2025 Houston CDAO Executive Summit

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Collaborate with your peers

Get together with Houston's top CDAOs 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 CDAOs today:

Linking Data, Analytics and AI Initiatives to Business Value

Maturing D&A Culture with Data Democratization and Self-Service Analytics

Modernizing Data Governance to Adopt and Scale Advanced D&A and AI Capabilities

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Navin Advani

Sysco
VP, Global Supply Chain, Enterprise Applications & Innovation

Vincent Cen

Direct Energy
Head of Digital Usage & Data Analytics

Partha Chatterjee

Shell USA
Principal, Data Analysis

Sarah Karthigan

Chevron
GM, Data & Insights, Strategy & Innovation

Raphael Louvrier

City of Houston, TX
Enterprise Data Officer

Arun Narayanan

RES Group
Chief Executive Officer, Digital Solutions

Quang Ton

SLB
Head of Business Intelligence

Hema Yalamanchi

The Kraft Heinz Company
Global CDO

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CDAO 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.

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 Houston CDAO community.

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.

Agenda

Coming Soon

The CDAO Executive Summit agendas are driven by the mission-critical priorities identified among the community. Each agenda is uniquely crafted ‘by CDAOs, for CDAOs,’ and will be available closer to the gathering. All topics and sessions will be inspired by the following themes.

Linking Data, Analytics, and AI Initiatives to Business Value

CDAOs are focused on tying data, analytics, and AI initiatives to business objectives to demonstrate their value. By directly aligning these initiatives with enterprise-wide strategic goals, CDAOs can drive better decision making and enhance organizational performance.

Maturing D&A Culture with Data Democratization and Self-Service Analytics

To advance D&A culture within large organizations, CDAOs are democratizing data and enabling self-service analytics. By empowering employees to access and utilize data independently, CDAOs can foster a more agile and informed workforce, leading to improved business outcomes.

Modernizing Data Governance to Adopt and Scale Advanced D&A and AI Capabilities

CDAOs must prioritize the maturation of data governance frameworks to effectively adopt and scale advanced D&A and AI capabilities. With robust governance, organizations can maintain data quality and compliance, enabling the successful implementation of innovative technologies across the enterprise.