Speaker: CJ Venkataraman

CJ Venkataraman is the Chief Information Officer at Delta Dental/Washington Dental Service. In his role as CIO he oversees all aspects of WDS's Information Services functions, including enterprise applications development, enterprise infrastructure and information risk management. Prior to joining WDS, CJ was CIO at Intellectual Ventures and Director of Technology Architecture and Development at Corbis Corporation. With more than 19 years of experience in the technology industry, he has a strong background in strategic technology planning, enterprise architecture and development, data analytics and data mining.

CJ holds a Master of Business Administration in Technology Management, Master of Science in Statistics and an advanced diploma in Software Engineering. He is on the boards of Jobs for American Graduates in Washington State and University of Washington Information School.

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