Iwao Fusillo

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Mr. Iwao Fusillo served as Chief Data and Analytics Officer at General Motors. He leads the end-to-end data lifecycle and establishes business processes for best-in-class data strategy, architecture, governance and democratization. Acting as GM's data evangelist, he ensures that GM's 1,300+ data analytic professionals use a value-based approach to defining workstream priorities and serves as a trusted business advisor to senior management and various stakeholders to identify strategic analytics opportunities with transformative value creation potential. Iwao also serves as the GM representative on the Data & Trust Alliance, a consortium of ~20 data forward companies founded by Sam Palmisano and Ken Chenault on matters related to the responsible use of data and artificial intelligence. In addition, he is a part of the Leadership Advisory Board for GM's Asian Connections, an employee resource group with over 6,000 members. Before joining GM, Fusillo served as global head of data and analytics at the NFL where he oversaw the league's data and analytics group, with a remit to improve the safety of the game of football and identify the key drivers of engagement across television, digital, and social media channels. He also led the league's innovation program in data and analytics, including the patent strategy for its key data-driven technology inventions. Prior to the NFL, Fusillo was global head of data strategy and insights for American Express Company's Commercial Payments Division. He previously held various finance-related positions at Chemical Bank (now JP Morgan Chase). Iwao collaborates extensively with Chief Data Officers and Chief Analytics Officers through a variety of cross-industry forums including his keynote at the June 2021 Millennium Alliance where he was selected as the 2020 Leader in Data. Mr. Iwao Fusillo served as Global Head of Data Strategy & Insights at American Express. Mr. Iwao Fusillo served as Co-Head, Mergers & Acquisitions and Business Development at American Express. Previously, Mr. Fusillo served as the Head of Database marketing Analytics and the Chief Risk Officer at American Express. Mr. Fusillo holds a BSE in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and a MBA in Finance and International Business from Columbia Business School.