Of the Field
CDAO Chicago 2026
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30Voices
0Underwriters
0Exhibitors
14On the bill · sessions
28Companies · in total
The Voices
Programmed at CDAO, in alphabetical order.Adam Blalock
Director - Solution Architects, Americas and APAC · Starburst
Anusha Dwivedula
Director of Technical Product Management · Morningstar
Ashish Garg
Principal Product Manager · WALMART
Christine Wallinger
Director, Data · RLI Insurance
Christopher Jones
Senior Director, Baseball Analytics · Chicago Cubs
Daniel Chertok
Sr. Data Scientist, AI Research and Commercialization · BMO U.S.
Deepak Konale
Former Chief Data and Analytics Officer · Northern Trust Wealth Management
Dhruv Baronia
Head of Analytics | Wealth Management · Northern Trust
Emma McGrattan
CTO · Actian
Ivan Fastishevskiy
Global VP Strategic Reinvention Office · MARS VETERINARY HEALTH
Jeannie Furlan
Financial Data Strategy VP · MUTUAL OF OMAHA
Jimmy Kozlow
CDO · Northern Trust
Jyoti Mishra
Sr. Director Analytics Executive · Amtrak
Kyongche Kang
Analytics Branch Chief Data Scientist · United States Army Reserve
Latha Ramamoorthy
Vice President - Technical Product/Program Manager · JPMorgan Chase
Lev Tyomkin
Vice President, Equity Research Data Strategy · JEFFERIES
Madhu Mukherjee
Vice President of Transformation & Data Science · Gannett| USA TODAY NETWORK
Menaka Nagarajan
Vice President Business Analytics · Health Network One
Mir Ali
Senior Director - Data & Analytics · The Hershey Company
Narayanan Krishnan
Vice President, Digital and Data Technologies · ATHLETICO
Paola Leites
Conference Producer
Patrick Chew
VP – AI & Data Science · AIT Worldwide Logistics
— and 8 more, by name unsung —
The Programme
Selected from 14 sessions on the bill.- Day 1
Keynote Presentation: Boosting AI Success Through Data Culture
In today's dynamic $100 billion AI landscape, organizations around the globe are refining their competitive edge. But for AI to be successful, programs must start with robust data …
- Day 1
Keynote Presentation: Bridging the Gap: Universities & Industry Collaboration in the AI Era
• How can universities prepare the next generation of AI professionals and support the adaptation of the existing workforce? • What universities and industry can learn from each ot…
- Day 1
Keynote Presentation: Building a Data Driven Culture: A paradigm Shift in Mindset
• Five characteristics of a Data Driven Organization • AI Quotient: Measuring the success of data in the organization • Transforming organizational mindset and steps to build Data …
- Day 1
Keynote Presentation: Building Trust in the AI Era of Enterprise Analytics: From Data Integrity to Insight
Acceleration • How AI-driven observability frameworks can enhance trust, quality, and explainability in enterprise analytics pipelines • Scaling Responsible AI Through Data Product…
- Day 1
Keynote Presentation: MDM – Your Data Journey Starts Here
The choices facing data leaders tasked to transform their data and analytics functions into levers of innovation and change are overwhelming. Mountains of and technical and data de…
- Day 1
Keynote Presentation: Your AI Isn’t Failing. You Are
In this provocative keynote, we’ll unpack what it really takes to turn data into value. Through four bold truths, you’ll get a front-row seat to the uncomfortable – and necessary –…
- Day 2
Keynote Presentation: Data as a Strategic Asset: How the most innovative companies are leveraging data and managing risk to gain an edge
• Data as a Moat: Unbreachable defenses that keep competitors at bay and investors engaged • Novel Data Analytics in the Age of AI: Fuse public, private & behavioral streams into e…
- Day 2
Keynote Presentation: Data Storytelling- What Stories are Worthwhile and What is Just Noise? How Can you Tell the Most Effective Story Using your Data?
• How to separate valuable data stories from irrelevant noise to focus on what truly matters? • Turning complex data into a compelling story that resonates with your audience • Usi…
- Day 2
Keynote Presentation: From Chaos to Scale: Product Management for AI Innovation
• Identifying High-Impact Opportunities for AI-Driven Value Creation • Building a Robust AI Ecosystem for Sustainable Value Generation • Quantifying and Communicating the ROI of AI…
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer
An audience of 28 companies, parsed from the program.
“28 companies in attendance.”
The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.
0All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
28Speakingspeaker only
80% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.
- C-suite517%
- Founder / Owner13%
- VP-level930%
- Director / Head of930%
- Manager / Lead13%
- Product13%
- Engineer · IC13%
- Research / Science27%
- Other roles13%
Of 30 on the bill · classified by free-text title
- 01Northern Trust2V
- 02AbbVie1V
- 03Actian1V
- 04AIT Worldwide Logistics1V
- 05Amtrak1V
- 06ATHLETICO1V
- 07BMO U.S.1V
- 08CHICAGO ATLANTIC1V
- 09Chicago Cubs1V
- 10Gannett| USA TODAY NETWORK1V
- 11Health Network One1V
- 12Horizon Commerce1V
- 13JEFFERIES1V
- 14JLL1V
Tiers were not disclosed for this convocation.