CDAO Canada
2026 Speakers
Stefany Ratkovic
Global Director, Digital & Data Strategy
RWDI
Ziv Deutsch
Chief Growth Officer
KOHO
Christina Hoy
Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer
LUMENUS COMMUNITY SERVICES
Milind Joshi
Chief Technology Officer
FOXQUILT
Jay Malepati
Global Director of Data Science, Customer & Marketing Strategy
ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD
Dr. Bishoy Sawiris
Chief Data Officer
GB CORP
Paul Twigg
Chief Technology Officer
DIGITAL COMMERCE BANK
Jamie Kruspel
Chief Transformation Officer
MAINSTREET CREDIT UNION LIMITED
Brandon Milner
Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President, Digital & Data Engineering
ELLISDON
Scott Mckenzie
Chief Data Officer
FORT VERMILION SCHOOL DIVISION
Mitu Mann
Assistant Vice President, Leader Data & AI/ML Governance
INTERAC CORP.
Fannie Cai
Director, Data Products & Services
LIFELABS MEDICAL LABORATORY SERVICES
Sofia Gomez de Silva
Director Data Governance & Culture
MERIDIAN CREDIT UNION
Rahul Gupta
Senior Manager, Data & Analytics
AIR CANADA
Celia Bru
Director Data & Analytics
KOHO
Rahul Chopra
Senior Director, Business Management, Strategy & Transformation
CIBC
Qahir Rajwani
Vice President, Client Experience & Analytics
CIBC MELLON
Michael Page
Director, AI Commercialization
UNITY HEALTH TORONTO
Fahad Shaikh
Vice President, Head of AI & Data Strategy
AVIVA CANADA (previous)
Laurence Audrey Vincent
Director, Data & AI Governance, DPO, AI Adoption & Automation
ALDO GROUP
Daneyal Anis
Assistant Vice President, Data Science, COE, Head of AI
SUN LIFE
Michael Morris
Director, Data & Analytics
GLOBAL FURNITURE GROUP
Kimberly Hill
Director, Data Governance & Enterprise Analytics
NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL
Owoyemi Abdulwahab
Director, Commercial Data Operations, US Pharmaceuticals
GSK
Nipun Sharma
Senior Manager, Global Data & AI Risk, Chief Audit Executive
RBC
Efe Ogolo
Director, Analytics & Data Products – Digital Games
SPIN MASTER
Fahad Shaikh
Assistant Vice President, Data & Analytics Strategy & Delivery
INTERAC CORP.
Jide Adeoye
Director, Business Intelligence
GOEASY LTD.
Supriya Kumari
Director of Data Strategy
SASKATCHEWAN GOVERNMENT INSURANCE
Olivia Anderson
Director of Administration & Analytics
SIX SHOOTER RECORDS
Celio Oliveira
Executive, Data Science & Analytics
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
Rugveda Gawade
Director, AI Platforms
INTERAC.CORP
Shashin Pandya
Senior Manager, Data Science
TD BANK
Ramila Peiris
Global Head, Data Management, ML & AI Platform, MSAT
SANOFI
Denise Mak
Director, Data Management
BIOSCRIPT SOLUTIONS
Saurabh Ingale
Manager, Data Governance & Quality
CANADIAN NATIONAL RAIL
Jill Delgado
Head of Data, Analytics & AI Governance & Program Management, Marketing Comms & Social Impact
BMO
Shefali Bharti
Senior Manager, Digital Payments
SCOTIABANK
Jonathan Wiersma
Director, Data & Analytics
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
Albert Murdani
Director, Global Banking & Markets Data
SCOTIABANK
Yusuf Ganiyu
Senior Data Engineer
ASTRAZENECA
Mayank Khanna
Director, Cyber Resilience & Risk Management
EQ BANK
Dimirty Sapon
Head of Data Science
IA GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
Lin Liu
Director, Data Science
WEALTHSIMPLE
Linda Kaleis
Director, RBCx Analytics
RBC
Rahat Yasir
Head of Advanced Analytics
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION
Or Zabludowski
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
FLEXOR.AI
Dima Spivak
Vice President of Product Management
IBM
Heather Harris
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
ALTERYX
Arundati Dandapani
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
GENERATION1.CA
Lawerence Smith
Solutions Engineer
INFORMATICA
Ronen Schwartz
Chief Executive Officer
K2VIEW