CDOIQ Newsletter, May 2025 vol. II | | Complimentary Sponsor Passes to End on May 31st | | Sponsors are offering onsite and virtual complimentary passes, open to all interested participants. Secure a complimentary code through sponsors! Their offer will end on May 31st while available. Note: These discount codes are not applicable for individuals who have already registered. | | Featured CDOIQ Presentations | | |
The Master Data Management Journey:
Six Lessons Learned from Mizuho
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Anthony Deighton, Tamr
JC Lionti, Mizuho Bank
Join JC Lionti, CDO at Mizuho Bank, to learn six essential, practical, and real-world lessons from successful MDM initiatives. Traditional rules-based Master Data Management approaches have often failed to deliver value. Increasingly, successful business strategies, especially AI strategies, depend on high-quality data. Discover how Tamr’s AI-native MDM is disrupting the traditional approach to MDM. This new approach focuses on understanding your data, transforming it into a reliable asset, engaging users to build trust, and integrating your data into critical operational systems, leveraging AI throughout the journey.
| | A CDO Blueprint for Driving Agentic AI Trust | | |
James Massa, JPMorganChase
As AI agents become integral to decision-making, the question of trust becomes paramount. This keynote explores how CDOs can support trust in AI through a robust data strategy that includes zero-trust data quality, data ownership frameworks, data mesh architecture, and data democratization. We will dissect why training data quality and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) data quality contribute to AI hallucinations and outline how data contracts and data marketplaces can mitigate these risks. By addressing the data underpinnings of AI, this session provides actionable strategies for CDOs to replace shadow IT with citizen data scientists, enforce data quality standards, and build trusted AI agents.
| | Fuel GenAI with AI-Ready Data | | |
Peter Manta, Informatica
Data leaders worldwide are now being directed to pursue GenAI to drive innovation, top-line revenue growth and productivity, but without the right data, those GenAI projects might be stuck in experimentation. Discover how AI-ready data fuels GenAI that can grow and scale.
Join your peers to learn:
- AI and GenAI’s impact and common pitfalls
- Key considerations for AI-ready data
- Real-world AI-ready examples
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| | How AI Transforms Data Engineering | | |
Saket Saurabh, Nexla
Learn how data engineering teams are evolving to become a critical foundation for successful enterprise-grade AI implementations. While there was significant hype around GenAI in 2024, 2025 is the year AI delivers real, measurable business impact. This session will dive into the best practices that helped move AI projects from promising prototypes to robust production systems and how companies can unlock Agentic AI use cases. It will also include examples from real-world implementations using Nexla to highlight how to implement an enterprise-grade integration and agentic AI foundation that supports no-code data engineering.
| | CDOIQ Society Proseminar Series | | |
The CDOIQ Society Proseminar Series, originally scheduled for June, will now commence in August 2025. The opening session will feature an introduction by Carl Gerber, a distinguished thought leader, followed by Mark Ramsey, widely recognized for his expertise in data strategy. In the ensuing months, the series will feature:
The Proseminar Series will be held monthly via Zoom from 12:00–1:15 PM ET on weekdays. Join us as a member today—click the button below to get involved.
| | "Of the Members, for the Members, by the Members" | | |
The CDOIQ Society is a professional community dedicated to empowering leaders in data, analytics, and AI through networking, access to best practices, and expert-led events. As a key member benefit, the CDOIQ Society Proseminar Series brings together senior leaders globally to share best practices, exchange insights, and foster collaboration on the most pressing challenges and innovations in the field. Each session features distinguished speakers and expert perspectives on data strategy, governance, and emerging trends. Many leaders from across sectors have already agreed to participate. Be part of this growing community!
| | Reserve Symposium Hotel ASAP | | |
Guest Rooms at Hyatt Regency Cambridge Hotel for the 19th Annual CDOIQ Symposium are now available for reservations, limited to 300 rooms only. Please do reserve at your earliest convenience to secure your room.
| | Check out our previous 2025 CDOIQ Symposium newsletters to see confirmed speakers and get more details. Stay informed and be ready for an exciting event! | | | | |
