The Data & AI Chief

Cindi Howson

Booking Overview

This is an interview-led technology and business show focused on enterprise data, artificial intelligence, AI governance, and organizational transformation, typically featuring senior data and AI executives, technology leaders, and recognized authors or academics. PR agencies could credibly pitch C-suite data/AI leaders, enterprise technology executives, AI governance experts, and authors with substantial expertise or case studies; booking difficulty is high because recent guests hold prominent leadership roles at major companies or institutions.

Metrics

Episodes: 147

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Instagram: 3.2k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

lindsay.noonan@thoughtspot.com

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Host

Cindi Howson - Chief Data & AI Strategy Officer at ThoughtSpot and an experienced data and analytics strategist focused on helping organizations use data and artificial intelligence to transform how they do busin...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Senior executives and recognized practitioners in enterprise data, artificial intelligence, analytics, product, technology, or digital transformation, especially leaders responsible for large-scale implementations, governance programs, or measurable business outcomes. Published authors, prominent academics, and technology leaders from major companies are also a strong fit.

Required Achievements:

Leading enterprise-wide data or AI transformations, Building and governing production artificial intelligence platforms or programs, Holding senior executive, vice president, chief officer, or comparable leadership roles, Publishing authoritative books or research on leadership, data, innovation, or artificial intelligence, Delivering measurable operational or business outcomes through enterprise technology

Recent Guest Discussions

Beth Miles - Building AI Literacy In Executive Leadership, Redesigning Business Processes Before Automation, AI Governance, Enterprise Adoption, And Measuring AI Transformation Beyond Usage Metrics.

Harveer Singh - Accountable And Human-centered Artificial Intelligence, Responsible Data Decisions, AI Agents, And The Human Consequences Of Data Pipelines.

Sanjeev Mohan - Building Ai-ready Data Foundations, Enduring Data-management Fundamentals, And The Infrastructure Required To Realize The Promises Of Artificial Intelligence.

Linda A. Hill - Scaling Innovation, Leading Through Uncertainty, Organizational Roles That Enable Innovation, And Building Cultures Of Collaboration And Experimentation.

Raman Tallamraju - Enterprise Semantic Layers, Ontologies, Ai-ready Data Programs, Federated Data Operating Models, Data Debt, And Providing Reliable Context For AI Agents.

Recent Topics

Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Data Strategy, Ai Governance, Enterprise Architecture

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Data & AI Chief

What Most Companies Get Wrong About AI Strategy with Jeff McMillan, former Morgan Stanley AI Leader

September 30, 2026

Every leadership team is arguing about which AI model is best, but that debate is a distraction from the real problem. In this episode, Jeff McMillan, founder of McMillanAI and former head of firmwide AI at Morgan Stanley, breaks down the real bottlenecks behind enterprise AI strategy. He shares why fixing your data matters more than picking a model, why your best AI leader is probably already inside your company, and why AI eliminates tasks rather than entire jobs.Key Moments:Why the Chief A...

AI Literacy Starts in the C-Suite

September 16, 2026

Most AI playbooks are built for a workforce tethered to a desk, but many workers are not near a keyboard. In this episode, Beth Miles, Chief AI Officer at Advantage Solutions, breaks down how she's building an AI-ready culture across a distributed workforce of more than 60,000 teammates. She shares why AI literacy has to start with leadership, why redesigning a broken process matters more than simply automating it, and how she measures AI success well beyond adoption metrics.Key Moments:From ...

3 Data and AI Books Every Leader Should Read in 2026

September 02, 2026

In this special episode of The Data & AI Chief, host Cindi Howson sits down with three incredible authors to explore what it really takes to lead through the AI era, from scaling innovation to building AI-ready data foundations to designing systems that keep humans at the center. Get ready for a deep dive into:Scaling innovation and leading through uncertainty with Linda Hill, Harvard Business School Professor and author of Genius at Scale: How Great Leaders Drive InnovationBuilding ...

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