CDOIQ Newsletter, July 2025 vol. II | | Final Updates and Reminders for CDOIQ Symposium | | |
1. Download the Pre-symposium Proceedings to get early insights, decide which sessions you want to attend, and bring them along for your trip.
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| | Featured Sponsor Presentations | | Data in Space - Exploring the Use Case for Data Management and Storage in Space-Based Facilities | | |
Justin Magruder, Chief Data Officer, SAIC
Chris Stott, Founder, Chair, and CEO, Lonestar Data Holdings Inc.
As humanity embarks on a new era of space exploration, the legal frameworks governing space commerce become crucial. In this fireside chat, Chris Stott, founder of the Institute for Space Commerce, and Justin Magruder, Chief Data Officer and Strategist for SAIC, will explore the potential for using space-based resources for data management and storage. They will discuss the technical, legal, and regulatory considerations involved, emphasizing benefits and responsibilities under current treaties. This session is vital for Chief Data Officers, highlighting space-based data solutions' transformative potential in addressing Earth’s growing data management challenges securely and sustainably.
| | It’s Not FAIR, It’s IRAF!: An Adoption-First Approach to Data Transformations | | |
John Spens, VP of Data Modernization, Thoughtworks
Nimisha Asthagiri, Global Director of Data and AI, Thoughtworks
Implementing FAIR data principles is a strategic imperative for healthcare and life science organizations as those organizations seek to drive better outcomes for patients. However, real-world adoption often faces significant hurdles. This session cuts through the theoretical to reveal what successful FAIR transformation looks like on the ground, given our experiences at multiple organizations.
We explore critical nuances of managing risk, demonstrating ROI, and navigating organizational change. Join us to learn about our experiences in executing data strategies that are contextualized, collaborative, and designed for genuine impact, ensuring your FAIR initiatives move from aspiration to ingrained practice.
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What AI Needs From Your Data:
Lessons From the Front Lines
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Adita Karkera, Chief Data Officer, Deloitte Government & Public Services
Lorenzo Ross, Technology Fellow, Deloitte Consulting, LLC
Organizations adopting AI often find that poor data quality, unclear ownership, and missing lineage can derail progress. this session will share insights from real-world projects where AI success depended on strong data foundations. They will discuss invisible data defects that skew model outcomes and practical techniques to enhance trust and usability. Attendees will gain actionable takeaways and questions to bring back to their teams for reliable, scalable impact.
| | Rewiring Data Trust: UCB’s Journey with DQLabs | | |
Andrew Crisp, VP, Director of Enterprise Data Services, United Community Bank
Bhavesh Patel, Head of Sales, DQLabs, Inc.
United Community Bank (UCB) began its data transformation journey with fragmented systems, reactive monitoring, and manual data quality workflows that could have left the business exposed to hidden data issues. In this session, Andrew Crisp, Director of Enterprise Data., shares how UCB transformed its approach by adopting DQLabs to drive proactive monitoring, centralized data quality controls, and consistent data across lines of business. What started as an initial data strategy and compliance initiative is now evolving into an enterprise-wide rollout fueled by end-user trust, visibility, tremendous time savings and agility. Learn how UCB increased data confidence, empowered end users, and scaled literacy and accountability by embedding data quality into its critical data operations.
| | ROI or Bust: Making GenAI Work for the KPIs That Actually Matter | | |
Alex Vayner, Chief Growth Officer, SparkBeyond
Generative AI is everywhere, but for business leaders, the real question is: does it actually move the metrics that matter? Too many AI projects get stuck as flashy demos or FAQ bots, leaving core KPIs untouched. This session cuts through the hype, showing how to unleash GenAI on your operational data—CRM, IoT, and those infamous spreadsheets—to drive measurable ROI. Learn a practical, no-nonsense approach to making AI deliver real business impact, not just buzzwords. Because it’s not about how smart your AI sounds—it’s about how much smarter your business becomes.
| | Creating New Opportunities at Scale: Leveraging Telemetry Data for a Global Device Manufacturer | | |
Mike Woods, Vice President, Growth, North America, The Modern Data Company
Transforming millions of connected devices into actionable intelligence represents one of today’s most compelling data opportunities. This presentation explores how a leading global device manufacturer unlocked the potential of their telemetry data, creating a breakthrough device intelligence platform.
The solution now delivers insights into over 100 million devices, enabling predictive maintenance that dramatically improves customer satisfaction and reduces long-term warranty costs. Discover the key strategies, technical approaches, and business outcomes that made this large-scale IoT data transformation possible.
| | Industry Domain Framework: A Blueprint for Trusted, Connected, and AI-Ready Data Products | | |
Ravi Shankar, Partner - Data Transformation, Tiger Analytics
Tiger Analytics is pioneering the Industry Domain Framework, a reference architecture to build trusted, connected, and AI-ready domain data products. It combines data mesh, medallion architectures, and decision-driven design to align data with business workflows, metrics, and personas. By ensuring semantic consistency and embedded data quality, it creates a strong foundation for scaling AI/ML, GenAI, and intelligent agents. The framework enables faster, safer AI adoption while avoiding data silos and increasing trust in insights.
| | Beyond Automation: How Next Generation AI-powered Solutions are Reshaping Business Models | | |
Rajeev Shrivastava, Chief Executive Officer, TigerGraph
AI is no longer just a tool for automating routine tasks—it is fundamentally transforming how businesses operate, compete, and create value. This session explores how leading organizations across industries are using the next generation of AI-powered platforms for mission critical needs at scale including increasing fraud detection, unlocking new revenue streams, delivering hyper-personalized customer experiences, and reinventing traditional business model.
| | From Data to Value: Building Scalable Data Products that Drive Business Impact | | |
Ravi Salavi, SVP, Data Analytics & AI, Financial Services, WNS Analytics
Sherman Cooper, Head of Data, QBE North America
In today’s data-driven world, true value comes not from data itself, but from transforming it into scalable products that solve real business challenges. Discover how to unlock business value from data by building scalable, integrated data products and how strong business alignment & strategic partnerships drive impactful outcomes.
| | How Bill and ZoomInfo Embedded AI-Based Data Observability Into Their Lakehouse | | |
Mona Rakibe, Co-Founder and CEO, Telm.ai
Aindra Misra, Director of Product Management, Data, AI & Cloud, Bill
Hasmik Sarkezians, VP of Engineering, ZoomInfo
As enterprises modernize their data platforms, open table formats like Apache Iceberg are quickly becoming the backbone of scalable, AI-ready lakehouse architectures. But with this transformation comes a critical challenge: how to maintain real-time data trust across increasingly fragmented, high-velocity pipelines—without introducing latency or operational drag.
This session will walk through this critical challenge. Attendees will gain a practical blueprint for embedding intelligent, adaptive data quality workflows into modern data stacks—enabling trusted AI outcomes, resilient pipelines, and faster time to insight.
| | CDOIQ Symposium Sponsor Exhibit Theater | | We are thrilled to hold the Sponsor Exhibit Theater with in-person presentations at the Amesbury Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA. This Exhibit Theater aims to enable CDOIQ sponsors to showcase their innovations, demos, and more. Be sure to mark your calendars and join them onsite! | | CDOIQ-Kipi Executive Dinner | | |
The Future of Agentic Systems
Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA, USA
July 16th, Wednesday | 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM ET
You are very cordially invited to attend the CDOIQ-Kipi Executive Dinner. This exclusive fireside chat and dinner—hosted by Kipi.ai, WNS, Snowflake, and CDOIQ—will explore one of the most intriguing and timely topics in AI: The Rise of Agentic Systems. This session is designed for senior data and AI leaders seeking to move beyond buzzwords and into the architecture of tomorrow’s intelligent enterprises.
Join us for an evening of thought leadership and executive networking with speakers from WNS, data.world, and other leading organizations.
| | The SolixEmpower Mini-Symposium | | |
CDOIQ/SolixEmpower
Mini-Symposium
The Rise of Unstructured Data
Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA, USA
July 14th, Monday | 2 PM - 6 PM ET
You are very cordially invited to the CDOIQ/Solix Empower Mini-Symposium, a pre-CDOIQ opening event, on Monday upon your arrival. The event will feature renowned author Tom Davenport, who will discuss his upcoming book, "The New Science of Customer Relationships: Delivering the One-to-One Promise with AI," which is scheduled for release in August. As a thank you for your attendance, you will receive a special early first printing of the book, which Tom will be available to sign.
This exclusive event is complimentary for registered on-site CDOIQ Symposium attendees and by Solix invitation only.
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