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I’m a keynote speaker, moderator, and panelist on all things data, AI, tech, leadership, and women’s empowerment.
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Known for her engaging and insightful talks and training, Allison’s audiences leave feeling empowered to make an impact. She is regularly rated as the best and most impactful speaker at conferences where she presents and moderates both in person and virtual events and training. Book Allison for your company event, webinar, or customer meeting. Below are sample topics; please contact us if you'd like to schedule a talk, training or discuss a customized presentation for your event.
How to Create Value with Data
2023 Trends in Data, AI & Technology
Why Chief Data and AI Officers are Set Up to Fail—and What to Do About It (as seen in Harvard Business Review)
All About Fintechs
Enterprise Data Management
Creating a Data Culture
Allyship: Building Your Board of Allies
The Applied Serendipity℠ Approach to Life and Work
Women & Leadership: Owning Your Value
Leadership Lessons from Beekeeping
Praise and reviews.
You rocked the Women in Data event and energized everyone…You are truly amazing!
A wonderful presentation by Allison Sagraves on building your Board of Allies and why hard work alone is not enough to get ahead.
Your panel moderation was masterful. A perfect performance—on hard mode!—with 5 panelists and a room like an oven. (Cassie K., Chief Decision Scientist, Google, Wing VC 2022 Summit)
I wanted to let you know you have truly inspired and motivated our men and women at our company to be better “Allies” to each other. (Allyship: Building Your Board of Allies Webinar)
Love this TEDx talk from Allison Sagraves. Counting penguins, curing cancer and finding awe and wonder as a Citizen Data Scientist. (Laura G., C-Level Executive Coach)
Thank you for a great session! You all did a great job making the conversation dynamic and incorporating all the audience questions. By far you had the most engaged session I have seen so far! (Event Coordinator, 2022 Women Data Leaders’ Global Summit)
Amazing moderator… engaged the audience giving us the opportunity to share information that was important to our audience. Another example of valuing the human component when talking about data topics. (Morgan, Global Top 100 Innovators in Data and Analytics)
This event hosted by DATAVERSITY was a remarkable success… This keynote and panel discussion was a defining event moment.” (DataGalaxy, 2023 Event Sponsor)
What you shared with us today impacted me greatly and has given me a great boost of confidence in what I am and what I can do. (Allyship: Building Your Board of Allies Webinar)
Exceptional presentation this afternoon from Allison Sagraves at Chief Data Officer San Francisco Forum. Funny and insightful. It’s not about the data. It’s about driving culture change to create an insight-driven organization. (Nate R., Media Executive)
A natural. You were the best moderator at the whole event! (Fortune 100 PR Executive, Wing VC 2022 Summit)
Allison, you are such a natural moderator, thank you for making us feel so comfortable. (Panelist, 2022 Women Data Leaders’ Global Summit)
It was a pleasure to meet you at the Sourcing Conference in Toronto last week. I REALLY enjoyed your presentation on citizen data scientists; it was informative, powerful and memorable—just really great!
This speech is spectacular! I want to listen again. What a contribution! What a jacket!
Notable Appearances
2024 CES Moderator: From Crisis to Opportunity – Pivot and Innovate
CES | LAS VEGAS, NV
As the world's most influential tech event, CES spotlights technology’s most influential leaders as partners and speakers, sharing insights on premiere technologies and what will continue to redefine the consumer technology industry in the future. Sagraves led a distinguished panel of financial experts to discuss how banks and fintechs can turn the crisis of 2023 into an opportunity for innovation.
Faculty Member: Chief Data Officer Certification
CDOIQ
The data leadership field has an obligation to facilitate and enable responsibly a career path for data professionals to the role of CDO, and along the way create, demonstrate, and drive value for their organizations. Sagraves joins a stellar lineup of industry leaders to teach the next generation of Data leaders.
2023 CES Panelist: Banking in the Age of AI
CES | LAS VEGAS, NV
As the world's most influential tech event, CES spotlights technology’s most influential leaders as partners and speakers, sharing insights on premiere technologies and what will continue to redefine the consumer technology industry in the future. The Banking in the Age of AI session was moderated by seasoned technology and financial journalist James Ledbetter.
Becoming A Citizen Data Scientist
TEDxBUFFALO | BUFFALO, NY
Using big data to solve problems isn't a job for researchers and academics, it's for anyone who wants to help. With the rise of mobile devices, data is becoming democratized. In this TEDx BUFFALO talk, Allison discusses how we can all contribute to a better world by becoming Citizen Data Scientists.
Keynote: Women in Data DataLit Summit 2023
DATALIT SUMMIT | WASHINGTON, DC
This sold-out conference for Women In Data focused on Data Literacy and Allyship. In her inspiring and engaging closing keynote, Allison shared her insights on leadership, data literacy, and building a board of allies. She wrapped up the day's panels by daring the attendees to begin building allies at the event's networking event.
Moderator: Chief Data Officer Panel
WING VC | MENLO PARK, CA
Wing 2022 is an exclusive, invitation-only summit to discuss, debate, and shape what's next in business and technology. Held in September 2022, the summit was closed-door for senior industry executives only.
Moderator: Women Data Leaders' Global Summit
VIRTUAL
The conference explored Data-Driven Business Transformation. Every organization depends on their data to drive optimal business strategies and advance digital transformation. But in addition to dealing with the complexity of data, this presents numerous challenges such as data governance, migration to cloud technology, data privacy, compliance and more. As one of the data management profession’s most experienced woman leaders, Allison moderated a panel on Building a Data Culture: Data for the Human Factor.
Keynote: Bank Marketing Conference
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION | DENVER, CO
