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Kristina Chambers
TTX
CDAO
Madhav Madaboosi
bp
Head of Digital Transformation, Future Midstream & Strategy
Prasannal Nithyanandam
Volkswagen
Head of Data & Advanced Analytics
Sid Raina
Medline
Vice President of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
Vijay Rajandram
Northern Trust
Chief Data Officer
Rotary International
Director, Digital Product Delivery & Analytics
Centene Corporation
SVP & Chief Data Officer
PPL
Head of Data & Analytics
Oshkosh Corporation
VP, Advanced Analytics & AI
CME Group
Global Head of Data Science
Littelfuse
Director Data, Analytics and Digital Innovation
AIT Worldwide Logistics
VP, AI & Data Science
Synchrony Financial
VP, Senior Product Engineering Leader
International
Director Data Science
BMO
Head of Data Analytics & AI Risk, US
Ryerson
Chief Data Officer
AbbVie
Analytics Leader
Marsh McLennan
Chief Data Officer
Transcore Link Logistics
Office of the CTO
Walgreens Boots Alliance
Senior Director of Data Governance & Enterprise Data Architecture
Ahold Delhaize
Director (Head) of Enterprise Data Architecture & Strategy
Akron Children's Hospital
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
OSI
Global Director, Data & Analytics
Options Clearing Corporation
Head of Data
Endeavor Health
Head of Data & Analytics
Grainger
Senior Director, Customer Information Design & Operations
Northwestern University
Chief AI Officer
Camping World
VP of Analytics
TruStage
SVP, Chief Data Analytics Officer
First Onsite Property Restoration
SVP, Data and Analytics
Cincinnati Children's
Assistant Vice President, Data and Analytics
Encore
Director, Data & Analytics
COUNTRY Financial
Chief Data Officer
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Global Head of AI/ML & Platforms Engineering
Zurich North America
Head of Data Analytics Engineering & Platforms
Guaranteed Rate
SVP, Data Office
Bayer
VP, Enterprise Analytics & Data Science
UL Solutions
VP, IT
Cengage
Vice President, GTS Enterprise Architecture
Ascension
SVP, Chief Analytics & AI Officer
Baxter
Global IT Director, Data & Analytics
Sidley Austin
Chief Data & AI Officer
Dollar General
Senior Director, Data Science & Operations
Premier
Senior Director, Enterprise Analytics
Crowe
Head of Data
Charles Schwab
Managing Director - Data, Analytics and Insights
NXT Capital, LLC
Senior Director, Business Analytics
Avison Young
Principal, Global Leader of Portfolio Analytics and Business Intelligence
Baxter
VP, IT Data Platforms, AI & Global Functions
Amrock
Vice President of Data Engineering
CIBC
Managing Director, Head of Data Management
Merieux NutriSciences
Global CIO & CDO
Omnicom Group
CDAO
Zimmer Biomet
Global Data, Analytics, and Data Science Director
CIBC
Chief Risk Analytics and Infrastructure Officer
KeHE Distributors
Executive Director, Data Engineering and Analytics
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