FIMA US 2025

April 07 - 08, 2025

Westin Copley Place, Boston MA

Tarun Sood

Chief Data Officer American Century Investments

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.  

2:40 PM CDO Boardroom

Unstructured format where you will meet with other senior leaders to discuss matters that are important to you. No vendors allowed, engage with other strategic leaders in a closed private format. 

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

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