Cloud Computing, Conversational AI, and more with CDO of Ally, Meena

Cloud computing is being adopted very aggressively across many industries and Finance industry is no exception. Companies that are regulated heavily are leaning towards private cloud and hybrid cloud is another option. Meena Thanikachalam, Chief Data & Analytics leader at Ally Financial, has been driving cloud adoption. Meena is also an advocate of a platform business approach for technology adoption whereby multiple departments in an org can pool together to invest in latest technologies. Same approach is followed by large Tech companies as well. Meena talked about her CDO magazine editorial role where the CDO magazine brings together leading CDOs to give them a platform to share best practices. The episode covered various AI use cases using NLP and conversational AI. With so much innovation happening in the industry, a balanced approach is necessary between delivery and innovation.