Tarun Sood

CDO

American Century Investments

Tarun Sood is the Chief Data and AI Officer for American Century Investments. and oversees all aspects of data and analytics, Artificial Intelligence, enterprise data and analytics strategy, data management, data engineering, machine learning, business intelligence, data governance, and data operations. Before joining ACI, Tarun was with Vanguard as the CDAO of the Institutional businesses, overseeing the data transformation and managing an extensive data and analytics organization portfolio. In addition, he managed business intelligence and analytics, data science, data and ML engineering, data governance, and data operations teams. Before joining Vanguard, he held leadership positions in various consulting firms, most recently with Deloitte Consulting. Both at Vanguard and in consulting, Tarun was integral in developing and succeeding in large-scale data and analytics transformations that directly impacted the development of solutions for clients. Throughout his career, Tarun has been passionate about data and analytics, AIML, and enabling data and cloud transformations. During his consulting days, Tarun advised senior leaders about their data and analytics and AIML strategies, and he now frequently presents at conferences about these emerging complex topics. In addition, Tarun is an active member of several boards and data and analytics communities.