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AI100 Award 2025
The AI100 Awards is a prestigious annual awards that recognizes and celebrates the achievements of individuals and organizations that have made significant advancements in the field of Analytics & AI in enterprises.

About AI 100 Awards

AI100 is an effort towards recognizing the best minds in the AI & data science industry who have successfully transformed data into meaningful insights.

2025 nominations are Open.

Note: We do not charge for any of our awards. Applicants are handpicked through a rigorous process by our editors and industry veterans and vetted against the best in the industry.

AI100 will be given out in 13 categories

Awards Category

The Machine Con is honored to recognize recipients of AI100 awards for outstanding achievement in Data Science & Analytics for the following categories

Individual Categories (1 award per category)​

Leader of the Year

Recognizes a senior leader who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in the development and deployment of AI technologies.

Chief Data Officer of the Year

Recognizes a Chief Data Officer (CDO) who has excelled in their role, particularly in creating value from data and ensuring data integrity across the organization.

Industry Evangelist Award

Recognizes an individual who has shown outstanding advocacy for AI technologies and its potential impact on their industry.

Visionary Leader

Recognizes a leader who has shown exceptional foresight and insight in the development and deployment of AI technologies.

Rising Star in AI

Honoring a young professional who has shown exceptional promise and achievement in the field of AI.

AI Ethics and Governance Leader

Awarding an individual who has significantly contributed to establishing ethical AI practices and robust governance frameworks.

Chief Information Officer of the Year

Recognizes a Chief Information Officer (CIO) who has shown exceptional leadership in managing the organization's IT resources, particularly with respect to integrating AI technologies into the company's infrastructure.

Chief Analytics Officer of the Year

Recognizes a CAO who has shown exceptional leadership in the development and deployment of AI technologies within their organization.

GROUP CATEGORIES (Multiple AWARDS per category)

Data Driven CxOs

Recognizes a group of C-suite executives who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in the use of data-driven insights to drive business outcomes.

Generative AI Leaders

Recognizes those pioneers who have individually contributed to significant advancements in Generative AI, whether in research, practical applications, or transformative business solutions.

The Early Adopters

Recognizes leaders who were early adopters of AI technologies and have shown exceptional results in the development and deployment of those technologies.

The AI Innovators Award

Recognize leaders that have demonstrated exceptional innovation in the development and deployment of AI technologies in any industry or function.

Data Science Transformers

Recognizes leaders who have shown exceptional innovation and impact in transforming their business through the use of AI technologies.

2024 Winners

Mastercard
Scott Lichtenthal
SVP, Analytics

Fisker
Saydulu Kolasani
SVP of Enterprise, Digital, & Data Transformation and Operations

HCA Healthcare
Mangesh Patil
Chief Analytics Officer

GE HealthCare
Parminder Bhatia
Chief AI Officer

Herbalife
Monica Kedzierski
VP, Global Data, Analytics & AI

American Century Investments
Tarun Sood
Chief Data Officer

Equinix
Ravi kiran Pasula
Senior Director of Data Science and AI/Machine Learning

Kimberly-Clark
Aravind Peddiboyina
AI Innovation & Global Analytics Delivery Leader

Reprise Financial
Priya Reddy
Vice President of Enterprise Data Management

McDonald’s
John Tucker
Director, Enterprise Data Governance

T. Rowe Price
Jay Como
Global Head of Data Governance & Operations

Pathward
Rajendra Gangavarapu
Senior Vice President

Synchrony
Jeffery Carson
Vice President, Journey Analytics & Operations

C&A
Michaela Wallin
Head of Global Operations PM

Tyson Foods
Douglas Kulka
CIO & CTO

Citigroup
Diego De Aragao
SVP, Balance Sheet Management & Analytics

Dow Jones
Bhaskar Borah
SVP, Head of Marketing Data Science & Technology

Destination Canada
Meaghan Ferrigno
Senior Vice President | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) & Chief Data & Analytics Officer (CDAO)

Gap Inc.
Vivek Anand
Director

LG Electronics North America
Sujatha Krishnan
Head of Data Solutions (Analytics, Insights & Data science)

Wesco
Arjun Srinivasan
Director – Data Science

Aflac
Heather Avery
Vice President, U.S. Persistency

Northwestern Mutual
Anju Gupta
Vice President, Data Science AI/ML

Electronic Arts
Venkatesh Shivanna
Sr Technical Director, EADP DATA & AI

Nike
Christina Sandema-Sombe
Chief Data Steward

Mattel, Inc
Saranathan Govindarajan
VP Enterprise Architecture

Citizen Watch America
Ranajay Nandy
Vice President Analytics

Starbucks Coffee
Bhagyesh Phanse
Vice President, Data Science and Analytics

Strikepoint Group Holdings
Palani Ulaganathan
Head of Data and Analytics,Chief Data and Analytics Officer

FICO
Scott Zoldi
Chief Analytics Officer

Intuit
Sagar Ganapaneni
Head of Data Science & Analytics, SMB MediaLabs

Novartis
Vikram Singh
VP, Head of Commercial IT Data Analytics & DSAI

HSBC
Scott Newton
VP, US Data & Analytics Office

Honeywell
Daniel Reaume
Vice President of Commercial Data and Analytics

Nu Skin
Laxmi Srinivas Samayamantri
VP Global Engineering & Data

Charles Schwab
Satheesh Ramachandran
Head of AI and Analytics Product

Cohere Health
Romy Hussain
Vice President of Data, Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence, & Analytics

Pierre Fabre Group
Sarah DaVanzo
Chief Consumer Engagement & Activation Officer

StoneX Group
Anirban Banerjee
VP, Analytics

Wheels Up
Izzy Doctor
VP of Data Science

Optum
Arun Sagar
Senior Director, AI Engineering

EMD Serono
Suresh Martha
Head of Data Driven Innovations & Analytics

Verizon
Ansar Kassim
Head of Analytics & Insights

United Wheels
David Blum
Chief Information Officer

Walmart
Rishi Bhatia
Director Data Science

CBRE
Satnam Singh
Chief Digital & Technology Officer

First Citizens Bank
Junaid Farooq
SVP – Enterprise Data Management

Charter Communications
Ravi Bhatia
VP, Head of Fraud Risk

Texas Capital Bank
Biswajit Mahapatra
Director – Data Platform

Health Care Service Corporation
Phanii Pydimarri
Head of Strategic Planning & Partnerships

Fidelity Investments
Rajesh Panthri
Vice President, Advanced Analytics

NYC Department Of Education
Reasat Chowdhury
Sr. Director of AI, I.A.

Hayward Holdings, Inc
Wendy Zhang
VP, Data & AI

Compass Pathways
Gregory Ryslik
CTO

RBC Capital Markets
Sanjay Gautam Bhansali
AI Frameworks Head

Zeus Fire and Security
Priya Serai
Chief Information Officer

SMART Global Holdings
Srini Tanikella
CIO / Vice President, Information Technology

Travelers
Girish Modgil
Senior Vice President – Data Science, Automation and Artificial Intelligence

Mass General Brigham
Nallan Sriraman
CTO

U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Michelle Zebrowski
Chief Data Officer

Fitch Group
Jayeeta Putatunda
Associate Director

New York Life Insurance company
Rajiv Avacharmal
Corporate Vice President

SpartanNash
Binu Varghese
Vice President – Applications & Data

Webster Bank
Vishal Patel
Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Executive Managing Director

Viatris
Kelly Zou
Head, Global Analytics and Real World Evidence

Nu Skin
Laxmi Srinivas Samaymatri
VP Global Engineering & Data

Chubb
Pradeep Mohapatra
Head of Data Management

Mars Inc.
Sekhar Krishnamoorthy
Chief Data and Analytics Officer (Global Pet Nutrition)

Thumbtack
Navneet Rao
Director of Engineering

Eventbrite
Vivek Sagi
Chief Technology Officer

Mohawk Industries
Pad Narayanan
Vice President, Digital (Center of Excellence)

Independence Blue Cross
Ravi Chawla
VP and Chief Analytics Officer

NYC Health + Hospitals
Divya Pathak
Chief Data Officer

TransUnion
Venkat Achanta
Chief Technology, Data & Analytics Officer

Johnson & Johnson
Jude Francis
Director, Data Science and Innovation

Sanofi
Gaurav Shah
Global Head of Data ,Analytics &AI , Consumer Healthcare

JP Morgan
Head of Data & Analytics
Tiffany Perkins

Fannie Mae
Kalyana Bedhu
AI/ML Leader | Accelerating Model transformation with AI/ML and Generative AI

Manulife
Venkat Vedam
Head of Gen AI and Front Office Analytics

Wolters Kluwer
Abhishek Mittal
Global Head – Data Analytics

McKesson
Shivanku Misra
Vice President, Enterprise Advanced Analytics

USAA
Ramnik Bajaj
SVP, CDAO

Anheuser Busch InBev
Shambavi Sivaramakrishnan
Global Director

Kenvue
Rahul Tyagi
VP, Global Head – AI & Automation

AbbVie
Numan Karim
Associate Director, Data Science & Analytics

Capri Holdings
Manuel Neto
Vice President – Global Analytics & Data Science

Gilead Sciences
Chitra Narasimhachari
VP, Head of Global Decision Sciences & Insights

Whirlpool Corporation
Yusuf Abbasi
Global Sr Director Data & Analytics – Center of Excellence

Stryker
Dora Boussias
Senior Director Data & Analytics

Rockwell Automation
Chris Nardecchia
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Equifax
Dilip Singh
VP, Data & Analytics

Cloudmed, an R1 company
Anil Prasad
VP of Software Engineering – Application, Data, AI

Renown Health
Justin Coran
Chief Analytics Officer

DoorDash
Sudeep Das
Head of Machine Learning/AI – New Business Verticals

Best Buy
Kannan Swaminathan
VP, Data and AI Adoption and Enablement

Quility Insurance
Danielle Conklin
Chief Information Officer

BNY Melon
Prasanna Selveraj
Director

Albertsons Companies
Subramanian Iyer
Group Vice President, Data Science

AT&T
Deven Panchal
AI Lead at AT&T Labs and VP-Intellectual Property and Patents at AT&T Innovation Network

Caterpillar
Sabaita Mohsin
AI Product Leader

United Airline
Kathleen Keyes
Managing Director, Digital Technology – AI, Analytics, Innovation and Process Transformation

NXP Semiconductors
Balaji Dhamodharan
Data Science Leader

2023 Winners

MARS Petcare
Chaitanya Garikapati
Head of Data & Analytics

Genmab
Sanyam Kumar
Associate Director, Data Science

Paradigm
Jason Cooper
Chief Technology Officer

Northwell Health
Marsha Meytlis Head of Data Science and Engineering

PCS Wireless
Jason Walston
Head of Data & Analytics

Oak Street Health
Prashanth Sarpamale
Chief Data and Analytics Officer

Ohio Attorney General’s Office
Shravan Kotha
Chief Data and Analytics Officer

Fanatics Collectibles
Jeffrey Yau
Chief Data & A.I. Officer

Springer Nature Group
Reshma Shaikh
VP Strategy and Operations

Prudential Financial
Douglas Elfers
VP, Data Science

BMO Financial Group
Pradip Nandi
Head of Analytics and Modeling – Credit Loss Allowances

Estee Lauder
Sol Rashidi
Chief Analytics Officer

Boeing
Datta Junnarkar
Chief Information Officer – Maritime

Batesville
Sahal Laher
Chief Technology and Digital Officer

Sephora
Sree Sreedhararaj
Chief Technology Officer

CVS Health
Samrat Kulkarni
Lead Director of Data Science

American Express
Sharad Singh
Director, B2B Product Analytics

PyCaret
Moez Ali
Creator

Academy Sports + Outdoors
Jeevan Prakash
Director of Analytics, Omnichannel

Microsoft
Sadid Hasan
AI Lead

CVS Health
Piero Ferrante
AVP and Data Science Fellow

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Avijit Chatterjee
Head of AI/ML and NextGen Analytics

ADM
Sarang Ananda Rao Analytics Leader, Global Technology

Sanofi
Shameer Khader
Global Head of Data Science, Data Engineering and Computational Biology

Greystone
Niraj Patel
Chief Information Officer

Bon Secours Mercy Health
Kapila Monga
Head of Data Science and Engineering

Walmart
Prakhar Mehrotra
Vice President – Machine Learning

GE Aviation
Dinakar Deshmukh
VP- Data Science & Analytics

Chubb
Manish Sethia
Vice President – Applied AI

Citi
Virag Masuraha
Managing Director, Global Head of Fraud Analytics and Modeling

Northern Trust Asset Management
Vijay Rajandram
Chief Data Officer

Department of the Air Force
Eileen Vidrine
Chief Data & Artificial Intelligence Officer

Halliburton
Satyam Priyadarshy
Managing Director & Chief Data Scientist

Advance Auto Parts
Yvonne Li
Vice President of Enterprise Data & AI

Wayfair
Ankit Mangal
Global Head of Analytics – Supplier Tech

Curology
Sujay Kar
VP Of Data & Analytics

Youtube
Balaji T Kuppuswamy
Director, Data Infrastructure and Business Intelligence Products

Dow Jones
Anjali Gupta Reddi
Chief Data Officer

BlackRock
Dan Merzlyak
Director, Head of Aladdin Data Migration Practice and Business Intelligence

Enact Mortgage Insurance
Aleksandr Kudman
Chief Analytics Officer

Spotify
Ruchika Singh
Director, Data Science & Insights

Oura
Hal Tily
Head of Data Science and Engineering

Mars Wrigley
Deepak Jose
Global Head and Senior Director for One Demand Data and Analytics Solutions

Chime
Anil Puli
Head of Business Intelligence

Gannett
Arvind Thinagarajan
Head of Data Science & Analytics

CBS Corporation
Radha Subramanyam
President and Chief Research and Analytics Officer

McAfee
Shri Prakash Singh
Head of Data Science & Analytics

American Eagle Outfitters
Bk Vasan
VP Data Technology & Analytics, CDO

Pendulum Therapeutics
Kiran Kanetkar
Vice President – Technology,Data and Analytics

DocuSign
Indrasis Mondal
Senior Director of Data Science, AI&insights

Lowes
Kunal Das
Vice President – Applied AI, Data Products & Analytics

Mosaic
Aditya Sikka
Director

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Arvind Balasundaram
Executive Director, Commercial Insights & Analytics

Credit Suisse
Satya Choudary Mukkala
VP, Head of Cloud, Data, ML & AI

NYU Langone Health
Arys Nogueron
Director, Data Analytics

HelloFresh
Aleksandar Lazarevic
VP Analytics

EasyKnock
Rajit Kavindran
Chief Data Science and Analytics Officer

Microsoft
Charles Morris
Chief Data Scientist for Financial Services

Walgreens Boots Alliance
Vishwesh Patil
Senior Director, Data Analytics and EPM

Webster Bank
Mukundan Rengaswamy
Head of Data Engineering, Innovation & Architecture

Mindshare
Giorgio Suighi
Global Group Director, Data Strategy – Lead for Identity Resolution

Arcutis Biotherapeutics
Rajvir (Raj) Madan
Chief Digital and Information Technology Officer

BuzzFeed
Archi Mitra
Senior Director of Machine Learning

Otsuka Pharmaceutical
Tifani McCann
Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Evernorth Health Services
David Fogarty
Enterprise Digital Analytics Leader

Haleon
Daniel Gardner
Social Intelligence Lead

Envestnet Data & Analytics
Farouk Ferchichi
President

Wells Fargo
Agus Sudjianto
EVP, Head of Corporate Model Risk

UBS Bank USA
Zee Moradi
Chief Data Officer

RBC Capital Markets
Anurag Sehgal
Managing Director

Thrivent
Sravan Kasarla
Chief Data Officer

BAE Systems
Ash Dhupar
Chief Data Officer

PPG
Ujwal Chejerla
Director, AI/ML CoE

Merck
Abhishek Narayan Singh
Chief Analytics Officer & Head of Digital Solutions

Albertsons
Gary Patel
Sr Director, eCommerce BI & Analytics

PURE Group of Insurance Companies
Sidd TUMKUR
Senior Vice President, Data Strategy, Operations and Management

U.S. Army
Chandra Donelson
Deputy Chief Data Officer

Unum
Reed Hayes
Vice President of Applied AI/ML

Reckitt
Padma Hari
North America Hygiene Chief Technology & Digital Officer; Transformation Leader

Morgan Stanley
Punit Mahajan
Head of Analytics Strategy

Unilever
Arun Nandi
Head of Data & Analytics

Pacific Life
Wayne Huang
Head of Data Science and Engineering

Bayer Consumer Health
Manik Gupta
North America Chief Analytics and Insights Officer

AIG
Pavan Dhavaleshwar
Global Head of Data Analytics and Monitoring, Global Compliance

Zoetis
Krishna Cheriath
Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Hartford Steam Boiler
Asif Mahammad Syed
Vice President, Data Strategy

U.S. Coast Guard
Brian Erickson
Chief Data & Artificial Intelligence Officer

Georgia Pacific
Karthikeyan Ramasamy
Vice President – Artificial Intelligence

Boehringer Ingelheim
Victoria Gamerman
Global Head of Data Governance and Insights

DoorDash
Gunnard Johnson
Head of Data Science

Popular Bank
Meenakshi Thanikachalam
Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Johnson & Johnson
Pankaj Chopra
Head, Enterprise Analytics & Insights

Apollo Global Management
Vikram Mahidhar
Operating Partner

Allstate
Joe Kleinhenz
Vice President of Data Science

eBay
Vinay Yaragani
Director – Strategic Insights, Analytics & Data Science

Thomson Reuters
Preet Nagvanshi
Head of Commercial Excellence

Neiman Marcus Group
Manneet Singh
Vice President – Data, Analytics & MarTech

Belcorp
Venkat Gopalan
Chief Digital, Data & Technology Officer

Bloomberg
Anju Kambadur
Head of AI Engineering

eBay
Ashish Singru
Global Data Science and Business Operations Leader

Novartis
Amar Drawid
Global Head of Data Analytics & Infrastructure

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