We’ll celebrate these leaders at the ALIGN AI Executive Summit in Chicago on July 15, 2026, at City Winery Chicago. 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 Chicago’s most influential data and AI executives and be part of the conversations shaping the next era of enterprise leadership.
Brian Rice
Executive VP, Global Chief Information Officer
Elena Garvey
IT Director - Data Analytics & Business Insights
Soumit Nandi
Global Chief Technology Officer
Maria Thompson
Global Innovation Process Director
Victoria Liu
VP, Analytics, Verizon
Jason Chan
VP of Data & Innovation
Pavan Maguluri
Sr. Director AI, ML Engineering
Ibrahim Khoury
Sr. Director, Digital Product and AI
Paul Tluczek
Vice President of Data Science
Carly Price
VP, Data Solutions, CPG & Healthcare
Arlan McMillan
Chief Information Security Officer
Valerie Ashbaugh
Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President
Rusty Patel
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Heather Dunning Parkinson
Senior Vice President, Data Privacy
Jamal Grainawi
Senior Vice President & Technical Fellow
Olga Selina
VP, IT, Artificial Intelligence, Data, Medical Products
Mir Ali
Senior Director, Data & Analytics
Roopa Foulger
VP, Digital and Innovation Development
Pablo Botero
Senior Director, Strategy and Analytics Transformation
Gretchen Vermeulen
AVP, Clinical Strategy & Innovation
Abhi Dhar
Chief Information Officer
Elizabeth Oates
Vice President, Consumer Insights
Tyler Young
Sr. Executive Director, Head of Cybersecurity
Nalini Polavarapu
Vice President, Enterprise AI
Ricardo Dalmas
Global Vice President, Insights & Analytics
Laura Schlue
Senior Director, Deputy CISO, Governance, Risk and Compliance
Vincent Johnson
Senior Director, Chief Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer
Angie Coderre
Sr. Director Data Product Owner
Anupam Pattanayak
SVP, Head of Enterprise Data Science
Nancy Finocchio
Vice President, Director, Insights Center of Excellence
Ravi Simhambhatla
EVP, Chief Digital & Innovation Officer
Divya Gubba
VP of Product Management, Global Banking Platform
Rilindo Foster
Lead Engineer, Vice President
Marisa Goliber
Sr. Director, Product Management, Mission & Insights
Marc Willard
Senior Vice President, Data Center Market Executive
Jill Hedin
Vice President, Data Governance
Shertina Mawuenyega
VP, Digital Technology Lean and Data Transformation
Andrew McNalis
Sr. Director, Data Warehouse
Jessica Ruggles
VP, Head of Financial Wellness Thought Leadership, Market Insights
Will Mason
Senior Director of Global Business Insights
Anne Fritsche
Vice President, Consumer Strategy & Insights
Raymond Boyle
Vice President, Data and Analytics
Julie Myerholtz
Vice President, CISO
Alan Kleinerman
Vice President, Global Head of Innovation
Benjamin Istvan
Senior Director, Enterprise Data Analytics & AI
Shelby Cannon
VP, MD Data Protection & Governance
Don Whetstone
Senior Director, New Format Development and Innovation
Diana Gorshe
VP, Customer Planning & Insights
Sooraj Ali
Vice President, Enterprise Data, Analytics and AI
Ashley Goddard
Senior Director, Data & Tech Consulting
Michael Grahe
Chief Technology Officer
Liz Bailey
Director, People Systems, Data & Analytics
George Maropakis
Vice President, CISO
Jennifer Van Camp
Vice President, R&D Data Analytics
Tom Paul
Vice President, Data Collection & Systems
Nate Granatir
Senior Director, Product, Data Platforms
Maureen Butler
VP, Digital Technology Lean and Data Transformation
Rob Stevo
Vice President, Client Insights
Liz Coppedge
VP, Cash Product Management
Kevin Lamb
Senior Director of Product, Data & AI
Landon Lockhart
VP of Business Intelligence
Christy O'Gaughan
VP of APEX, Head of US Commercial Analytics
Wander Smelan
Senior Director, Technology, CTO Latin America
Mina Valizadeh
Vice President, Applied AI, ML Lead
John A. Gigerich
SVP, CIO
Thatcher Schulte
Sr. Director, RADAR
Sara Ring (Dougherty)
Senior Vice President, Insights, Data & Intelligence
Josh Bender
Vice President, Fraud Data Science
Ross Gordon
Sr. Director of Data Engineering and Agentic AI
Matt Raue
Sr Director IT, AI, Digital, CRM, CX, eCommerce
Eugene Xu
Senior Director, Data Science
Meng Yang
VP, Data Science
John Moderwell
Senior Director, Analytics and Performance
Shannon Schultz
Sr. Director, Data Engineering
Ken Rice
Vice President, Digital Analytics and Business Management
Pushpa Kanak
Vice President, Digital, Data and Technology
Matthew Carlson
Sr. Director, Data & Analytics
Andrew Vitek
Vice President, Data Engineering
Gilbert Chiang
Senior Director, Performance and Innovation Management
Derek Berube
Sr. Director, Enterprise Data, Analytics and AI
Andrew Horowitz
Senior Director, Head of Customer Insights & Analytics
Shannon Beach
Senior Director, Global AI & Clinical Collaborations
Travis Chavous
Sr. Director, Cloud & Infrastructure
Brian Ley
Senior Director, Head of Global Innovation Insights
Amy Pacifico
Senior Director, Consumer Insights & Analytics
Prapti Mehta
Vice President, Audit & Analytics
Marco Casillas
Senior Director, Data Factory
Ying Lu
VP, Data Science Lead Analyst
Thomas McNamara
Vice President, Data Analytics & Global Practice
Mary Kate Sellin
VP, Chief Analytics Officer
Benjamin Shobert
Senior Vice President, Clinical Data Strategy
Sruti Balakrishnan
Sr Vice President, Head of Product, Digital Innovation
Ramesh V Perla
Senior Director, Digital, Analytics & Technology
Faranak Abar
Sr. Director, Global IT, Office of the CIO
Richard Watson
Senior Vice President, Anallytics + Technology
Prageeth Sandakalum
Executive Director, Product Management
Katya Chen
Senior Director, Owned Brand Strategy & Innovation