The Data Chief Podcast
1) GenAI Best Practices: What Early Adopters Have Learned
In this special episode, host Cindi Howson pulls together the most useful, and hard-won, lessons from a year of conversations with Data Chiefs leading the GenAI charge. With generative and agentic AI ...Show More
2) How Yum! Brands is Using Data & AI as a Recipe for Innovation with CDO Cameron Davies
Learn how one of the world’s biggest restaurant companies is turning data and AI into a recipe for global innovation. Cameron Davies, Chief Data Officer at Yum! Brands, shares how he’s combining strat...Show More
3) Alghanim Industries on Why the Middle East Is the New Frontier for Data-Driven Innovation
Step inside a conversation on the art and architecture of AI transformation. Vedran Karamani, Group Data Analytics & Agentic AI – CDAIO at Alghanim Industries, shares how he’s embedding intelligence a...Show More
4) When Navan Chose to Build, Not Buy: The AI Decision That Changed Everything
In this episode of The Data Chief, Ilan Twigg, co-founder and CTO of Navan, shares why large language models will revolutionize our relationship with technology—just like the mouse did for the keyboar...Show More
When Navan Chose to Build, Not Buy: The AI Decision That Changed Everything
48:16 | Nov 5th, 2025
5) Canva’s Moe Kiss on Why Creativity Is the Missing Ingredient in Data
Learn how Canva’s Moe Kiss builds data-driven marketing cultures through storytelling, experimentation, and empathetic data leadership.
6) 3 Must-Read Data and AI Books for 2025 with Geoff Woods, Wendy Batchelder, and Malcolm Hawker
Authors Geoff Woods, Wendy Batchelder, and Malcolm Hawker share bold strategies for leading with data in the AI era.
7) Why CDO of WEX Puts People Before Technology in the Age of AI
Learn how to lead AI-driven change with Karen Stroup, CDO at WEX—covering data trust and agile decision-making.
8) Unlocking the Autonomous Enterprise, with ThoughtSpot CEO
ThoughtSpot CEO Ketan Karkhanis shares the future of the autonomous enterprise, where AI agents act on insights and automate workflows.
9) From Building at Pinterest and Airbnb to Revolutionizing AI at Kumo.AI
How the former CTO of Pinterest and Airbnb is reshaping enterprise AI—from the rise of data-forward organizations to Kumo.AI’s bold vision for predictive, cloud-first innovation.
10) Why "Garbage In, Disaster Out" is AI's New Reality: Ecolab CDO
Transform your data strategy with expert insights from Anand Iyer, Ecolab's CDO. Learn to navigate the "garbage in, disaster out" reality, and discover self-service analytics with AI.