CDO Masterclass

As Vice President of Growth at DataGalaxy, Kash is an experienced and passionate leader working with the industry’s first and fastest-growing data knowledge governance catalog. Over the past decade, he has focused on guiding organizations through the complexities of data orchestration to help them empower humans with trusted data and make sense of data within their fragmented IT architecture settings to unlock their full potential.

Laurent Dresse is DataGalaxy’s Chief Evangelist and top data governance thought leader. He uses his market expertise and observations to educate the public on key data governance topics. With nearly 20 years of experience creating data governance strategies across various organizations worldwide, Laurent is passionate about making even the most complex concepts easy to digest.

Akhilesh Kale is a Partner at Artefact, a global data & AI services firm, and is based in New York City. He specializes in partnering with CDOs and CDAOs to drive concrete growth and savings outcomes through data foundations, analytics, and AI enablement. He leads teams on lean & large data & AI transformation programs, serving as the bridge between CDAOs, CDOs, and heads of business lines or corporate functions. Akhilesh frequently shares insights on the future of data & AI in conferences and forums worldwide.

Ashwin Kamath is the founder of Spectre, a cloud-native platform to operate data and ML at scale for investment management and fintech, and a Machine Learning Specialist at Aquatic Capital Management. He has extensive experience leading and managing complex data and ML initiatives, primarily in the hedge fund and fintech industries.