, Merck KGaA

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How analytics teams can earn their seat at the table with Elevance Health

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How RedCloud levels the playing field for fair trade using data

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How to Create a Data and AI Literate Company with Bridgestone and The Data Lodge

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Data, AI, Action: Navigating GenAI with Chris Stephens, Field CTO at Appen

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How Procter and Gamble Pioneered Big Data

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Secrets of Success with Nisha Paliwal from Capital One

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AI for Good: Inside OVO's Mission to Decarbonize Homes and Empower Customers

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From Reporting to Decision Science: Inside HP

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Data & AI Industry Predictions in 2024 with Sapphire Ventures, Unstoppable Domains, and Tata Consulting Services.

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The Data Chief Returns In 2024

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How to Organize Modern Data and Analytics Teams with Mode Analytics Co-Founder, Benn Stancil

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Democratizing Data with Colgate-Palmolive Chief Analytics & Insights Officer, Diana Schildhouse

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How to create an ecosystem moat via data sharing with CDAO at retailer Carrefour

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Three Must-Read Data and Analytics Books with Dr. Barb Wixom, Vin Vashishta, and Asha Saxena

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Reimagining the banking experience with CDO of Singapore's GXS Bank

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How to find and retain data team talent with the VP of Analytics at the Milwaukee Bucks

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Balancing long-term vision with near-term action with Vercel’s VP of Data

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How healthcare data can save lives with Truveta CEO Terry Myerson

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How data is transforming commercial real estate at JLL

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How to build a data culture with purpose

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How to manage consumption creep in a cloud-based world with TIFIN CPO

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Netflix on Balancing Data with Judgment for Better Insights

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Why Online Retailer Zalando Was First to Embrace the Data Mesh

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Delek US on Proving Value as the CDO

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Bill Schmarzo on Why Companies Need to Pivot from Data-Driven to Value-Driven

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How to Connect Data Strategy to Business Value

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The Big Data Behind How You Get Paid

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How to Harness the Explosive Growth of ChatGPT for AI Innovation

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Top Data & AI Industry Trends in 2023 with Tom Davenport, Tony Baer, and Sonny Rivera

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Six Rules to Dominate the Decade of Data

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ThoughtSpot’s Cindi Howson on Best Practices for Driving Impact from Data & Analytics (Ep. 26 Refresh)

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The Modern Milkman’s Chief Strategy Officer, John Hughes on Using Data to Save Our Oceans from Plastic

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New Zealand's Crown Research Institute CDAO, Jan Sheppard on Treating Data as a Treasure

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Société Générale’s Innovation Data & AI Leader Julien Molez on Creating a Value-Driven Data Framework

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Three Must Read Data and Analytics Books with Tim Harford, Zhamak Dehghani, and Brent Dykes

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DoorDash’s VP of Analytics & Data Science, Jessica Lachs on Leveraging Data to Delight Customers Despite a Challenging Supply Chain

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Swiss RE’s SVP of P&C R&D, Jerry Gupta on AI Innovation and Building Revenue-Enhacing Data Models

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American Express CDO and EVP Enterprise Digital & Data Solutions, Pascale Hutz on Managing Data as a Product and Rewarding Creative Destruction

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Boehringer Ingelheim’s Dr. Victoria Gamerman on Design Thinking in Healthcare and Creating a Data-Sharing Ecosystem

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Prudential Financial’s CDO Kjersten Moody on Continuous Learning & Collaboration to Drive Impact with Data

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CarMax AVP of Technology, Data & Analytics, Abhi Bhatt on Upskilling Talent and Using Third Party Data to Build Better Customer Experiences

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Fitch Group’s Heidi Lanford on Finding a Voice in the C-Suite and Improving Data Literacy

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Levi Strauss & Co.’s Dr. Katia Walsh on Using AI and Analytics to Create Cutting-Edge Customer Experiences

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LPL Financial's Cara Dailey on Data Enablement and Balancing Data Defense with Offense

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Unilever’s Vandana Khanna and Deeksha Singh on Demystifying Data, Dreaming Bigger, and Inspiring Business Users with The Art of the Possible

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Afterpay’s Nitish Mathew on Prioritizing Customer Needs, Balancing Governance and Freedom, and Giving Your Team Purpose

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Rakuten’s Takuya Kitagawa on Digital Twins, Getting a CEO to Love Data, and Moonshots

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Etsy’s Chu-Cheng Hsieh on Using Data to Develop a Thriving Marketplace

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Using Data to Transform the Fan Experience in Football and Basketball: Insights from the Indianapolis Colts and Orlando Magic

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GM’s Iwao Fusillo on Recruiting Top Talent and Building a Successful Data Literacy Strategy

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ServiceNow’s Vijay Kotu on the Power of Micro-Decisions and Aligning Data Strategy to Business Strategy

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The Top Trends in 2022 for Data Leaders from DataRobot, Databricks, and Google

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What To Expect on The Data Chief

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Four Must Read Books for Data and Analytics Leaders with Randy Bean, John Thompson, Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, and Doug Laney

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Investec’s Daniel Seymore on Change Management, Business Agility, and Developing Domain Expertise

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Mastercard’s JoAnn Stonier on Responsible AI and Applying Human-Centric Design Principles to Data Problems

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Estée Lauder’s Sol Rashidi on Treating Data as a Product, Turning Failures into Success, and the Unique Position of the CDO

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Pilot Flying J’s Ameet Shetty on Cloud Data Infrastructure, Governance, Analytics Talent

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Credit Karma’s Ryan Graciano on Data Marts, Data Models, and Disrupting the Credit Landscape

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First Command’s Darren Pedroza on Being a Data Activist and Leading your Company Through Digital Transformation

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Kraft Heinz’s Serena Huang on Retaining Top Talent with People Analytics

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OpenTable’s Grant Parsamyan on How Data and Analytics is Helping the Restaurant Industry Rebound from COVID-19

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Daily Harvest’s Brad Klingenberg on How Data-Driven Personalization is Driving Food Creation

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Opendoor’s Ian Wong on Disrupting the Real Estate Industry with Data-Driven Digital Transformation

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ThoughtSpot’s Ajeet Singh on Designing Disruption for Analytics

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ThoughtSpot’s Cindi Howson on Chief Data Officer Success Strategies

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Princeton University's Ruja Benjamin on Bias in Data and A.I.

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Verizon's Radha Sankaran on Personalizing Customer Experiences and Improving Frontline Decision-Making with Data

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Donald Farmer, Wayne Eckerson, and Tom Davenport on Data and Analytics Trends to Watch in 2021

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Citigroup's Chris Powers on Data Literacy

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Nationwide's Jim Tyo on Data Governance Best Practices

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Federal Government's Suzette Kent on Federal Data Strategy and IT Modernization

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Ensemble Health Partners' Jon Osborn and Snowflake's Todd Crosslin on Cloud Innovation in Healthcare

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Medibanks' Craig Rowlands on Saving Lives with Data Literacy

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Bernard Marr on A.I. Strategy and Change Management

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Vertafore's Chad Hawkinson on Cloud Data Security and Streamlining Workflows

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San Francisco County's Jason Lally on Clarity and Better Serving People with Data (pt. 1)

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San Francisco County's Jason Lally on Clarity and Better Serving People with Data (pt. 1)

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Alight Analytics' Michelle Jacobs on Data-Driven Marketing and Respecting Customer Privacy (pt. 2)

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Alight Analytics' Michelle Jacobs on Data-Driven Marketing and Respecting Customer Privacy (pt. 1)

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Just Eat's Alberto Rey Villaverde on Machine Learning, A.I., and Bridging the Imagination Gap (pt. 2)

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Just Eat's Alberto Rey Villaverde on Machine Learning, A.I., and Bridging the Imagination Gap (pt. 1)

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Moffitt Cancer Center's Dr. Dana Rollison on Accelerating Scientific Discovery with Data

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The Hartford's Sully McConnell on Data Infrastructure Innovation

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Wunderman Thompson Data's Jacques van Niekerk on Culture, Innovation, and Diversity

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14 West's Grace Epperson on using data to improve customer experience

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Schneider Electric's Gustavo Canton on optimizing human potential with AI and automation

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Avnet's Max Chan on digital transformation and IT innovation

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PwC's Scott Peck on data storytelling and creating a culture of leadership

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VMWare's Stephen Harris on navigating imperfect data

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ThoughtSpot's Cindi Howson on the new role of the CDO

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