Data Science Connect's Top 100 Data + AI Leaders of New York City list recognizes the executives building the technical, strategic, and organizational foundations for AI-driven enterprise transformation.
New York City has long been a hub for 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 Sam Francisco on August 19, 2026, at McCormick & Kuleto’s. 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 Dallas’s most influential data and AI executives and be part of the conversations shaping the next era of enterprise leadership.
Jim Young
Global Chief Data Officer and Head of Agentic AI Solutions
Scott Keating
VP, Audience and Data Platforms
Kavita Gupta
VP, Enterprise Big Data Platform
Sameer Gupta
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Simone Hoyte
VP & Head, Enterprise Data Strategy
Elina Shkodnik
SVP, Data Platform Engineering
Neil O'Grady
Global Data COO
Kavya Garg
Head of Marketing Analytics
Amin Venjara
Chief Data Officer
Dmitriy Furer
VP, Chief Data Architecture
Chitra Hota
CIO & MD, Head of Data & Analytics, COO Technology
Keshav Dev
Chief Data Analytics & AI Officer
Karthik Vijayakumar
Head of Strategy, AI & Data, COO, Chief of Staff
Emanuel Bettelheim
Head of Data & Analytics Platforms, Office of the CTO
Rachel Chernoff
SVP, Data Science & Analytics
Abhijit Bose
SVP, Head of Enterprise AI and ML Platforms
Lauren Wetzel
Global President, Data and Technology Solutions
Marco de Sa
SVP, Head of Data
Christina Egea
SVP, Product, Enterprise Data
Manuel Neto
VP, Global Analytics & Data Science
Yaron David
Chief Digital Officer
Rick McFarland
EVP, Chief Analytics & AI Officer
Lucianne Decicco
SVP, Marketing Technology and Data Platforms
Brian Krulik
Director of IT Data Governance & Process Improvement
Ali Keshavarz
Chief Data Analytics & AI Officer
John Yan
VP, Analytics
Sherif Kamel
SVP, Chief Digital, Data and Technology Officer
Stan Sobol
SVP, Head of Master and Reference Data Management
Laure Salomon
VP, Consumer Analytics
Kalindi Mehta
Chief Market and Enterprise Intelligence Officer
Rishi Dubey
VP, Data Platform Engineering
Ram Iyer
Chief Data Officer
Corey Rizzi-Wise
VP, Data Engineering
Kyle Goodwin
SVP, Insights and Analytics
Robert Babinski
Head of Enterprise Generative AI Strategy
Rich Hoover
SVP, Enterprise Data Engineering
Vel Parvath
SVP, Head of AI Architecture & Engineering
Mehdi Esmail
Chief AI & Data Officer
Sara Dillon
Chief Data Officer
Domenic Venuto
Chief Product & Data Officer
Peter Faseun
AVP, Data Platform Architecture & Product Management
Krishna Shah
Chief Data Officer
Tommaso Mansi
VP, AI, ML and Digital Health
George Abbott
Chief Product Officer, Head of Product, Data, AI and Design
Cecilia Bonucchi
VP of Firmwide AI Solutions, Product & Strategy
Koichi Iwata
SVP, Global Head of Enterprise Data & Governance
Andrew Reiskind
Chief Data Officer
Girish Nadkarni
Chief AI Officer
Christy Orazi
Chief Data and Financial Operations Officer
Brandon Tepper
SVP, Global Head of Data
Will Gonzalez
Chief Growth & Data Officer
Gary Barnhart
Corporate VP, LTC Data Architecture Leader
Mike O'Rourke
Head of AI & Emerging Technology
Maggie Zhang
Director, Measurement, UCAN
Vinay Jain
SVP, Head of Client Data Strategy
Vikas Sharma
Chief Data Officer
Kristin Myers
EVP, Chief Digital Officer, Head of Technology
Nicole Rosner
SVP, Streaming, Digital & Social Analytics, Corporate
Kodi Foster
Commercial AI Data Strategy & Platforms Lead
Joe Bechtel
VP, Artificial Intelligence
Joe Atkinson
Global Chief AI Officer
Navdeep Brar
MD & VP, Global Equities Technology & Data Platforms
Stacey Jaffe
Chief Digital Officer
Michael Kaufman
U.S. Chief Data Officer
Rick Burgess
VP of Engineering, Trust and Identity
Linda Tao
Executive SVP, Digital Risk & Controls and Operations
Geraldine Servouze
VP, Data & AI
Nasim Khoshkhou
SVP, Analytics and Data
Domenic Dimeglio
EVP, Chief Marketing & Chief Data Officer
Smita Katakwar
Chief Information Officer
Kalyani Sekar
SVP, Chief Data & AI Officer
Iwao Fusillo
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Purvi Shah
VP, Product Development, Enterprise Data Platforms
Ash Dhupar
Chief AI & Data Officer
Rachna Narem
Executive Vice President, Growth Analytics
Barclay Blair
Sr. Managing Director, AI Product Innovation
Nick Brett
SVP, Head of Fast Forecasting Engineering
Kalyan Sengupta
MD, Global Head of Data, Analytics, AI & Digitalization
Jenny Mustazza
Managing Director, Client Digital Products
Monojit Mitra
Managing Director, Head of Model Risk US
Christopher Di Gioia
Executive Director, Head of Product Data Governance
Narasimha Bingi
Senior Director, Head of Architecture, Digital, Data, and AI
Natalie Myshkina
Global Head of AI Transformation & Customer Zero
Mathew Paruthickal
Global Head of Data & AI Architecture & Engineering
Isaac Wagner
Vice President, Analytics and Insights
Raju Gorakhiya
Vice President Data Strategy & Insight Experience Owner