CDAO Fall
2026 Speakers
Manajit Barman
Chief Data Officer
United States Airforce
Yvonne Li
Chief AI and Data Officer
STARR INSURANCE
Ash Dhupar
Chief AI & Data Officer
HONEYWELL AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES
Achuth Rao
Chief Product Officer & Head of Data & Analytics, AI Products
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Nondas Sourlas
Chief Data and Analytics Officer
CLOSEKNIT
Duyum Ryan
Finance Chief Operating Officer & SVP (Finance Data Strategy)
THE CIGNA GROUP
Adem Albayrak
Chief Data and AI Officer
ALZHEON
Dartanion Williams
Chief Data Officer and Executive Director
CITY OF BALTIMORE
Besa Bauta
(Former Chief Information Officer) Assistant Professor
NYU
Vikas Sachdeva
Chief Information Officer
HEALTHDRIVE CORPORATION
Thomas Shola
(Former Chief Risk Information Officer) Executive Director IT, Cyber, Enterprise Data & Analytics
FIRST CITIZENS BANK
Dr. Tarun Sood
Chief Data and AI Officer
AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENTS
Andrew Patricio
Chief Data and AI Officer
UNIDOS US
Khizar Hayat
Chief Data Officer & Chief Operating Officer
DAKOTA
Elena Alikhachkina
Chief Data and AI Officer
TE CONNECTIVITY
Justin Heller
Former SVP, Chief Data Officer
SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL
Trang Nguyen
Vice President, Data Science
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL
Diego De Aragao
Senior Vice President, Balance Sheet and Analytics
CITI GROUP
Moshmi Sanagavarapu
SVP Data Management
OMNICOM-IPG MEDIABRANDS
Ravinath Kausik
Vice President, Data Science, AI and Analytics
THE HARTFORD
Alexander Shvets
Head Medical & R&D Data Science & AI
IPSEN
Isa Terzi
Vice President, Data
ERGO NEXT INSURANCE
Haroon Abbu
Senior Vice President, Digital Technology, AI & Data Analytics & CDAIO
BELL AND HOWELL
Yogesh Bhardwaj
Sr. Director GSO Business Partner, Data & IT Shared Services
SENSATA
Polina R. Ware
Global Director, Digital Innovation & Enterprise Solutions
PPG
Haritha Yanam
Managing Director, Data Science & AI
WEBSTER BANK
Kamal Distell
Vice President Enterprise Data
TRAVELERS