AWS & Merkle

Executive Breakfast

September 12, 2023 - New York, NY

 

Do you have fluid access to data honed for a specific business context or problem to leverage Generative AI? Can you relate to the struggles that come with a digital transformation journey? Understanding “what great looks like,” or data privacy, security, compliance, or creating a data-driven culture just to name a few. Do your business and IT teams struggle to align on a data strategy? 

Are you ready to drive business outcomes using data? 

AWS and Merkle can help you get a head start and create new outcomes through digital transformation using database, analytics, AI and ML. 

 

VISIONARIES & SPEAKERS

Kelli Such AWS
Kelli Such

Americas Data Strategy Leader

AWS

Breakfast Speaker

Kelli leads the Americas Data Strategy team working with AWS customers to transform their businesses using data, analytics and machine learning. Kelli is a seasoned leader with over 30 years of data and analytics experience across a wide variety of functions including supply chain, manufacturing, sales, and contact center management where she used insights to drive improved customer experiences, revenue, and cost productivity outcomes. Kelli's experience also includes creating analytics programs from establishing strategy, building stakeholder alignment, creating and enabling teams down to project execution and support. Given she has spent considerable time in industry CPG roles along with software start-up positions, Kelli intimately understands the challenges facing customers from a people, process, and technology perspective and actively partners with them to unlock business value and sustain momentum.

Anamitra Chaudhuri Merkle
Anamitra Chaudhuri

SVP - Global Cloud Solutions Lead

Merkle

Breakfast Speaker

Anamitra serves as Global Alliance Solutions Lead, Cloud Solutions and is at the interface of Merkle’s Data, Analytics, and Technology practices to design viable and profitable solutions on partner clouds for Merkle’s clients. He is also responsible for designing GTM strategies for Merkle capabilities and solutions on partner cloud ecosystems as well as training plans on partner cloud tech and tools. Prior to this role, Anamitra had led the analytics practice for servicing Merkle’s BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance) vertical. and has been the lead data science solution designer and analytics engagement lead for many of Merkle’s marquee clients, including, GEICO, AAA Life, MetLife, The Hartford, Protective Life, Zurich Insurance (Japan), Farmers Insurance, Regions Bank, PNC Bank, BBVA Compass, M&T Bank, Bank of America, Social Finance, Regions Bank, and Morgan Stanley, to name a few. Prior to joining Merkle in 2009, Anamitra spent almost 10 years with Experian’s Decision Analytics and Marketing Solutions Groups, with half of them as a senior Strategic Consultant, responsible for guiding analytic CRM strategies for some of Experian's largest strategic clients across various verticals, notably, Insurance and Wealth Management, Financial, Retail, CPG, Travel & Entertainment, Publishing/Media and Automotive. Anamitra had authored white papers on data and content strategy and integration of offline and online data for CRM and targeting, and has also spoken at DMA's annual conferences and Predictive Analytics World (PAW) conferences on advanced segmentation strategies. Anamitra’s invention on a targeting methodology for ‘thin file and no hit’ credit consumers (marketed as ChoiceScore SM by Experian Marketing Services) has been awarded a US Patent (#8738515). Anamitra has undergraduate degrees in Physics and Graduate degrees in Physics and Applied Mathematics from New Delhi, India, and University of Cambridge, UK.

Nadine Zubenko BNY
Nadine Zubenko

Senior Director, Enterprise Data Lake Technology

BNY

Breakfast Speaker

Finance Information Technology Enterprise Architect, specializing in Treasury, responsible for design and delivery of a high-performing and scalable architecture supporting Finance’s goals of enhancing controls and information quality, leading to greater capacity for analysis and advice of financial data. PMP certified, Senior Project Manager with technology management experience designing and implementing information technology systems. Strong leadership expertise in Business Intelligence solutions for Investment Banking and Financial Services. Specialties: Design and implement robust and scalable Business Intelligence solutions for various LOBs for Investment(Credit Risk) and Financial services.

Robert Clougherty Ph.D. Drew University
Bob Clougherty Ph.D.

CIO

Drew University

Breakfast Speaker

Experienced Vice President Of Technology and Provost with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Educational Technology, Adult Education, Academic Advising, Grant Writing, and Higher Education Leadership. Unique strength is my ability to integrate technology and higher education. Primary Strengths: --Organization Building: I have created a college from scratch; two institutes; traditional degree programs; online degree programs; a mobile app; and a company to deploy the app. --High Technology Proficiency: Fluent and versed in most contemporary technologies, with a focus in EdTech; previous experience includes the development of a mobile app; director of two technology-based institutes; and clear understanding of the theories and values that drive technologies. --Expertise in Learning: 35 years working in both Higher Education and EdTech; served in roles at all levels of diverse learning organizations; have worked with multiple learning modalities. --Intellectual Ability: Current work is focusing on technologically supported curriculum development and deep learning and virtual reality in learning.

September 12, 2023

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Agenda

All times Eastern Time

8:30 AM-9:00 AM

Registration & Opening Remarks


9:00 AM-11:00 AM

Build Business Value at Scale with Generative AI

In a fast changing world where Generative AI holds immense potential and requires careful safeguarding, it is more important than ever for organizations to stay focused on solving for business priorities. Organizations need a modern data strategy and an AI strategy in order to innovate rapidly with generative AI at scale. This topic provides an overview of addressable use cases for generative AI; the approach to mobilizing and scaling business value; how to think holistically about data and AI; and considerations for technology, people, process, and mindset.

Discussion Topics 

  • Data is an asset - leverage its power to drive business value for Generative AI
  • Technology: Modern Data Foundation. Incrementally scale data, platform, and people according to use case priority
  • Mindset: Foster innovation, agility, and reduce the cost of experimentation
  • People: New skills and roles; close the skill gaps
    Process: Governance, Ethics and Alignment

11:00 AM-11:30 AM

Closing Remarks & Networking


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