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Southern California CDO Community
Join a powerful network of peers
Connect with a local community of like-minded peers who share similar challenges and priorities. Access the collective expertise of CDOs from diverse experiences, backgrounds and industries. Members of the community come together several times a year to connect with each other, exchange ideas and experiences, and validate strategies and solutions.
Join your local community for exclusive access to:
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CDOs today.
- Expanding digital business & accelerating value creation
- Influencing culture & collaboration with governance
- Orchestrating change & empowering real-time decisions
Southern California CDO Governing Body
A regional Governing Body leads the Southern California CDO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CDOs, for CDOs.
Co-Chairs

Meetali Agarwal
Fidelity Investments
Vice President, Analytics & Insights

Mike Burkes
Ultra Mobile
SVP, Enterprise Information Management (CDO)

Prachi Priya
Team One
Chief Data Officer

Matt Smith
Microsoft Corporation
Chief Data Officer - West Enterprise Operating Unit

André Vargas
CAA Brand Management
Chief Data Officer
Members
Seiji Akiyama
AAA National
Chief Data Officer & VP
Stephen Alford
Worldwide Environmental
CIO & CISO
Lokesh Anand
Circle K
Head of Global Data & Analytics Engineering
Savitha Anantharaman
Bank of America
SVP Data & Analytics
Richard Battersby
AEG Worldwide
SVP Data, Analytics & Strategy
Chuck Chekuri
Trace3
Director Analytics and Insights
Kenny Choy
Inland Empire Health Plan
Director, Head of Healthcare Data Science
Subash D'Souza
California State University
Director, Cloud Data Engineering
Hovannes Daniels
Kaiser Permanente
VP, Care Delivery Data & Analytics
Manish Dasaur
Accenture
Chief Data & Analytics Officer - Comms & Media NA
Das Dasgupta
Saatchi & Saatchi
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Ibrahim Debbagh
Envestnet
SVP, Head of Data Analytics and Intelligence Engineering
Brian Docili
Technicolor
VP, Information Technology
Stephan Erberich
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Chief Data Officer
Michael Fein
The Trade Desk
VP, Global Marketing Strategy & Operations
Rich Fox
Qdoba Restaurant Corporation
VP, Analytics & Finance
Brad Furukawa
Northrop Grumman
VP, Corporate Data & CTO
Christine Gambino
County of San Diego
Chief Data Officer
Hanoz Gandhi
Creative Channel
Chief Analytics Officer & EVP, Strategy
Hans Ghekiere
Yamaha
Head of Data Management
John Gim
Omnicom Group
Head of Decision Sciences
Jay Gimple
Long Term Care Group
Senior Vice President, Data Conversions (CoE)
Zane Hall
Analog Devices
Executive Director, IT
Martin Hosseini
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Enterprise Analytics, Head of Data Quality & Data Issue Management
Punnoose Isaac
Crunchyroll
VP and Head of Center for Data and Insights
Kiran Kanetkar
PETCO Animal Supplies
Sr. Director of Data and Analytics
Brian Kleber
Farmers Insurance
VP, Head of Data Management and Data Science
Seongjoon Koo
Amgen
Head of Data and Analytics, Global Development Operations
Stephanie Madison
University of California
Chief Quality, Data Analytics, Performance Management, Knowledge Management & PMO Officer
Rebecca Maffei
PETCO Animal Supplies
CIO
Mohammed Mahbouba
Radiology Partners
Chief Data Officer
Rajesh Marar
Ingram Micro
VP & CTO Cloud Channel Platform | Harmony PSA, Cloudblue
Rajeev Mehrotra
Western Dental Services
VP of Business Systems, Engineering, Analytics, & Big Data
Ashwani Muir
CareMore Health
Sr. Dir. EDW, Advance Analytics, Big Data
Eva Pereira
City of Los Angeles, CA
Chief Data Officer
Sreeram Potukuchi
Republic Services
Director, Head of Enterprise Data
Sarath Ramaswami
Fox Corporation
SVP, Data Products
Eric Schmirler
KARL STORZ Endoscope
Global Head, Performance & Analytics
Mike Thompson
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Executive Director of Enterprise Data Intelligence
Max Trichet
Capital Group
VP, Data Governance
Zeena Wright
HireRight
Global Data Governance & Management
Bruce Yen
Guess
VP, Retail Applications

“In the past couple of months, Houston virtual CDO events have been a fantastic source of communication and networking with peers. Covid-19 has thrown us a lot of social challenges, but thanks to Evanta and their conscientious efforts, virtual boardrooms and roundtables are here to stay.”
DR. ASHWANI DEV, DIGITAL AND DATA SCIENCE OFFICER
HALLIBURTON
Upcoming Programs
VIRTUAL
August 18, 2022 | 1 hour
Southern California CDO Virtual Town Hall
Leading with Data — Propelling Organizational Success
An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.
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C-Suite Community Pulse on the War for Talent
Despite the economic outlook, most C-level leaders report that their companies have more open positions now than in past years. We asked C-level executives across Evanta communities what they think is causing the war on talent – here is what 700 leaders told us about talent and its impact on their business outlook.
VIEW RESULTSINFOGRAPHIC | AUGUST 3, 2022



INFOGRAPHIC | AUGUST 3, 2022
CDO Community Pulse on the War for Talent
We asked CDOs across Evanta communities what they think is causing the talent shortage and what they’re doing to combat it. Here is what senior data and analytics leaders told us about talent issues and the impact on their outlook for the remainder of the year and beyond.
VIEW RESULTS