Speakers | Chief AI Officer Exchange

The 2025 edition of the Chief AI Officer Exchange is here! We bring you a fantastic cohort of senior AI enterprise leaders from across the space who have "been there, done that", sit on a wealth of expertise and experiences, and are ready to share their war stories and lead you in discussions on how to address all of the top challenges.

Early Confirmed Speakers


Dawer Jamshed
Dawer Jamshed
Chief Investment AI Scientist
Vanguard
R. Spencer Schaefer
R. Spencer Schaefer
Chief AI Officer VISN 15 AI Solution Architect NAII
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Eiman Shafa
Eiman Shafa
Chief Innovation Officer – Spine, Allina Neuroscience Institute & Staff Surgeon
Allina Health
Federico "Fed" Cohen Freue
Federico "Fed" Cohen Freue
Senior Vice President, AI & Data Operations
Mastercard
Archaana Pattabhii
Archaana Pattabhii
Senior Vice President, Citi Personal Banking and Wealth Management
Citi
Jason Wang
Jason Wang
Chief Risk Officer and VP Data Analytics
Allstate Canada
Miguel Navarro
Miguel Navarro
Head of Client Identity Verification and Authentication
keybank
Maciej Szymaszek
Maciej Szymaszek
Senior Director, Strategy Implementation & Business Transformation
AstraZeneca
Dr. (Prof) Shri Kulkarni PhD
Dr. (Prof) Shri Kulkarni PhD
Military Defense Cybersecurity Expert
North America
Awais Bajwa
Awais Bajwa
Head of Data and AI Banking
Bank of America
Haji R. Aref
Haji R. Aref
Head of Enterprise Architecture Data, AI & Integration
AstraZeneca
Naveena Allampalli
Naveena Allampalli
Sr. Director AI/Gen AI Solutions and AI Architecture
CBRE
Akhil Talaulikar
Akhil Talaulikar
Senior Director - Enterprise AI Engineering
BAT
Funda Gunes
Funda Gunes
Assistant Vice President of Responsible AI
MetLife
Sanjay Pathak
Sanjay Pathak
Director, Enterprise Automation, Automation Center of Excellence
North American Partners in Anesthesia
Arjun Srinivasan
Arjun Srinivasan
Head of Data Science (AI/ML/GenAI)
WESCO
Nicolas Comestaz
Nicolas Comestaz
VP Global Data & AI CoE
COTY
Sterling Jackson
Sterling Jackson
Director, AI & Technology Risk Management and Security Governance
IHG ® Hotels
Peter Zhou
Peter Zhou
Director of AI & Data Science
Walgreens
Amit Panalkar
Amit Panalkar
VP of AI & Data Science
BlackRock Realty Advisors
Juergen Weichenberger
Juergen Weichenberger
VP of AI Innovation & Strategy
Schneider Electric
Katie Winterbottom
Katie Winterbottom
Director, AI (Digital, Merchandising, and Trust)
Nordstrom