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Steering Committee

Steering Committee

The following individuals are members of the AI Business Consortium's Steering Committee. 

Zipporah Allen

Zipporah Allen

Chief Business Officer, Strava

Glenn Allison

VP, Customer Facing Application Development, Tractor Supply Co.

Sumit Anand

Chief Strategy and Information Officer, At Home Group

Gizem Aydin

Analytics Manager, Global Planning and Demand Management, Caterpillar

Doug Baker

Doug Baker

VP Industry Relations, The Food Industry Association

Birger Buesching

Birger Buesching

Head of Supply Chain, Personal Health, Phillips North America

Carl Ceresoli

CTO, Pacers Sports and Entertainment

Kristina Chambers

Chief Data and Analytics Officer, TTX Company

Nitin Chaturvedi

Nitin Chaturvedi

Global Chief Digital and Technology Officer, KFC Global

Karin Chu

Karin Chu

VP, Data Science and Reporting, Peapod Digital Labs

Cari Covent

Cari Covent

Head of Data, Advanced Analytics and AI, Canadian Tire Corp.

Drew Ehlers

Drew Ehlers

Global Futurist and Head of Global Partners, Zebra Technologies

Onyinye Enyia Daniel

Onyinye Enyia Daniel

VP, Data and Analytics Strategy, Highmark Health

Salla Franzen

Investment Manager, Navigare Ventures

Derek Gaskins

Derek Gaskins

Chief Marketing Officer, Yesway

Blaine Hurst

Blaine Hurst

Vice Chairman and Former CEO and President, Panera Bread

Sam Iosevich

Sam Iosevich

Chief Analytics Officer and Managing Partner, The Parker Avery Group

Abol Jalilvand

Chair, Department of Finance and Director, Master of Science in Finance and Risk Management and Insurance Center

Matt James

Matt James

COO, FirstKey Homes

Michael Joyce

Michael Joyce

SVP, Supply Chain Strategy, Inventory and Demand Management, Dollar General

Rajeeve Kaul

Rajeeve Kaul

Corporate VP and Global Head of Pricing, McDonald's

Matthew Kelly

Matthew Kelly

Former SVP, Digital & Automation, Asset Management, Northern Trust Bank

Andy Kettlewell

Andy Kettlewell

Group VP, Inventory and Analytics, Walgreens

Ali Khan

Ali Khan

SVP, Chief Data Officer, Experian Consumer Services

Sean MacCarthy

Sean MacCarthy

VP of Analytics, Camping World

Josh Mayer

Josh Mayer

CEO, Summit Advisory Team and Elevate

Robert Mills

Robert Mills

EVP Chief Technology Digital Commerce and Strategy Officer, Tractor Supply

Sherif Mityas

Sherif Mityas

President, BRIX Brands

Ray Nair

Ray Nair

Head of Supply Chain, CDW

Srini Nallasivan

Srini Nallasivan

EVP, Chief Analytics Officer, and Head of Enterprise CRM, US Bank Corp.

Prasannal Nithyanandam

Prasannal Nithyanandam

Head of Data and Advanced Analytics, Volkswagen of America, Inc.

Ram Peddu

Ram Peddu

Chief Data & Analytics Officer for Risk, Finance, and ESG, BMO Harris Bank

Warren Powell

Warren Powell

Co-Founder and Chief Analytics Officer, Optimal Dynamics and Professor Emeritus, Princeton University

Wesley Rhodes

Wesley Rhodes

Former VP Technology Transformation & Research and Development, Kroger

Grant Riewe

Grant Riewe

CTO, Vibrant Emotional Health

Brian Sathianathan

Brian Sathianathan

Co-Founder, CDO and CTO, Iterate.ai

Federico Sciammarella

Federico Sciammarella

President and CTO, MxD

Anil Sebastian

Anil Sebastian

Director, Data Science and Engineering, Microsoft

Olga Selina

Olga Selina

VP, IT Data Analytics Transformation and Automation, Baxter International, Inc.

A. Guner Seyhan

A. Guner Seyhan

SVP, Manager, Applications, Asset Management Technology, Northern Trust

Michelle Shan

Michelle Shan

Chief, Data Analytics, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

Nick Snow

Nick Snow

VP, Decision Science and Analytics, Dollar General

Bikram Sohi

Bikram Sohi

Chief Operating Officer, Pampered Chef

AJ Sutera

AJ Sutera

SVP, Chief Technology Officer and Logistics, Duluth Trading Co.

Dimple Thakkar

Dimple Thakkar

Executive Director, Head of Data for Machine Learning and Intelligence Operations, JPMorgan Chase

Brooke Wagner

Brooke Wagner

SVP Merchandise Planning & Allocation, The Container Store

Emily Xu

Emily Xu

SVP, eCommerce, Republic National Distributing Co.

Michael Zinkewich

Michael Zinkewich

Sr. Director, N.A. Sales and Operations Planning, Beam Suntory

The following individuals are members of the AI Business Consortium's Steering Committee.