Lead KPMG's Audit data & analytics strategy and represents the Audit business on the firmwide Data Strategy Leadership Team. Using AI to unlock new client insights that contribute to a differentiated client experience. Delivering scaled data, analytics and AI capabilities. Operationalizing the KPMG Trusted AI Approach.

Carl Gerber is the Deloitte US Chief Data Officer, where he leads the data strategy and operating model, safeguarding trust, enabling value creation, maximizing cross-business capabilities and driving enterprise efficiencies. He also serves as the Global and US Audit & Assurance CDO, as well a member of the Audit Innovation and Global Transformation Teams.

Carl is the US and Global Audit & Assurance Data Leader responsible for creating the Data Strategy aligned to business priorities, leading the implementation of innovative data platforms & services to deliver value to our clients and cultural change to enhance our data & analytics-driven capabilities. He is a member of the Global Transformation and Innovation Team.

Managing Partner at Global Data Analytics Leaders LLC. Gerber has established the Chief Data Analytics Officer function at Fortune 100 Companies. Experienced at delivering business outcomes as leader of large scale data transformation programs for highly branded, market leading, multinational Companies. Gerber delivers innovate, enterprise data services, data ops, data management frameworks & execution playbooks that enhance competitive advantage through analytics and data. His data programs have tamed chaos in large scale data landscapes making critical data highly available to data scientists & analysts, via a data catalog, improving data quality for predictive analytical models, reducing data risk for regulatory compliance by locating sensitive data for protective controls and taking out hard costs with improved operational efficiency. Gerber's methodologies create sustainable data management cultural change leading to repeatable business value contribution, continuous data quality improvement and demonstrable regulatory compliance. He has led delivery of actionable analytics insights via several analytics, business intelligence & data warehouse organizations.Analytics Leaders' practice advises Firms on improving their competitive advantage using analytics to grow top-line revenue and improve data operational efficiency to lower bottom line expenses. Specialties:* Chief Data Analytics Officer Function Establishment, Talent Selection, Mentoring* Data Strategy Creation & Tune-up* Analytics Platform Portfolio Modernization* Data Management Maturity, Data Risk & Compliance Assessment* Data Landscape & Platforms Modernization* Data Transformation Program Creation, Assessment & Re-launch* Data Governance & Stewardship Establishment & Re-launch* Data Operations (DataOps) & ILMAwards:* Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader, 2016* CIO 100 Innovation Awards, 2014 & 2015* TDWI Enterprise Data Strategies Best Practice Award, 2014

Define an end-to-end vision & strategy that delivers business fit-for-use data, drives measureable business outcomes, implements scalable data platforms & services. Address the cultural change of data management for improved data quality and enhanced decision making in the Commercial Insurance organization. Lead Data Governance & Stewardship, create and apply a Data Quality capability, implement a Big Data platform and build a community of practice among Data Scientists and analysts.

Established the Chief Data Officer role to deliver core data platforms & capabilities that enable the Firm's strategic priorities. Create the Data Vision, Strategy and Roadmap: Includes building a comprehensive, global view of our Core Master data about Learners, Products & Customers to drive our digital products growth, deliver on our promise of measuring product efficacy and fueling our adaptive learning capabilities. Deliver Pearson-wide operational efficiencies by establishing Global Data Services based on Core Data Platforms for Master Data, Data Quality, Data Discovery, Data Archive, Data Governance & Stewardship, Data Delivery & Analytics. Build communities of practice around Data Management disciplines and analytics. Consolidate and decommission redundant data and systems. Create data policies, guidelines and standards that formalize our Data Governance, uplift our Data Management Practices and create a multiplier effect across all of Pearson.

Leading a multi-year Data Transformation Program to reduce Operational Risk from poor Data Quality, mature Data Governance & Stewardship capabilities for Competitive Advantage, deploy Enterprise Data Services and leverage data for Big Data Analytics to deliver Actionable Insights.

Leading the Technology Strategy and Enterprise Architecture teams, responsible for creating a Business-aligned technology roadmap and enterprise IT solutions.Prior to joining Essilor, Carl was a Principal Consultant with Gavroshe, USA, providing strategic consulting in IT Transformation, Enterprise Architecture, Business Analytics & Data Resource Management to large financial services companies. He is an Information Technology leader with over 24 years of large-scale, enterprise-wide systems experience. Throughout his career he has held operational and strategic IT roles with Procter & Gamble, American Financial Group, McGraw-Hill Education and Tween Brands. He began his career as a Captain in the United States Air Force. Carl achieved an Inspector General Outstanding rating for his security program and was awarded the Air Force Commendation & Achievement Medals. He is a frequent speaker on Leadership, Enterprise Architecture and Taming Data Chaos topics at industry and academic forums. Carl holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Ohio University.

Developed IT Roadmap & Architecture to modernize legacy systems for leading investment brokerage. Engagement leader.

Directed strategic planning, development, and operations for business intelligence, data warehouse, master data man-agement, and enterprise data integration used by CFOs, CMO, Marketing Director, Brand Presidents, VP of Stores, and key business analysts in Merchandising, Allocations, Planning, Sourcing and Finance. Led data integration for eCommerce sales and customer marketing data interchange with 3rd parties; managed budget creation, submission, capital, and expense tracking; administered $1.8 million budget. Served as Chair, Data Warehouse Steering Committee and Member, Software Enhancement Committee.Led business intelligence/data warehouse program, provided data integration leadership for $5 million new merchan-dise system, and supplied interactive reports for $3 million Oracle financials project.

Challenged to create, gain buy-in, and obtained funding for multi-year data warehouse roadmap to improve business data ownership, stewardship, and data quality. Maintained strategic planning, development, and operations responsibility for business intelligence, data warehouse, master data management, and enterprise data integration activities.Oversaw data warehouse service delivery (e.g., daily operations, enhancement/maintenance) and 2nd-generation data warehouse program. Administered $8 million budget. Enterprise Architecture Committee, subject matter expert.

Hand-picked to join newly created CIO group as enterprise architect. Customers included divisional and subsidiary CIOs, LOB presidents, program/project managers, and senior IT leaders. Performed numerous architecture and busi-ness risk assessments for proposed/approved technology projects; wrote technical white papers highlighting change, particularly new enterprise architecture process; facilitated enterprise architecture exception process; and worked closely with subsidiary CIOs on technology divestiture plans. Reported directly to Chief Enterprise Architect. Member, Architecture Review Committee.

Directed corporate website operations, managed $12 million enterprise telecommunications contract with service to 1,500 subscribers, 3 call centers and operated 3,500 user-distributed email system. Administered $6 million telecom, email & Internet operations budget.

Worked in central IT organization with global responsibilities as software product manager for internally developed electronic collaboration system. Maintained full responsibility for customer satisfaction, features, software develop-ment, global deployment, and support. Managed 3 developers and 31 globally dispersed system administrators.

Designed & Deployed Executive Information System for the Commander, Tactical Air Command (4-star general). Managed $5MM contract and staff of 10 IT Professionals.