Kevin Bates is the Chief Data Officer of Fannie Mae. His team is focused on developing and executing on the firm's data strategy. This includes cultivating a positive and dynamic "data first" culture that empowers the business, enables advanced analytics practices, mitigates risk, and serves regulatory needs. Kevin joined Fannie Mae in 2004 and has grown with the company through successful delivery of technology and data solutions. These include increasingly large-scale challenges in underwriting, risk, credit loss management, and enterprise data, while leading organizations through sometimes dramatic change.Kevin holds a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from Texas A&M University, and a Masters in Chemistry from Rice University. Kevin is married and has two college-age sons. He enjoys spending his down time with his family, playing and listening to eclectic music, traveling especially in francophone countries, and attending and participating in sporting events (having completed several marathons, he is now content with half marathons.)