Barbara Forth is the inaugural Chief Data Officer for the College of William & Mary in
Williamsburg, VA leading Institutional Research and Analytics teams in the deployment of
analytics, data governance, and management infrastructure to generate insights to be used
to improve organizational decision-making and excellence. W&M aspires to data excellence
in the administration and support of teaching, learning, research, community action and
university operation.
Barbara has 30 years + of data management experience in the Financial Services industry.
She has held numerous executive and consulting roles at major financial institutions such
as Fidelity Investments, Capital Group, Experian Consumer Services, and General Electric.
She is an accomplished Information Management leader who has delivered a wide range of
IT solutions with a focus on Business Intelligence/Analytics, business and data architecture,
database technology research, and large-scale operations management. She has directed
teams of 120+ for large scale technical initiatives, ranging from $1.2 -$20M and budget of
$25M+. In her various roles she has overseen all aspects of how complex data is gathered,
managed, protected, and monetized.
Barbara founded B4th Consulting in 2018 with the idea of helping companies transform
digitally and build DATA capabilities into the core of an organization. B4th Consulting
identifies and removes impediments to Digital Transformation programs to improve speed
of adoption, revenue growth or business efficiencies. B4th Consulting helps young
companies grow with an eye to building DATA capabilities at each stage of growth.
Barbara is a recognized speaker on emerging data management trends, technology,
innovation, and tool adoption. She was a board member of ai4biz.org and a founding
member of the Orange County Chapter – Private Directors Association.
Linda F. Powell is the Enterprise Deputy Chief Data Officer at Bank of NY Mellon. She has over 20 years of experience in the finance industry including commercial banking, banking supervision, and supporting economic research. She spent most of her career with the Federal Reserve System. She was also the Chief Data Officer at the Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Research and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In 2018 she joined Citibank as the Global Head of Data Governance, Data Reporting, and End User Computing and joined Bank of NY Mellon in 2021. She has published several papers on the topics of data standards, metadata, and data strategy. She has a B.A. in Economics from Rutgers University and an M.S. in Quantitative Finance from George Washington University.
Anthony Scriffignano, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized data scientist with experience spanning over 40 years in multiple industries and enterprise domains. Scriffignano has extensive background in advanced anomaly detection, computational linguistics and advanced inferential methods, leveraging that background as primary inventor on multiple patents worldwide. He also has extensive experience with various boards and advisory groups. Scriffignano was recognized as the U.S. Chief Data Officer of the Year 2018 by the CDO Club, the world's largest community of C-suite digital and data leaders. He is a Distinguished Fellow with The Stimson Center, a nonprofit, nonpartisan Washington, D.C. think tank that aims to enhance international peace and security through analysis and outreach.. He is a member of the OECD Network of Experts on AI working group on implementing Trustworthy AI, focused on benefiting people and planet. He has served as a commissioner for the Atlantic Council, most recently contributing to a Report on the Geopolitical Impacts of New Technologies and Data. He also served for many years as SVP/Chief Data Scientist at Dun & Bradstreet. He has briefed the US National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee and contributed to three separate reports to the President, on Big Data Analytics, Emerging Technologies Strategic Vision, and Internet and Communications Resilience. Additionally, Scriffignano provided expert advice on private sector data officers to a group of state Chief Data Officers and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Scriffignano serves on various advisory committees in government, private sector, and academia. Most recently, he has been called upon to provide insight on data science implications in the context of a highly disrupted datasphere and the implications of the global pandemic. He has published, delivered keynote presentations and participated in panel presentations extensively in various settings internationally concerning emerging trends in AI and advanced analytics, the “Big Data” explosion, artificial intelligence applications and implications for business and society, multilingual challenges in business identity and malfeasance in commercial and public-sector contexts.
