2024 New York CDAO Inner Circle

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Collaborate with your peers

Join New York's top CDAOs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CDAOs today:

Align to the Business and Define ROI

Engage Stakeholders and Communicate Value

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Andrew Foster

M&T Bank
Chief Data Officer

Eric Hirschhorn

BNY Mellon
Chief Data Officer

Jodi Morton

KPMG
Global and U.S. Chief Data Officer

Agenda

September 25, 2024

4:30pm - 5:30pm Executive Networking Reception

5:30pm - 6:45pm Discussion Topics

Harnessing AI's Value and Aligning D&A Initiatives with Business Goals

Martha Asselin

Head of Data & Analytics, North America

Royal Canin

Krishna Cheriath

Chief Data Analytics and AI Officer

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Dee Fitzgerald

Global Head of Data & Analytics

Danone

Moin Haque

Head of Enterprise Data, Analytics, & AI

International Flavors & Fragrances

Dan Klein

VP of Cognitive Services

Aramark

Alex Rosenthal

Global Data Management Leader

PayPal

Josh Alpern

Group Vice President, Global Cloud Migrations

Informatica

Anna-Lena Gerner

Global Head of Claims Reporting & Analytics

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty

Yaseen Akhtar

Head of Data Execution

M&T Bank

Patrick Sullivan

SVP, Integrated Analytics

Munich Re

Today’s CDAOs are facing sky-high expectations to drive innovation, quantify ROI and optimize execution. However, according to the Gartner Chief Data Officer Agenda Survey for 2023, only 44% of CDAOs are effectively providing value to their organizations. This struggle may be attributed to the difficulty in quantifying the ROI of data and analytics and a lack of alignment between the CDAO's initiatives and the organization's strategic objectives. To overcome these challenges, CDAOs need to align D&A and AI with the organization's goals, develop a framework for measuring ROI and effectively communicate value to stakeholders across the business.

Topic 1: Align to the Business and Define ROI

What steps are you taking to tie D&A initiatives with overall business objectives?
How are you measuring and defining the ROI or financial value of D&A and AI?
How can the value of D&A and AI be linked with broader business and financial performance?

Topic 2: Engage Stakeholders and Communicate Value

How are you collaborating with and influencing other business leaders to drive your initiatives forward?
Have you been able to create a shared understanding of D&A and AI potential with key stakeholders?
How are you articulating the value proposition of D&A initiatives to other business leaders to secure buy-in?