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CDO Magazine Podcast Series
The CDO Magazine Podcast Series is a one-of-a-kind series of data-world debates conducted by and for CDOs. The podcast series covers a wide range of topics, including machine learning, artificial intelligence, data technology, the Internet of Things, and robotics. Podcasts range from mini episodes covering high-level themes to longer, in-depth interviews with practicing data professionals and leaders. No matter where you are in your data science career, staying up to date on the latest in data…
Episodes
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Rethinking AI Success in Oncology: Lessons from City of Hope
AI in oncology is often discussed in terms of breakthroughs. But inside leading cancer centers, the focus is much more practical: what works, for whom, and how…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Inside the Real Work of AI Adoption with Daimler Truck North America CDO Edgar Gallo
In the final part of this three-part series, Edgar Gallo, Chief Data Officer at Daimler Truck North America, shifts the conversation from AI use cases to what…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | What Does it Take to Make AI Work Inside a Global Enterprise like Henkel?
In this episode, Katrin Botzen, Corporate Director of Global Data and Analytics at Henkel, shares how the company applies AI across R&D, supply chain, and…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Why do so many AI initiatives fail to move beyond pilots?
In this episode, Sanjay Sankolli, Chief Architect for AI and Data at Truist, joins Karan Jain, Founder and CEO of NayaOne, to explore why enterprise AI often…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | 80–90% of AI Transformation Comes Down to Change Management — Schneider Electric CAIO
AI might be the headline, but execution is the story. In the final part of this three-part series, Philippe Rambach gets practical about what it takes to make…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | How Daimler Truck Applies Agentic AI to Real Supply Chain Challenges
In this episode, Edgar Gallo, Chief Data Officer at Daimler Truck North America, shares how agentic AI is being applied to real-world supply chain challenges…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Barriers to Analytics Adoption — Insights from Mars’ People Analytics Leaders
As organizations invest heavily in data, analytics, and AI, one challenge continues to hold many initiatives back: adoption. In this episode, Mars’ Ujjwal…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Why Data Product Adoption Matters More Than Production, TI Automotive’s Head of Data & AI Explains
In the final episode of this three-part series, Apurva Wadodkar, Senior Director and Head of Data and AI at TI Automotive, discusses how organizations can…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Inside Daimler Truck’s Data Strategy for Agentic AI
As AI agents begin to enter enterprise workflows, organizations must rethink how trust, governance, and context are built into data systems. In this episode…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Schneider Electric CAIO on Turning AI from Experiments into Scalable Value
In this episode of the CDO Magazine podcast, Philippe Rambach, Chief AI Officer at Schneider Electric, explains why the company avoids treating AI as a simple…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | The Data Model Behind Mars’ Analytics Evolution
In Part 2 of this series, Mars data leaders Ujjwal Sehgal and Rachel Belino explain how the organization moved from siloed analytics to reusable, cross-domain…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | How to Define AI Success Before Deployment — Hear from a Fortune 500 AI Governance Leader
As enterprises invest aggressively in generative and agentic AI, many leaders face a critical challenge: defining what success actually looks like. In this…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | AI Governance and Decision Intelligence with TI Automotive’s Apurva Wadodkar
As enterprises accelerate AI adoption, governance is becoming one of the most important challenges facing data leaders. In this episode, Apurva Wadodkar…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | AI That Reduces Delays and Length of Stay: Lessons from GE HealthCare
Healthcare is entering a new phase where AI is becoming foundational infrastructure rather than isolated pilots. In this episode, Parminder Bhatia, Chief AI…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | From Energy Savings to Knowledge Retention: AI at Schneider Electric
What does it take to move AI from experimentation to enterprise impact? In this episode, Philippe Rambach, Chief AI Officer at Schneider Electric, explains how…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | From Compliance to EBITDA: The New Role of AI Governance
AI governance is no longer just about compliance. It is becoming an EBITDA conversation. In Part 2 of this three-part series, Patrick McQuillan explains why…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | More Data, Less Confidence? Mars Leaders Explain Why
Organizations have more data than ever, yet leaders still struggle to act with confidence. In this episode, Mars leaders Ujjwal Sehgal and Rachel Belino join…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Start With Education, Not Algorithms: Inside TI Automotive’s AI Playbook
In Part 1 of this three-part series, Apurva Wadodkar, Senior Director and Head of Data and AI at TI Automotive, shares a practical starter kit for building an…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Why AI Is Exposing Governance Gaps Across Enterprises
AI is pushing organizations to move faster. But many are still missing the foundations. In this episode, a Fortune 500 data governance and responsible AI…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Healthcare’s AI Inflection Point: GE HealthCare CAIO on Building Systems That Fade Into the Background
Healthcare is moving beyond AI experimentation and into operational scale. In this episode, Parminder Bhatia, Chief AI Officer at GE HealthCare, joins Cindi…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Operationalizing Data Governance at Federal Scale: Inside Treasury’s Evolving CDO Mandate
In the final episode of this three-part series, Justin Marsico, Assistant Commissioner for Fraud Prevention and Financial Integrity at the U.S. Department of…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | A CTO’s View on Why Enterprise AI Still Breaks at the Data Layer
AI models are evolving rapidly but enterprise advantage is built elsewhere. In this episode of the CDO Magazine Podcast, Fortune 100 enterprise CTO and…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | The Enterprise Data Guru Mindset, With Advantage Solutions CDO
What does it take to lead enterprise data transformation in an AI-driven world? In this episode, Jo O’Hazo, Chief Data Officer at Advantage Solutions, reflects…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | How J&J Global Services Scales Enterprise AI Through Intelligent Operations and Governance
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Global Services sits at the center of how J&J scales enterprise operations, enabling employees and end-to-end processes through a…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Inside Treasury’s Data and Analytics Strategy for Verifying a Billion+ Payments a Year
Preventing fraud at scale is not a policy exercise. It’s a data and systems challenge. In Part 2 of this three-part series, Justin Marsico, Assistant…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | How J&J Global Services Scales GenAI and Prepares for Agentic AI
As enterprises move from generative AI (GenAI) experimentation toward scalable, production-ready capabilities, leaders are being forced to rethink how AI fits…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Advantage Solutions CDO on Measuring What Actually Matters in Data and AI Governance
What does success look like in data and AI governance when KPIs alone are not enough? In Part 2 of this three-part series, Jo O’Hazo, Chief Data Officer at…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Why Customer Loyalty Has Become the Real AI Battleground at Marriott International
In this episode, Nitin Kumar, Director of Data Science and GenAI at Marriott International, joins Ben Blanquera, VP of AI and Sustainability at Rackspace…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | The Data Gap Undermining Federal Payment Integrity — and How Treasury Is Closing It
The federal government makes trillions of dollars in payments each year, making payment integrity one of its most complex and critical challenges. In this…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | J&J Global Services Blueprint for Scalable GenAI
Ajay Anand, SVP of Strategic Solutions and Commercial Services, Global Services at Johnson & Johnson, shares how the Global Services uses data quality, content…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Advantage Solutions CDO Jo O’Hazo on Trust, Micro Wins and AI Readiness
Jo O’Hazo, Chief Data Officer at Advantage Solutions, joins Nathan Turajski of Informatica for a deep dive into the foundations of enterprise-scale data and…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Leading Data Through Influence: Lessons from M&T Bank’s CDO
In this concluding episode of a three-part series, Andrew Foster, Chief Data Officer at M&T Bank, joins Parker Thompson of Denodo to discuss what it really…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | The Hidden Foundation of Scalable AI: Semantics, Governance, and ROI
Most AI challenges are not technology problems. They are foundation problems. In the final episode of a three-part conversation, Chris Goodale, VP of…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Why M&T Bank’s CDO Refuses Long Roadmaps and Short-Term Theater
Andrew Foster, Chief Data Officer at M&T Bank, continues his conversation with Parker Thompson, Regional VP and General Manager, East at Denodo. Moving beyond…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Lessons From Sun Life on Accelerating GenAI Adoption Across a Global Insurer
Chris Goodale, VP of Enterprise Data and Analytics Enablement at Sun Life, speaks with Denodo’s Jason Sturgess about how the insurer is generating real…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | What Enterprise Leaders Can Learn from Lowe’s Approach to AI, Culture, and Innovation
Enterprise AI at scale is no longer just about automation. It is about leadership, culture, multimodal experiences, and intelligent agents. In the final part…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Inside the Informatica CDO Awards 2025: How Trusted AI Leaders Are Standing Out
In the final chapter of the Informatica CDO Awards series, Jim Kruger, Chief Marketing Officer at Informatica, joins Robert Lutton from Sandhill Consultants to…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | The Real Work Behind AI Adoption at Scale — M&T Bank’s Blueprint for Trust, Governance, and Value
In this episode, Part 1 of a three-part series, M&T Bank Chief Data Officer Andrew Foster joins Parker Thompson, Regional VP and General Manager, East at…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Inside Sun Life’s Global AI and Data Strategy with VP Chris Goodale
In this episode, we kick off Part 1 of a three-part conversation with Chris Goodale, Vice President of Enterprise Data & Analytics Enablement at Sun Life…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | How Informatica CDO Award Winners Deliver Measurable AI and Data Results
In Part 2 of the Informatica CDO Awards interview series, Jim Kruger, CMO at Informatica, joins Robert Lutton to break down how this year’s award-winning Chief…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Lowe’s AI Reset: The Infrastructure and Strategy Behind a Retail Giant’s Transformation
In Part 2 of our three-part series, Chandhu Nair, SVP of Data, AI & Innovation at Lowe’s, reveals how the company modernized its retail backbone, adopted a…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Inside Saks’ Approach to Safe AI Experimentation
In this final episode of our Saks Global interview series, Veronika Durgin, Vice President of Data at Saks Global, sits down with Gautam Singh, Head of…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Is Your AI Spend Out of Control? Drata Shares a Better Way
In this episode, Lior Solomon, VP of Data at Drata, joins Yuki Data CEO Ido Arieli Noga to unpack one of the toughest challenges in enterprise AI: proving…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | The Netskope Frontier: Customer Zero, Product Fusion Teams, and the Quantum Risk You Can’t Ignore
In this final installment of our three-part CIO series, Netskope’s CDIO Mike Anderson joins Worldpay CIO Kirk Ball to explore the future of secure access —…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Citi Services Moves Trillions a day — How Do You Modernize Data at That Scale?
In this episode, Harrison Williams, Head of Data Platforms, Standards, Governance & Analytics at Citi Services, unpacks the bank’s modernization journey, the 4…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | How AstraZeneca Is Building an AI-Fluent Workforce for the Future of Healthcare
In this final episode of our AstraZeneca three-part series, CDO Brian Dummann shares how the company is building an AI-fluent workforce, expanding its…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Inside Informatica’s CDO Awards: How Data Leaders Are Shaping the AI-Ready Enterprise
In Part 1 of this conversation, Informatica CMO Jim Kruger joins Sandhill Consultants VP Robert Lutton to explore the evolution of Informatica’s CDO Awards…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | The Three-Layer Data Playbook: Lowe’s Chandhu Nair on Building AI-Ready Organizations
Lowe’s Senior Vice President of Data, AI & Innovation Chandhu Nair introduces a framework that may reshape how leaders think about enterprise data. He explains…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Inside Principal Financial’s AI Ethics and Governance Playbook
Rajesh Arora, VP & Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Principal Financial Group, joins Dominic Sartorio of Denodo to unpack what responsible AI truly looks like…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | “Value Before Complexity” — Lior Solomon on Drata’s Data and AI Strategy
In Part 2 of our Drata–Yuki Data conversation, Lior Solomon, VP of Data at Drata, reveals how his team applies a startup mindset to scaling enterprise data…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Why Data-Driven Isn’t the Goal — Saks Global’s Veronika Durgin on Building a Data-Informed Culture
In this episode, Saks Global VP of Data Veronika Durgin and WNS Analytics’ Gautam Singh discuss the next frontier of AI in luxury retail — from redefining…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | The CIO Playbook for GenAI: Netskope’s Mike Anderson on Adaptive Access, Trust, and AI Fluency
In Part 2 of this three-part series, Mike Anderson, Chief Digital and Information Officer at Netskope, joins Kirk Ball, CIO of Worldpay, for a deep dive into…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Integrating or Isolating? AstraZeneca’s CDO on the Future of AI Governance
In the second installment of our three-part CDO Magazine series, Brian Dummann, VP of Insights & Technology and Chief Data Officer at AstraZeneca, joins Nathan…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | How Nebraska’s CIO Is Turning Data Talent into a Catalyst for Government Innovation
In this episode, Nebraska’s Chief Information Officer Matthew McCarville joins Dr. Adita Karkera of Deloitte to explore how data talent can drive government…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | JC Lionti on Responsible AI: Mizuho’s Framework for Value-Driven Innovation
JC Lionti, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Mizuho Americas, speaks with Amy McNee of Informatica about the real-world challenges of operationalizing…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | How Drata Balances Speed, Cost, and Governance in GenAI Adoption
In this episode, Lior Solomon, VP of Data at Drata, sits down with Ido Arieli Noga, CEO & Co-Founder of Yuki Data, to reveal how Drata is powering go-to-market…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Garbage In, Chaos Out — Saks Global’s Veronika Durgin on the Silent Killers of Enterprise AI
AI may promise transformation, but without solid data foundations it crumbles. In this episode, Veronika Durgin, VP of Data at Saks Global, joins Gautam Singh…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Inside Principal Financial Group’s AI Transformation — with Rajesh CDAO Arora
Principal Financial Group’s Rajesh Arora joins Denodo’s Dominic Sartorio to discuss how the Fortune 500 enterprise is building a responsible and scalable…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | The CIO as Strategist, Seller, and Storyteller — A Conversation with Netskope’s Mike Anderson
In this episode, Mike Anderson, Chief Digital and Information Officer at Netskope, speaks with Kirk Ball, CIO of Worldpay, about how today’s CIOs must connect…
CDO Magazine Podcast SeriesPODCAST | Transmission Agency’s Analytics Leader Shows Why Smarter Analytics Starts with Simplicity
In this CDO Magazine episode, Jonathan Cocek, Global VP of Analytics at Transmission Agency, joins Peter Geovanes to explore the evolving role of analytics in…