CDAO Financial Services 2026
Returning for its thirteenth year, CDAO Financial Services 2026 is the premier event for America's top data and analytics leaders in the financial sector. Join us for a transformative experience where industry experts delve into the latest strategies for leveraging data-driven decision-making, risk management, regulatory compliance, and AI implementation to fuel business growth. This year’s event also explores the convergence of technology, governance, and data ethics to shape the future of financial services. In 2026, CDAO Financial Services will be co-located with CDAO Insurance. This provides a one-of-a-kind opportunity to gain actionable insights and foster the connections necessary to stay ahead in the evolving insurance landscape.
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Speakers

Robert Kula
EVP & Chief Data Risk Officer, KeyBank

Saba Dossani
Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Comerica Bank

Diego de Aragao
Senior Vice President, Balance Sheet Management & Analytics, Citi

Tarun Sood
Chief Data Officer, American Century

Arijit Bhattacharya
Head of Data Governance, Northern Trust Asset Management

Hardik Dave
Director, Digital & Data Platforms, BlackRock

Matthew Balfour
Principal Managing Consultant, Exadel

Alexey Girzhadovich
Chief Delivery Officer, Exadel

Christian Brugger
Director of Client Solutions, Fenergo

Jessica Goulart
Vice President of Partnerships, Ataccama

Akhil Khunger
Vice President, Quantitative Analytics, Barclays

Hortense Viard
Financial Services, Risk & Regulatory, Artefact

Akhilesh Kale
Partner, Financial Services, Data & AI Foundations, Artefact

Garry Teekah
Head of Market Development, North America, Fenergo

Bryan McCann
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, You.com

Emma McGrattan
Chief Technology Officer, Actian

Colman Madden
Head of Customer Engineering, Google Cloud

Ron Koch
Director, Data, AI & Watsonx, Financial Services Market, IBM

Brian Dragunas
Director, Data, AI & Watsonx, Financial Services Market, IBM

Brian Evans
Vice President, Americas Sales, Neo4j

Kevin Stumpf
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Tecton

Brent Blaschka
Sales Director, Carto

Or Zabludowski
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Flexor.ai

Mike Upchurch
Vice President of Strategy for Financial Services & Insurance, Domino Data Lab

Unmesh Kulkarni
Senior Vice President BFSI, Tredence

Arpan Dasgupta
Chief Business Officer BFSI, Tredence

Curtis O’Dell
Global Business Manager, Tricentis

Shri Bhupathi
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, MILL5

Sriraman Pattabiraman
Data Governance & Risk Reporting Lead, State Street

Eric Gonzalez
Vice President, Business Intelligence Architecture, Eastern Bank

Richa Singh
Director & Head of Data & AI, Lexington Partners

Bijit Ghosh
Chief Technology Officer, Global Head of Cloud Product & Engineering, AI/ML, Deutsche Bank

Jitender Jain
Principal Software Engineer, Capital One (Former)

Vinod Goje
Vice President Engineering Manager, Bank of America

Alejandro Mosquera
Head of AI, Cybersecurity & Privacy, Chime

Koosha Golmohammadi
Executive Director of Data Science, Chase

Adrija Banerjee
Director, American Express

Jaydip Mukhopadhyay
Vice President, Data Science & Model Risk, Internal Audit, American Express

Dhouglas Carvalho
Vice President, Product Management, Delivery Lead, Global Market Data, Analytics, Sales & Research Tech, Bank of America

Abhinav Natarajan
Executive Director, Global Product Lead, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co

Erum Manzoor
Vice President, Citi

Edgar Zalite
Chief Data Architect, Deutsche Bank

Dimple Thakkar
Executive Director – Head of Data for Machine Learning Operations, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co

Dennis Peters
Head of Data & Analytics, Managing Director, PGIM

Srini Masanam
Global Head of Surveillance Data Quality, Citi

Jayeeta Putatunda
Senior Data Scientist - NLP & Gen AI, Manager, Emerging Technology, Fitch Group

Ali Abedini
Senior Vice President, Executive Head of US Advanced Analytics, TD Bank

Luckner Polycarpe
Vice President, Data & AI Strategy, Mastercard

Jake Katz
Head of RMBS Research and Data Science, Analytics & AI, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)

Pawan Verma
Chief Data Officer, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
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