Yannis Kotziagkiaouridis
Global chief data & analytics officer
Edelman
Yannis Kotziagkiaouridis is the global chief data & analytics officer at Edelman. He has based his 20-year career on the fundamental principle that data can help brands build stronger relationships with people. As Edelman’s global chief data & analytics officer, he uses this belief to enable brands to behave and communicate like humans — through listening, learning and understanding; earning trust and cultivating relationships.
Prior to joining Edelman, Kotziagkiaouridis was the global chief analytics officer at Wunderman Thompson. His vertical industry experience includes insurance, healthcare, financial services, retail banking and B2B.
Throughout his career, Kotziagkiaouridis and his teams have garnered a number of honors including Effies and more recently, a Bronze Cannes Lion in the Media category. He has been a speaker at the Cannes Lions International Festival, CES i-com, +Cartagena, Social Media Week, the 4A’s and IBM Think.
Kotziagkiaouridis holds a business economics degree from Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece, an MBA from the University of New Haven, and a post master’s degree in quantitative analysis from Drexel University.
When he is not working on clients, connecting talent and evangelizing, driving empathy with data, he spends time mentoring entrepreneurs in the fields of A.I. and Big Data.
Daniel Neal
Director of media analytics and insights
AT&T
Jonathon Morgan
Co-founder and chief executive officer
Yonder
Jonathon Morgan is co-founder and chief executive officer at Yonder. Prior to Yonder, he published research about extremist groups manipulating social media with the Brookings Institution, The Atlantic, and the Washington Post, presented at NATO's Center of Excellence for Defense Against Terrorism, the United States Institute for Peace, and the African Union. Jonathon also served as an adviser to the US State Department, developing strategies for digital counter-terrorism. He regularly provides commentary about online disinformation for publications such as New York Times, NBC, NPR, and Wired.