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IIA Data & AI Collective™

High-touch advisory built for data and AI leaders navigating high stakes, broad mandates, and constant pressure to prove value.

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Guiding Your Data and AI Journey


For nearly 20 years, IIA has given data, analytics, and AI leaders exclusive access to esteemed experts, proven frameworks, and a trusted peer community — helping them shape strategy, execute key initiatives, and deliver ROI.

Your collective membership includes:

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EXPERT NETWORK ACCESS

Curated access to 150+ domain experts and leaders, with facilitated 1:1 interactions for targeted guidance on your top priorities.

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ENGAGEMENT PARNER

Regular check-ins with a dedicated IIA engagement partner to develop action plans, assess progress, and provide unbiased plan validation.

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INSIGHTS CENTER

Battle-tested frameworks, tools, and templates, plus IIA Intelligence — a research assistant delivering quick-turn answers trained on IIA’s proprietary insights database.

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INTEGRATED SUPPORT

Customized engagements for projects that need more ongoing support and hands-on implementation.

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PRIVATE EVENTS

Monthly virtual Community Roundtables and quarterly in-person Leadership Summits for director-level leaders and above. 

IN-PERSON  |  OCTOBER 7-8, 2026  |  FORT WORTH, TX

Join Us at the IIA Leadership Summit

An exclusive, invite-only gathering for senior data and AI leaders who are members of The Collective — hosted at American Airlines Headquarters — to tackle shared challenges and strategize on the future of data, analytics, and AI.

Leverage Outside Help While Retaining Control


IIA’s Expert Network — Get Sophisticated Faster

Access the world’s largest expert network designed to support enterprise data, analytics, and AI leaders. Hear the honest stories that hold specific answers from our highly-vetted domain experts. Through your dedicated IIA engagement partner, we curate and facilitate 1:1 conversations between you and 150+ domain experts — tailored specifically to address your top priorities with efficiency and efficacy.

As you and your team tap into the IIA Expert Network, you’ll learn how others have wrestled with similar initiatives and which tactics work in your context — validating your efforts and driving more reliable outcomes.

Meet a Few of Our Experts

There are no vendors here. No life long consultants. Just D&A leaders and domain experts from top global brands. We’ve done the legwork to select laser-focused domain support across the analytics spectrum. Meet a few of our experts below.

Kari Jones

Executive Director, Transformation and Operations, Financial Markets Authority

Talk to Kari about strategic integration, data and analytics operating models, stakeholder engagement, and more.

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Kathleen Maley

SVP, Analytics and Commercialization, Experian

Talk to Kathleen about prioritizing analytics efforts, analytics engagement with the business, user adoption, and more.   

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Michael Barber

Senior Director, Responsible AI, Highmark Health, Highmark Health

Talk to Michael about responsible AI practices and policies, AI governance policies and procedures, analytics lifecycle frameworks, and more.    

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Michael Golub

Senior Director, Data Science, Merck

Talk to Michael about AI ethics and compliance, responsible AI frameworks, data science community building, and more.

More about Michael

Scott Friesen

Executive Vice President, Strategic Analytics, Echo Global Logistics

Talk to Scott about business value modeling and measurement, portfolio management, internal marketing and communication, and more.  

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Sehr Saghir

Managing Director, Charles Schwab

Talk to Sehr about operating models, strategic integration, data product and platform management, and more.    

More about Sehr

What Collective Members Are Asking Right Now

 

What should our data & AI operating model look like over the next 18 months?

Sequencing changes to team structure, roles, and technology investment ahead of a strategic planning cycle — including how roles like data engineering and data visualization are expected to evolve through 2030.

How do we turn an informal AI Center of Excellence into an enterprise-scale function?

Defining clear accountability and decision rights, benchmarked against large enterprises that have made the same shift.

Who else has hired for an enterprise AI Architect role?

Looking for real hiring examples and support for a hard-to-fill, high-priority position.

How do we build a 3-5 year data science roadmap without an enterprise-wide AI strategy?

Defining a future operating model for a decentralized organization and stress-testing assumptions with an experienced outside partner.

How are other organizations using synthetic personas (“digital twins”) in market research?

Seeing a peer connection to compare practical applications, methodology, and lessons learned.

How do we communicate data limitations without losing stakeholder trust?

Preparing for a high-visibility leadership review of a new initiative’s roadmap and progress.

 

What does good forecasting and demand-planning automation look like?

Peer benchmarking on process automation, data gaps, and the practical limits of AI/ML ahead of next year’s strategy planning.

How do we govern GenAI-enabled analytics for deterministic reliability?

Looking for rigorous validation and monitoring practices that make probabilistic outputs trustworthy enough to act on.

How do we build resilience against emerging AI-enabled cyber threats?

Elevated to a top innovation-investment priority after a recent security incident.

How do we price the business value of a unified data model before full rollout?

Standardizing taxonomy and KPI logic across product lines, and identifying users beyond data engineers and stewards.

How do we scale a grassroots AI adoption program into something executives take seriously?

Building credibility, structured education, and readiness demonstrations without an internal executive champion.

How do we build the business case for documentation after repeated platform migrations?

Balancing legacy backlog remediation with new governance practices — now urgent as a foundation for AI adoption.
 

Why IIA?

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Clearer Progress

Precisely matched expert access and curated resources help you see further and move with confidence.

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Smarter Decisions

Validate your approach with feedback from enterprise leaders and avoid common pitfalls.

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Stronger Teams

Upskill your staff and elevate execution with peer-tested tools, templates, and frameworks.

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Tailored Support

A dedicated engagement partner keeps you connected with the right resources and experts.

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Independent, Vendor Agnostic

IIA doesn’t sell software — our guidance is agnostic, practical, and bespoke.

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