Agentic AIOperating ModelAI Security
Operationalizing Agentic AI
How enterprises move from generative AI experimentation to governed autonomous workflows.
Best for Boards, CEOs, CIOs, CDOs, CAIOs, CISOs
Read the full abstractEnterprise AI · Data · Security · Transformation
Turning AI, data and digital transformation into enterprise value
Board-level perspective with C-suite execution. Twenty years leading AI, data, digital and risk transformation inside global financial institutions and cybersecurity companies.
Credibility metrics
- Global keynotes
- 100+ Conferences, board retreats and executive forums worldwide
- Capital efficiency
- $40B+ Regulatory reporting and risk-weighted asset programs he led
- P&L leadership
- $900M Truist and Western Union operating budgets combined
- Countries of operation
- 200 Western Union digital, data and innovation remit
- Cyera: Chief Data Officer, Strategy
- Truist Financial: Chief Data, AI and Analytics Officer
- Western Union: Chief Digital, Data and Innovation Officer
- HSBC and JPMorgan Chase: senior data, risk and finance leadership
Leadership experience across
- Cyera
- Truist Financial
- Western Union
- HSBC
- JPMorgan Chase
Signature keynotes
Sessions built for the executives who have to decide
Six of the ten signature topics. Each one is tailored to the event theme and the seniority of the room before it reaches the stage.
Operating ModelGovernanceEnterprise AI
The AI Operating Model
A practical blueprint for organizing strategy, governance, platforms, talent and funding around enterprise AI.
Best for C-suite, Transformation leaders, Operating committees
Read the full abstract Data StrategyEnterprise AIGovernance
From Data Strategy to AI Advantage
Why AI outcomes are constrained by data quality, semantics, governance and access, and how to build an AI-ready foundation.
Best for CDOs, CIOs, CAIOs, Data and analytics leaders
Read the full abstract AI SecurityCybersecurityGovernance
AI Security Is the New Enterprise Control Plane
How to secure enterprise AI, agents, data, identities, models and autonomous actions while preserving speed.
Best for CISOs, CIOs, CAIOs, Boards, Risk leaders
Read the full abstract GovernanceBoard StrategyEnterprise AI
The Board Guide to AI Value and Risk
What directors should be asking management about AI investment, productivity, model risk and accountability.
Best for Boards, Directors, Audit and risk committees
Read the full abstract Financial ServicesGovernanceEnterprise AI
AI in Financial Services: From Experimentation to Production
Lessons from banking and payments on scaling AI inside regulated environments.
Best for Financial services executives, Risk and compliance leaders, Boards
Read the full abstractWhy event organizers book Thomas
Operator credibility that senior audiences recognize immediately
He has owned the budget, made the platform calls and answered to the board, which changes what a session can honestly promise.
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Operator credibility, not commentator credibility
He has owned the P&L, the platform decisions and the board reporting. Audiences of senior executives can tell the difference within the first five minutes.
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Connects board strategy to implementation reality
He can hold a governance conversation with directors and an architecture conversation with engineers, often in the same day.
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Global scale across the hardest environments
AI, data, digital, risk, cloud and regulatory transformation delivered across banking, payments, wealth and cybersecurity, in regulated markets.
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Quantified outcomes, presented with context
Revenue, cost, capital efficiency, productivity, customer growth, governance and risk, each tied to the mandate it came from.
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Tailored to the room
Content is calibrated for boards, CEOs, technology executives, risk leaders or practitioners rather than delivered as a fixed deck.
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Reliable on stage and around it
More than 100 keynotes delivered. Available for press, podcasts, customer meetings and advisory sessions alongside the main slot.
About Thomas
Twenty years at the point where board strategy meets execution
Thomas Mazzaferro is a global enterprise AI, data and digital transformation executive who has led large-scale technology and business transformation across financial services and cybersecurity. He has held senior leadership roles at Cyera, Truist, Western Union, HSBC and JPMorgan Chase, running global organizations and operating budgets while advising boards and executive teams on AI, data, cloud, governance, security and risk. Programs he led contributed more than $40 billion in capital efficiency across Truist, HSBC and JPMorgan Chase, and at Western Union he helped scale a digital business past $1 billion in annual revenue. He has delivered more than 100 global keynotes.
Selected enterprise outcomes
Quantified results, each tied to the mandate it came from
Figures are attributed to the specific role and organization rather than aggregated into a single number.
$40B+
Capital efficiency unlocked
Cumulative across Truist, HSBC and JPMorgan Chase mandates
$500M to $1B+
Digital business scaled
Western Union, as Chief Digital, Data and Innovation Officer
88%
Weekly active AI usage
Cyera, as Chief Data Officer, Strategy
20 PB
Data estate consolidated
Western Union, documented in a published Snowflake customer case study
Recognition
Named to industry Top 100 leadership lists eight times
- 2025 Data Leaders 100, The Leading Influencers in North America CDO Magazine
- 2025 Top 100 Chief AI Officers Industry ranking
- 2025 AI Champions Index Fintech Strategy
- 2024 Data Leaders 100, The Leading Influencers in North America CDO Magazine
- 2024 DataIQ 100, Most Influential People in Data DataIQ
- 2023 DataIQ 100, Most Influential People in Data DataIQ
- 2022 DataIQ 100, Most Influential People in Data DataIQ
- 2022 Data Activators 100 WANdisco and HotTopics
Board and advisory
Governance experience on both sides of the table
- Viewpoint Board Member, Strategy and Operating Sub-Boards
- The Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business Board Member
- Snowflake Advisory Board Member
- Alteryx Advisory Board Member
- Ataccama Advisory Board Member
Board and advisory experience as reported by Thomas. Advisory board roles at technology companies are not published by those companies.
Watch and read
Recent sessions, interviews and published work
Every item links to the publisher's own page so you can assess the material directly.
Webinar Thomas Mazzaferro on the Agentic Data Shift: What Every CDAO Needs to Know Maia, 2025
Opens on Maia Video The Agentic Advantage Series: From AI Hype to Accountable Outcomes Matillion, 2025
Opens on Matillion Webinar Charting the Course: Your Roadmap from AI Discovery to Complete Protection Cyera, 2025
Opens on Cyera
For event organizers
Everything your production team needs, ready to download
Speaker biographies at three lengths, approved headshots, the keynote topic sheet, an introduction script and a full media kit.
- Short, medium and long biographies
- Approved high-resolution headshot and stage photography
- Keynote topic sheet and session formats
- Event introduction script, ready to read
- Audio-visual and presentation preferences
Selected stages
- DataSecAI Summit
- FinCyber Today 2026
- CDO Magazine executive events
- Dreamforce 2023
- Charting the Course: From AI Discovery to Complete Protection
- Getting Past the Shiny Object Phase of Gen AI in Banking
- The Agentic Advantage Series
Bring a board-level AI operator to your next executive event
Sessions for boards, C-suite leadership teams, global conferences, private executive forums and customer summits. Send the event details and you will hear back with availability and a recommended session.