Michael Stefanini is currently the Chief Data Officer and Director for AI at the Tutor Perini Corporation. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for Catholic Polytechnic University, founder of Horizon 51 Consulting, and was previously the Chief Engineer for IT at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He holds a Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer & Systems Engineering. Throughout his career, he has designed and implemented numerous enterprise systems. He has been involved with spacecraft engineering, process definition, and IT delivery for over 30 years. Michael holds many certifications and licenses and has received numerous accolades, including the NASA Medal for Exceptional Achievement. He has lectured at many prestigious venues, including the Project Management Institute, Gartner, Caltech, MIT, several NASA summits, and at the United Nations.
As data privacy obligations in the US become increasingly fragmented and demanding, General Counsel and Compliance Officers are under constant pressure to understand exactly what data their companies hold, where it lives, how it moves – and how well it is protected. With state-by-state privacy regimes and expanding, legal departments need clear, operational guidance, not just on compliance, but on how to structure, govern, and safeguard data across the business. Hearing directly from a Chief Data Officer offers a rare and practical perspective on how to classify sensitive information, build defensible data practices, reduce risk exposure and strengthen the company’s overall privacy through better data management.
- Learn the ins and outs of mapping, classifying, and structuring your data to identify vulnerabilities and improve your privacy framework
- Discover the key ways of governing data in order to reduce legal, regulatory, and breach risks, and the different strategies to achieve this
- Gain techniques for working cross-functionally with IT, data and privacy teams to ensure defensible documentation and readiness for audits or regulatory inquiries
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