CDO SEA Live Series - July Edition 2022

Overview

Exploding quantities of data have the potential to fuel a new era of fact-based innovation in corporations, backing up new ideas with solid evidence. Buoyed by hopes of better satisfying customers, streamlining operations, and clarifying strategy, firms have for the past decade amassed data, invested in technologies, and paid handsomely for analytical talent. Yet for many companies a strong technology infrastructure that is built for success remains an ongoing challenge.

Join us for this edition of the CDO Series as we get into:

Best tools and initiatives to increase agility across your organisation

Understanding what combination of technology and processes drive growth

Creating the right environment for innovation and initiative internally

What to expect

• 10+ Speakers Half day program
• Live Interactions 1:1
• Virtual Attendees 150+
• 2 Executive Roundtables with 40+ Leaders Sit-Downs Executive
• Sessions 10+

What we will cover

• Tech for efficiency Best tools and initiatives to increase agility across your organisation
• Technology with Processes Understanding what combination of technology and processes drive growth
• Internal innovation Creating the right environment for innovation and initiative internally

Agenda

• 9:00 am Prioritizing Data as a Strategic Asset(Plenary) Data is a critical business asset, whether that's realized to its full potential is up to the business. How an enterprise prioritizes data as a strategic asset will determine its survival, growth potential, and competitive advantage. Having a true data management strategy to ensure quality, trustworthy data at scale will be key for businesses to drive increased revenue and outperform competitors. Join Rex Ahlstrom; CTO, EVP Innovation & Growth at Syniti, as he discussed on what are the cost and implication of bad data and how with improved data management, business executives can then make more informed decisions. Attendees will walk away with: Understanding data’s significance & value - why is it so important for businesses today? How data quality and company success are inextricably linked Combining quality data with the right choice of emerging tech to improve competitive advantage
• 9:23 am Keynote: How to Attract the Right Talent to Foster Innovation and Growth(Plenary) The War on Talent is real, and all organisations need to understand how to compete, as well as retaining and up-skilling existing workforce to drive competitive advantage: Talent and acquisition issues facing the region, and solutions to help How to communicate your data strategy to attract top talent How to retain your talent through a culture of purpose and providing growth opportunities
• 9:36 am Driving Certainty with Your Data(Plenary) With constantly shifting economic and market conditions, every businesses wants to operate with certainty so they can navigate through unknowns and steer the organisation towards their goals. Having a complete and current view of your data creates trust and confidence, helping you get it right every time. In this session, learn how you can create certainty for your business with Active Intelligence, overcome the shortcomings of traditional, passive BI by delivering AI-powered insight from real-time data.
• 9:54 am Keynote: The Upside to Failing Faster, Recovering and Moving Onto the Next Thing: Can Changing the Course Correct Help?!(Plenary) It’s important to look for patterns in data even from a security point of view. Join this session to learn how to not be distracted by the noise, personal bias and especially press bias. Why pattern always proceeds press? Key takeways: Looking at charters and the data points Market numbers and their place in predicting movement Recruiting people who can connect the dots
• 10:05 am How [24]7.ai Brought their Customers and Partners Closer by Making Real-time Data Available(Plenary) Join this session to hear about how [24]7.ai (the most advanced conversational AI platform) is sharing key data quickly and securely outside their business, strengthening partner collaboration and customer communication.
• 10:25 am Keynote: How to Minimise the Struggle When Trying to Implement Change(Plenary) It’s all about empathy leadership. Join this session to learn how to get closer to your team and understand challenges, gaps in analytics area and connect the dots. Key takeways: Budget and financial constraints, is it just another problem The importance of working closely with vendors to and understanding the challenges while maintaining a good relationship Implementing cultural changes: Eliminating My Team Vs Your Team mentality
• 10:38 am Panel: Storytelling Through Data to Make Informed Business Decisions(Plenary) Data storytelling offers a more engaging means of communicating findings than BI reporting or data visualisation alone. This trend is an extension of the now dominant self-service model of BI, combining data visualisation with narrative techniques. What is a data story? When and how should data storytelling be used? What new skills and techniques are needed to create compelling data stories?This panel will hear insights from leading data leaders across the region on how data can drive business outcomes and meaningful insights through successful storytelling: Using data and analytics to influence stakeholders at all levels How to shape data into a narrative to help reveal findings and emerging trends How to use data storytelling, data visualisation and dashboards to think differently about its impacts on the wider enterprise? What are the data & digital literacy skills required in a hyper digitalised and data-driven era?

Speakers

• Rex Ahlstrom · CTO, EVP Innovation & Growth, Syniti Seasoned executive with strategic vision and ability to execute. Highly successful in leading organizations during growth and turnaround stages through influence and action. Operational experience across a broad range of executive roles including CEO, CSO, CTO, CMO, global operations, strategic partnerships, technology and strategy. History of delivering results based on long-range planning with a high degree of accuracy. Built corporate structures and executive teams from the ground up; extremely low attrition rates, high morale and company loyalty. Financially savvy with full P&L responsibility. Diverse market and business development expertise across Enterprise Software, Cloud, ERP, Healthcare, Telecommunications and Aerospace & Defense sectors. BSEE and MSEE degrees. Specialties: • Creative, strategic thinker on a broad range of businesses and technologies • Complex M&A, contract negotiation and partnership strategy experience • P&L responsibility including raising capital across private and venture networks • Due diligence experience in evaluating businesses/investment opportunities for VC firms • Deep technical and engineering background within many market segments • Continual focus on revenue growth and cost containment

Partners

• Syniti Syniti enables agile enterprises with silo-free enterprise data management that helps turn complex data challenges into competitive advantages. With a unified, learning platform and one of the world’s largest teams of data-focused experts, enterprises and global alliance partners choose Syniti when they require trusted data to ignite business growth and reduce risks. Syniti is a portfolio company of BridgeGrowth Partners LLC. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with offices in 25 countries around the world, Syniti operates in all global regions and industry verticals, and maintains a 99.7% client success rate across thousands of complex data projects and initiatives.
• Qlik Qlik’s vision is a data-literate world, where everyone can use data and analytics to improve decision-making and solve their most challenging problems. A private SaaS company, Qlik offers an Active Intelligence platform, delivering end-to-end, real-time data integration and analytics cloud solutions to close the gaps between data, insights and action. By transforming data into Active Intelligence, businesses can drive better decisions, improve revenue and profitability, and optimize customer relationships. Qlik does business in more than 100 countries and serves over 50,000 customers around the world.
• Domo Domo’s mission is to help all employees – from the CEO to the front-line worker – optimise business performance by connecting them in real time to the right data and people they need to improve business results. The company works with many of the world’s leading and most progressive brands across multiple industries including retail, media and entertainment, manufacturing, finance and more. For more information, visit www.domo.com. You can also follow Domo on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, and Instagram.

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