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Dora Boussias

Keynote Speaker & Executive Advisor | Data & AI Leadership | Founder at DoraB Global

Greater Tampa Bay Area, United States

Dora Boussias is a keynote speaker and executive advisor who helps leaders navigate AI-driven change with clarity, confidence, and sound judgment when decisions carry real consequences.

She brings 30 years of enterprise leadership experience across data, AI, and transformation, including leading enterprise-scale initiatives at GE, Stryker, and Prudential.

Her work focuses on decision quality, leadership judgment, and trust under pressure, helping leaders translate data, AI, and talent investments into credible decisions and sustained impact.

Dora is the creator of SOAR with Confidence®, a leadership development platform grounded in real-world leadership and execution.

An AI100 Innovation Leader and Global Data Power Woman, Dora is known for turning complexity into clarity and confident action. She has delivered 100+ talks across the U.S. and internationally and has been featured in leading publications and podcasts.

She is also recognized by Thinkers360 as a Top Voice and Top Global Thought Leader, including Top 10 rankings in Careers and IT Strategy.

Watch Dora’s speaker reel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yNZPoxJcf4

Available For: Advising, Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Tampa, FL
Speaking Topics: Data & AI strategy and governance, Women in Tech, Career & Leadership, Business Transformation, Future of Work, Resilience and Confidence, Executive L

Dora Boussias Points
Academic 0
Author 78
Influencer 96
Speaker 124
Entrepreneur 20
Total 318

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Thought Leader Profile

Portfolio Mix

Company Information

Company Type: Service Provider
Minimum Project Size: N/A
Average Hourly Rate: N/A
Number of Employees: 1-10
Company Founded Date: Undisclosed
Media Experience: ~10 years

Areas of Expertise

AI 31.04
AI Ethics 30.21
Analytics 30.40
Big Data 30.02
Business Strategy 30.72
Careers 57.09
Change Management 30.06
Coaching 30.24
Culture 30.22
Customer Experience 30.40
Design Thinking
Digital Disruption 30.29
Digital Transformation 30.01
Diversity and Inclusion 30.17
Future of Work 30.61
Generative AI 30.74
IT Leadership 41.80
IT Operations 31.69
IT Strategy 59.22
Leadership 31.03
Personal Branding
Transformation 30.84

Industry Experience

Cross Industry
Engineering & Construction
Financial Services & Banking
Healthcare
Higher Education & Research
Insurance
Manufacturing

Publications & Experience

3 Article/Blogs
I Became ChatGPT’s Therapist for a Day – The Conversation I Never Expected to Have
Linkedin
May 19, 2025
It was a quiet Saturday morning, May 17, 2025. I didn’t wake up planning to have a deep conversation with an AI, but sometimes, the most unexpected moments spark the most interesting reflections.

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Tags: Careers, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

Reflections from Gartner Data & Analytics 2025: Key Takeaways and the Power of Connections
Linkedin
March 21, 2025
Insights, inspiration, and human connection from an unforgettable few days at Gartner D&A 2025.

The Gartner Data & Analytics (D&A) 2025 conference was more than just an event—it was a vibrant convergence of insights, conversations, and the kind of human connection that fuels transformation. While the event covered a breadth of critical topics, two overarching themes stood out to me: the importance of strong data fundamentals and the undeniable power of relationships.

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Tags: Analytics, Big Data, Careers

On Your Journey to Becoming Data-Driven, Avoid these Top 3 Pitfalls!
CIO Review magazine
November 28, 2022
Cover story feature on CIO Review magazine.

(Link provided is to the digital version of the CIO Review magazine issue. It may require you to create a login to flip through the digital pages. Alternatively, here's direct link to the article on the CIO Review website:
https://enterprise-information-management.womenintechreview.com/cxoinsight/on-your-journey-to-becoming-datadriven-avoid-these-top-3-pitfalls-nid-36048-cid-184.html )

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Tags: Business Strategy, Digital Transformation, IT Strategy

6 Author Newsletters
DORAisms Reflections | The Weight of Acceleration (February 2026)
Linkedin
February 26, 2026
Welcome to DORAisms Reflections. This space is a monthly pause to step back from the noise and examine the leadership patterns shaping how we think, decide, and carry responsibility as AI reshapes work.

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Tags: Careers, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

DORAisms Reflections | Judgment Under Pressure (January 2026)
Linkedin
January 29, 2026
Welcome to DORAisms Reflections, a monthly pause to revisit key insights of clarity, confidence, and impact from the weekly series.

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Tags: Careers, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

DORAisms Reflections | Leadership Confidence, Revisited (December 2025)
Linkedln
December 31, 2025
Each Tuesday, DORAisms delivers short, one- to two-minute videos with practical takeaways across four themes: Career Clarity | Leadership Confidence | Data & AI Impact | Future of Work.

Each month closes with a short reflection that connects these ideas and invites conversation.

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Tags: Careers, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

DORAisms Reflections | Trust, Visibility, and What You Choose to Scale (November 2025)
Linkedln
November 27, 2025
You can be the most capable person in the room and still feel unseen. This month’s first spark was a reminder that influence begins with clarity. People notice value, not effort. Visibility isn’t loudness; it’s alignment and showing others why your work matters.

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Tags: Careers, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

DORAisms Reflections | Built-In Clarity and Confidence (October 2025)
Linkedln
October 30, 2025
Welcome to DORAisms Reflections, a monthly pause to revisit sparks of clarity, confidence, and impact from the weekly series.

Each Tuesday, DORAisms delivers short, one- to two-minute videos with practical takeaways across four themes: Career Clarity | Leadership Confidence | Data & AI Impact | Future of Work.

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Tags: Careers, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

DORAisms Reflections | Sparks That Set the Tone (September 2025)
Linkedln
October 24, 2025
September marked the beginning of this journey, and these first three sparks laid the foundation for what is becoming a growing community focused on leading and living with purpose.

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Tags: Careers, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

1 Founder
Dora Boussias
Dora Boussias
June 24, 2024
At 17, I arrived in the U.S. as an immigrant with limited English. Fast forward to today, I am grateful to reflect on a rewarding 30-year career leading enterprise-wide transformations at top firms like GE, Stryker, and Prudential. As a woman in tech, I navigated a male-dominated field, rising to senior leadership ranks while earning industry recognition for expertise in Data, AI, and Leadership.

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Tags: Careers, IT Strategy, Leadership

7 Keynotes
Navigating AI's Inflection Point: Chart your Path to Success
DAMA MN
May 22, 2025

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Tags: AI, Future of Work, IT Leadership

Leading with Purpose in the AI Era: Navigating 2025 and Beyond
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April 29, 2025

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Tags: AI, Future of Work, IT Leadership

Top pitfalls to avoid for a successful data strategy implementation
BOUSSIAS Communications (Greece)
September 19, 2024

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Tags: Careers, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

Navigating AI’s Inflection Point: understanding and steering through AI’s ramifications on the organization and its people
HMG Strategy
August 20, 2024

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Tags: AI, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

From buzzwords to brasstacks: CX in the AI era
Frost & Sullivan CXO Exchange
July 16, 2024

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Tags: AI, Careers, Customer Experience

AI's inflection point and how to navigate its implications for businesses and their people
Teck Talk Summits - executive roundtable
April 10, 2024

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Tags: AI, Generative AI, IT Leadership

Insider Insights: Proven Strategies to maximize your data tech and AI investments
Teck Talk Summits - IMPACT24
February 05, 2024

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Tags: AI, Careers, IT Leadership

8 Media Interviews
The Ella Project interview
The Ella Project
September 21, 2025

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Tags: Careers, Future of Work, IT Leadership

CIO Intervirew Series: Dora Boussias
The CIO Circle
March 12, 2025

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Tags: Careers, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

Empowering Women in Data and Tech: Interview with Dora Boussias
LIghts On Data
January 31, 2025

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Tags: Careers, Future of Work, Transformation

DataManagementU Series: Dora Boussias Interview
DataManagementU
January 31, 2023

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Tags: Careers, Leadership, Transformation

My career in data
Dataversity
January 04, 2023

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Tags: Careers, IT Strategy, Leadership

Motivational IT Leader Dora Boussias wants young professionals, especially women in technology, to remember these four things...
SIM TBC
June 13, 2022
SIM TBC interview/arcticle

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Tags: Careers, Customer Experience, IT Leadership

model of the month: dora boussias
Edosa Odaro - model of the month
June 03, 2022

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Tags: Careers, IT Strategy, Leadership

CDO magazine interview - all things data, leadership, and career
CDO magazine interview
September 13, 2021

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Tags: Analytics, Careers, IT Strategy

1 Miscellaneous
inspiring data curiocity and confidence
Evanta
August 08, 2022

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Tags: Careers, Customer Experience, IT Leadership

15 Panels
Bias in AI and the Human Evolution with Technology
Tampa Bay Tech
November 12, 2025

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Tags: AI Ethics, Careers, Generative AI

2025 Great Lakes Data, AI & Analytics Summit
WIT SOLUTIONS
March 25, 2025
The Great Lakes Data, AI & Analytics Summit offers a unique one-day experience for professionals in analytics, IT, and business. Featuring keynotes from industry experts, leadership discussion panels, in-depth case study sessions from local practitioners, software demonstrations from top vendors, and plenty of networking opportunities. Attendees will learn about the latest analytics software, best practices, and success stories to help them capitalize on data and analytics strategy, data governance, and extracting business value out of your data assets.

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Tags: Careers, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

The latest trends and how to successfully implement digital transformation in the CX space
CMP - CCW Vegas
June 05, 2024

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Tags: Careers, Customer Experience, IT Strategy

WiT Session 3: Don't Quiet Quit: Own Your Career Success - Navigating your career in tech
BBC24 - panel
April 18, 2024

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Tags: Careers, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

How IT and Business could partner for successful integration
CMP - CXO Orlando
November 15, 2023

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Tags: Business Strategy, Customer Experience, IT Strategy

Ethical AI
CDO Magazine
November 09, 2023

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Diversity and Inclusion

Key Steps to an Improved Data Strategy
Consero CDO
September 10, 2023

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Tags: Business Strategy, Generative AI, IT Strategy

The Argument for Data Strategy
SIM TBC - RETHINK EVERYTHING SIG
July 21, 2023

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Tags: Careers, Customer Experience, IT Leadership

Data Literacy: from the boardroom to the mailroom
CDO Magazine
May 05, 2023

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Careers

The role of data in breaking down silos
CDO Magazine
November 11, 2022

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Tags: AI, Business Strategy, Diversity and Inclusion

The role that Empathy plays in designing data governance programs
MIT CDOIQ Symposium
July 21, 2022

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Tags: Analytics, Change Management, IT Leadership

Thrive or Survive? Are You a CDO at a Crossroad?
CDO Magazine
May 05, 2022

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Tags: Analytics, Careers, Leadership

Designing future of work that works for everyone
HMG Strategy
April 27, 2022

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Tags: Careers, Customer Experience, IT Leadership

executive panel: The Tech Leader as Enterprise Change Agent
HMG Strategy
April 04, 2022

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Tags: Careers, Change Management, Customer Experience

Key Data Initiatives for 2022 and Beyond
Caserta
January 05, 2022

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Tags: Business Strategy, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

21 Podcasts
The Prosecutor turned Founder of DoraB Global ft. Dora Boussias
Maven Analytics Open Campus
October 22, 2025

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Tags: Careers, Digital Disruption, Future of Work

From Data Leader to Solo Entrepreneur with Dora Boussias
CDO Matters podcast
August 20, 2025

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Tags: AI, Careers, IT Leadership

Captain Your Career in the Age of AI on Builders & Doers Podcast
clip published on LinkedIn
August 04, 2025

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Tags: AI, Careers, IT Leadership

guest on Mark Johnson's podcast
clip published on LinkedIn
June 18, 2025

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Tags: Careers, Digital Disruption, Future of Work

Lessons from 30+ years in the field on Women In Data podcast
WiD podcast
February 21, 2025

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Tags: Careers, Future of Work, IT Leadership

S5E1 Dora Boussias | Data Architecture, Situational Awareness, & Growth
TeamPipeline
January 05, 2024

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Tags: Business Strategy, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

Building Bridges Between Sales, Marketing, and Metrics
Sunny SIde Up podcast
December 15, 2023

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Tags: AI, Careers, IT Strategy

AI & Data & Tech Landscape with Dora Boussias Senior Director Data Strategy & Architecture, Stryker
Youtube
August 19, 2023
Dora Boussias, Senior Director of Data Strategy & Architecture at Stryker on The Ravit Show. We are discussing one of the most valuable aspects of the tech landscape: Leveraging Data/AI Solutions!

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Tags: AI, Coaching, Leadership

148 - Listening Between the Lines, Curiosity and Communication with Dora Boussias
Business Vitality podcast
July 19, 2023

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Tags: Business Strategy, Culture, Leadership

Data strategy&company strategy. Friends or foes? Coffee with OKRs with Dora Boussias
OKR Poland
July 12, 2023

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Tags: Business Strategy, Culture, IT Strategy

How to connect strategy to business value
The Data Chief podcast
March 22, 2023

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Tags: Business Strategy, Careers, IT Strategy

Becoming a Data Strategist
Engatica
March 03, 2023

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Tags: Careers, IT Strategy, Leadership

Data Strategy pitfalls
Lights On Data
March 03, 2023

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Tags: Careers, IT Strategy, Leadership

Dora Boussias: Driving Agility & Streamlining Operations for Scale
Corrinium Intellilgence
September 29, 2022

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Tags: IT Leadership, IT Operations, IT Strategy

Visionary data leadership with Dora Boussias #discoveringdata podcast Ep 035
Discovering Data
May 26, 2022

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Tags: Careers, IT Strategy, Leadership

Developing an enterprise data strategy and right way
Emerj AI
May 26, 2022

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Tags: Careers, IT Strategy, Leadership

How to Create a Successful Data Strategy
Lights On Data
February 11, 2022

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Tags: Careers, IT Strategy, Leadership

Catalog & Cocktails S3E4: Can the Data Mesh be Governed?
Catalog and Cocktails podcast
January 26, 2022

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Tags: Business Strategy, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

The Human Element of Data Management | The Project Privacy Podcast
The Project Privacy Podcast
October 06, 2021

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Leadership

Active Listening and Effective Leadership
PET shorts and Data shorts
October 06, 2021

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Tags: Careers, Culture, Leadership

Enterprise Architecture, Governance, and Leadership with Dora Boussias – Episode 36
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pCYVETVa2I
May 25, 2021

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Tags: Careers, IT Strategy, Leadership

6 Speaking Engagements
Navigating AI's infelction Point
CMP - CCW Vegas
June 04, 2024

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Tags: AI, Careers, Customer Experience

Energize your organization's inititatives by unleashing the true power of Data, Tech, and AI
BBC24
April 16, 2024

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Tags: Careers, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

Top pitfalls to avoid for a successful data strategy implementation
EDW24
March 27, 2024

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Tags: Careers, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

Unlocking Value: Transforming Data, Tech and AI Initiatives into CX Gold
EDW24
March 27, 2024

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Tags: Careers, Customer Experience, IT Strategy

How to engage the business with data (and vice versa!
EDW Digital
March 27, 2023

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Tags: Careers, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

3 separate talks - see image
BBC22 - 3 separate talks
June 29, 2022

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Tags: Careers, Customer Experience, IT Leadership

2 Videos
3 tips +1 bonus to use genai for your next career move
Youtube
March 14, 2025
In this video, I share as you navigate your career journey and possibly contemplating your next role.

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Tags: Careers, IT Strategy, Leadership

doraboussias.com launch!
Youtube
January 12, 2025
On my new website, you’ll get to know more about my journey and, most importantly, how I can help you take charge of your career, leadership, and data growth

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Tags: Careers, IT Strategy, Leadership

5 Webinars
From First Role to Influencer
Maven Analytics Open Campus
October 22, 2025

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Tags: Careers, Generative AI, IT Leadership

Own Your Career Growth
Dataversity
May 07, 2025

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Tags: Careers, Leadership, Transformation

Empowering Leadership: Breaking Barriers and Emphasizing Business Value
Agora Insights - Blueprints for success
August 28, 2024

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Tags: Careers, Generative AI, IT Strategy

Futureproof Your Data Strategy for the AI Era | Bodhi Industry Leaders Talk Series
Bodhi Industry Leaders Talk Series
May 30, 2024

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Tags: AI, Careers, IT Strategy

A Five-Step Framework to Building a Data Strategy - with Dora Boussias
WinPure Data Management
March 22, 2023

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Tags: Analytics, Careers, IT Strategy

2 Workshops
SOAR with COnfidence:Future-Proof Your Career In Data, Cyber & AI
DAMA MN
May 21, 2025

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Tags: Future of Work, Generative AI, IT Leadership

Data at the heart of your business requirements + 2 OTHER TALKS (SEE IMAGE)
BBC23
May 09, 2023

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Tags: Careers, Customer Experience, IT Leadership

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3 Physical Events
Leveraging AI & IT for CRE

Location: Tampa, FL    Date : February 11, 2025     Organizer: CREW

Hosted by CREW Tampa Bay, all about how AI & IT can be used to simplify tasks, boost creativity, and transform business! For more, see the link below:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/doraboussias_crew-crewcommunity-genai-activity-7297601908398059520-Zjsd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAEPDAMB8Lbvsc14gFL4wy9tMNssXh4-wIs

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CCW Orlando

Location: Orlando, FL    Date : January 27, 2025 - January 29, 2025     Organizer: CMP

Largest Customer Contact conference series in the world.
Focusing on Optimizing Customer Experiences with AI.
For customer contact and CX leaders.

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Own Your Voice: Winning Strategies for Self-Advocacy, Confidence, and Negotiation

Location: Washington, DC    Date : December 10, 2024 - December 12, 2024     Organizer: Dataversity

Serve as moderator for this panel at the DGIQ + AI conference, panel is part of the WDMG-Women in Data Management & Governance sub-event

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