Justin Heller

SVP, Chief Data Officer Synchrony Financial

As Synchrony’s Chief Data Officer, Justin is responsible for the design and build of our the overall enterprise data strategy and data governance program. As CDO, Justin sets standards for how our data is defined, measured, made available for business processes (ranging from our analytics to our regulatory reporting) and governed through its lifecycle in support of customers and clients. Data helps power innovation and mitigate risk.

Prior to joining Synchrony, Justin was Executive Director at Ernst & Young where he served as the practice lead for Data Governance. In this role, Justin provided strategic advisory services to other CDOs creating firmwide data governance strategies. Earlier in his career, he managed Standard & Poor’s reference and master data services for its Ratings Services division and brings over 25 years of financial services experience to Synchrony. Justin holds a Master’s degree in Interactive Telecommunications and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from New York University.

Day 1: Addressing Today’s Most Pressing Data Needs

9:00 AM Opening Keynote Panel Discussion | Redefining Roles: The Case for Data Teams as Independent Business Units

With CDO’s and their teams enabling business success across every aspect of the business, has the time come for them to get a permanent seat at the table? With the average tenure of a CDO being around 2-3 years, proving value from the get-go is imperative. Join us as we explore if the time has come for CDO’s to step outside of operations or technology and be directly tied to the business. We will explore:

Ways to understand your business better to highlight the best actionable goals and objectives.
Creating roadmaps to success for each data team by connecting them with the appropriate business counterpart.
Creating an environment of proactivity for finding and addressing issues across the enterprise.
What being considered your own business team means for the hierarchy of reporting.
How AI is impacting the evolution of data analytics teams.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Justin.

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