A 5-Year Plan is Critical, But So is Experimentation — Cencora SVP Enterprise Analytics
On March 21, 2025, CDO Magazine published the second segment of David Zhao’s interview with Kyle Pudenz, SVP, Enterprise Analytics at Cencora.
In this video interview, Kyle discussed his experience in building data architecture to tackle integration challenges in the supply chain, insights on the business value of data and its commercialization aspect, enhancing efficiency with generative AI (GenAI), and balancing long-term planning with innovation.
Making Everything Real-time Can Lead to Too Much Noise — Cencora SVP Enterprise Analytics
On March 14, 2025, CDO Magazine published the second segment of David Zhao’s interview with Kyle Pudenz, SVP, Enterprise Analytics at Cencora.
In this video interview, Kyle discussed the role of data speed in business decision-making, addressing supply chain challenges, and balancing real-time insights with long-term strategic planning.
Don’t Start with Analytics and Look for a Business Problem — Cencora SVP Enterprise Analytics
On February 21, 2025, CDO Magazine published the first segment of David Zhao’s interview with Kyle Pudenz, SVP, Enterprise Analytics at Cencora.
In this video interview, Kyle discussed the organizational data and analytic priorities, challenges the company is addressing, promoting data literacy, taking a probabilistic approach and its impact on business strategy, and the need for collaboration and understanding problems for developing solutions.
Customer Needs Have Changed with Changing Technology — Walgreens Boots Alliance Sr Director of Data Governance and Architecture
On August 26, 2024, CDO Magazine published the final segment of the conversation between Mike Jennings, Senior Director of Data Governance and Architecture at Walgreens Boots Alliance, speaks with David Zhao, Managing Director at Coda Strategy.
The two spoke about balancing between legacy architecture and newer technology, overcoming the data challenges of on-prem vs. cloud, the strategy to bring in consulting firms’ expertise, and how it can help.
We Guide Data Teams on Patient Centricity on a Daily Basis — Walgreens Boots Alliance Sr Director of Data Governance and Architecture
On August 19, 2024, CDO Magazine published the second segment of the conversation between Mike Jennings, Senior Director of Data Governance and Architecture at Walgreens Boots Alliance, speaks with David Zhao, Managing Director at Coda Strategy.
In this video, Mike shared about his experience in leveraging data to advance patient centricity, guiding data teams, and managing a complex nexus of a variety of healthcare data from different streams.
I’m Always Looking to Reduce Our Technical Debt — Walgreens Boots Alliance Sr Director of Data Governance and Architecture
On August 15, 2024, CDO Magazine published the first segment of the conversation between Mike Jennings, Senior Director of Data Governance and Architecture at Walgreens Boots Alliance, speaks with David Zhao, Managing Director at Coda Strategy.
In this video, Mike shared about his background and role at Walgreens, the changes in technology over the last 30 years, and the ways a CDO can deliver with limited resources.
Media Champions with David Zhao of Coda Strategy
At Daily News Network, the host, Greg Kirkham, speaks with experts and professionals from across the country operating in the media space. In this segment, Greg spoke with David Zhao of Coda Strategy.
The Data Ecosystem Lies at the Core Of Building Trust In Data — Otis Elevator Company CDAO
On November 1, 2023, Pooja Dewan, VP and CDAO at Otis Elevator Company, spoke with David Zhao, Managing Director of Coda Strategy, about the importance of data governance at Otis, having a central core with regional localization capability, measuring enterprise data value, the need to enable efficient processes, the need for constant evolution, and finding the right partners.
Empowered Employees Serve Customers Better — Otis Elevator Company CDAO
On October 21, 2023, CDO Magazine published the second part of the interview between Pooja Dewan, VP and Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Otis Elevator Company and David Zhao, Managing Director of Coda Strategy
In this video interview, they discussed how the company uses data to improve the passenger experience and operations, both for end users and internal customers.
Otis is the world’s largest elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service business. The company serves customers in over 200 countries and maintains more than 2.2 million elevators and escalators.
We Want to Predict Traffic Patterns to Provide Seamless Experiences — Otis Elevator Company CDAO
On September 28, 2023, CDO Magazine published a conversation between Pooja Dewan, VP and Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Otis Elevator Company and David Zhao, Managing Director of Coda Strategy.
In the video interview, they discussed the philosophy for data and analytics at Otis and how the company uses a hybrid data ecosystem to improve the passenger experience, especially by reducing wait times.
Otis is the world’s largest elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service business. The company serves customers in over 200 countries around the world and maintains more than 2.2 million elevators and escalators.
