Data Science Connect's Top 100 Data + AI Leaders of Atlanta list recognizes the executives building the technical, strategic, and organizational foundations for AI-driven enterprise transformation.
Atlanta has long been a hub for finance, deep technical expertise, and cross-industry innovation. This year’s honorees represent the city’s most impactful leaders in sectors including financial services, healthcare, technology, retail, and manufacturing. They are the decision-makers turning data into operational advantage—designing modern architectures, governing at scale, and delivering AI products that create measurable impact.
We’ll celebrate these leaders at the ALIGN AI Executive Summit in Atlanta on May 20, 2026, at City Winery Atlanta. This invite/application-only gathering will bring together 150+ senior executives for candid, peer-to-peer conversations on AI strategy, architecture trade-offs, and scaling challenges.
Join us in recognizing Atlanta’s most influential data and AI executives and be part of the conversations shaping the next era of enterprise leadership.
Faizan Javed
Sr Director Data Science & Engineering
Anqi Zou
Head of Fair Lending Oversight & Analytics
Simmy Xavier
VP, Reliability Engineering & Cloud Ops Leader
Frances Boykin
Director, Advanced Analytics
Sean Sanders
Director, Head of Enterprise Data Science
Nisha Jaisinghani
Director, Data and Analytics
Ken Viciana
VP, Global Data & Analytics Products
Melissa Paulk
Director, Data Privacy and Security Solutions
Jake Edwards
AVP, Enterprise Data
Srijani Dey
Senior Director, Strategic Programs
Julie Elmore
SVP, Technology
Felipe Archila
Director, Digital Workplace Analytics
Selma Dogic
Director, Analytics COE
Sachin More
Director of Application Engineering
Jacqueline Samuel
Director, RC Quality, Strategy, and Analytics
Shashank Kadetotad
Global Senior Director, Enterprise Data Science and AI
Kara Keener
Director, Data Science
Amit Dingare
Chief Technology & Innovation Officer
Varun Tottempudi
Head of Data & Platforms Engineering, Global Digital Office & Analytics
Ronald Menich
VP, Advanced Analytics and Data Science
Su Rayburn
VP, Information Management & Analytics
Daniel Forester
Sr. Director, Product Mgmt, Data & Marketing
Elizabeth Seay
Sr. Director, Sales & Marketing Analytics
Debashis Acharya
Sr. Director, Data Management & Governance
Reuben Daniel
AVP, AI
Gabriel Charvat
VP, Data Quality Insights
Arun Velu
Senior Director, Advanced Analytics
Scott Connor
CFO, Corporate Finance, Analytics
Santosh Kudva
CIO Commercial & Operations
Trilok Manchinila
VP, Enterprise Architecture and Data
Doug Levit
EVP, Director of Analytics
Brandon Clark
VP, Data & Architecture
Abby Davis
EVP, Director, H&P, Analytics and Clinical Risk Consulting
Rob Loadwick
VP, AI Engineering
Matt Dugan
VP, Data Platforms
Kelly Rolader
Global Vice President, RGM, Data Science
Dan Wolf
Director of Software Engineering
Nirmala Kunavarapu
VP, Enterprise Data & Analyticss
Steven Bailey
SVP, Enterprise Data Governance & Privacy
Arun Srinivasan
Associate Director for Informatics
Kaleb Adams
EVP, Data & Analytics
Lewis Adams
VP, Enterprise AI
Jeff Abernathy
VP, Data Science
Leandro Saint-Pierre
VP, Data,
Analytics & Reporting
Nikki Baker
VP, AI Portfolio & Partnerships, AI COE
Ben Young
VP, Business Systems, Analytics, and Innovation
Brian Anzaldua
Field CTO, AI
Will DeMarest
VP, Data Science & AI
Kumar Menon
CTO, Global Platforms
Charles Shiflett
VP, Platform & Data Solutions
Karthik Ramasamy
SVP Artificial Intelligence & Business Transformation
Andrew Moses
VP of Supply Chain, Data & Analytics, and Digital Products
Janki Patel
Executive Director, Data Engineering
Gautam Bhat
VP, Data & AI Leader
Huiming Qu
VP, Data Science
Arul Narayana
Executive Director, Product Management, Data & Analytics
Meg Bender
SVP, Strategy, Data, and Analytics
Rafiq Ajani
Fractional Chief AI Officer
Cynthia Pols
VP, Cost of Care & Enterprise Analytics Strategic Initiatives
Ningyu Chen
Interim Chief Technology Officer
Liz Jesser
VP, Enterprise M&A and Business Transformation
Michael Taht
EVP and Chief Risk Officer, Life and Health North America
Monica Hutton
VP Operational Risk Officer, Data Risk and Concerns, Governance and Oversight
Alex Slinin
Head of Product, Data Platform Development
Ali Pawaz
CTO
Katie Miller
Global VP of Marketing
Sanjay Vishwakarma
VP, Data and Analytics Platform Engineering
Maranie Brown
VP, Data Product Delivery
Marie Desir
VP, Analytics
Gregory Wright
SVP, Enterprise Master & Reference Data
Rajiv Cooray
SVP, Data Fabric Platform
Paul Mohl
Senior Director Implementations and Platform Operations
Samuel Moses
VP, Data Analytics, Payments, Home Services Technology
Brian Ferguson
VP, Franchise and Restaurant Analytics
Akansha Jain
VP, Data Lake and Analytics
Matthew Rigney
VP, Enterprise Financial Solutions
AJ Wilson
Head of Enterprise Data & AI Platforms, Global Chief Data Office
Jennifer Schopfer
SVP, Chief Digital Officer
Sam McPhaul
SVP, Head of Data & Analytics, Operational Risk Management
Elise Bockman
VP, Enterprise Data and Insights
Chad McKnight
SVP, Risk Data & Analytics
Sara Terp
SVP of Product, Analytics & Decisioning Global Platforms
Garrett Hunter
VP, Client Oversight Analytics
Mark Bryan
SVP, Data & Analytics
Dean Harrelson
Chief Data Officer
Vaishali Saha
VP, AI & Analytics
Cory Voglesonger
Chief Product & Technology Officer
Preetha Sekharan
VP, Digital Incubator, Applied AI & Transformation
Tina Rasmussen
Chief Data Officer, Chief Enterprise Architect
Mohit Jaiswal
Managing Director, Head of Investment Analytics
Samantha McConnell
Director, AI Strategy, Product Management
Mabby Amouie
AVP, Enterprise Data & AI
Ehrar Jameel
Global Head of Data Enablement, Analytics & AI
Anand Singhal
VP, Global Head of Enterprise Data & Analytics
Amit Panalkar
Senior Director, Data Science
Sean Flaherty
VP, Strategy and Marketing
Krystine Mahmood
VP, Data Intelligence and Innovation
Ash Naseer
Managing Director, Enterprise Data & AI Technology