
The Agentic Mindset Shift: How to Onboard an Agentic Data Team
Carrier Global's Arun Nandi and AXS's Saydulu Kolasani on moving engineers from hand-coding pipelines to directing AI agents, and modernizing governance, workflows and roles to deliver AI value now.

Most CDAOs face the same board mandate: deliver visible AI value now, not a roadmap for next year. Yet most teams remain trapped in an outdated operating model—one engineer per pipeline, one ticket per request, legacy maintenance burning critical engineering bandwidth, and a backlog growing faster than the team can clear it.
Join this session to learn how leading CDAOs are modernizing their operating models. Drawing on enterprise patterns and firsthand executive experience, we will explore:
- Key shifts required for immediate AI delivery.
- Moving engineers from hand-coding pipelines to directing AI agents.
- Modernizing governance, workflows, and roles to drive measurable value without burning out your team.
Speakers:
- Arun Nandi, Chief Data & AI Officer, Carrier Global
- Saydulu Kolasani, Chief Digital & Technology Officer, AXS
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