
Karan Dhawal is a chief data, analytics, and AI leader, adjunct faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University, strategist, and co-author of A Leader's Guide to Data & AI Culture. He has more than 25 years of experience leading enterprise data, AI, product, and digital transformation initiatives across the energy, telecommunications, insurance, manufacturing, retail, consumer goods, and healthcare industries. His expertise includes enterprise data and AI strategy, organizational transformation, product management, and data monetization, with a focus on aligning data and AI investments to measurable business outcomes. He is also the creator of several provisional patents, including innovations in AI monetization and the VECTR data and AI culture maturity framework.