Moves in May 2026
24 data and AI leadership moves announced this month, 10 of them for AI roles.
Vipin Gopal joins
Ahold Delhaize USASVP, Chief Data and AI Officer · CDO MagazinePankaj Malik promoted at
BrazeInterim Chief Financial Officer · Braze 8-K (SEC), filed 2026-05-27Bhagyesh Phanse joins
HumanaSVP, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, from Starbucks · CDO MagazineMichael Torres joins
DropboxChief Product Officer · Dropbox 8-K (SEC), filed 2026-05-26Kujtim Ramadani joins
NationwideChief Data Officer for Property & Casualty · CDO MagazineDrew Garner promoted at
SmartsheetChief AI Officer · GeekWireAnshu Bhardwaj promoted at
PayPalChief AI Transformation & Simplification Officer · CDO MagazineJohn Ohanian joins
State of CaliforniaChief Data Officer, from California Health and Human Services Agency · StateScoop
Andrej Karpathy joins
AnthropicPre-training team · TechCrunchMatt Wood joins
AWSChief AI and Technology Officer · GeekWire
Greg Brockman promoted at
OpenAIHead of Product Strategy · TechCrunchVivian Tan promoted at
Kaiser PermanenteChief Data & Analytics Officer · CDO MagazineJuntang Zhuang leaves
SpaceXAIPre-training team lead · TechCrunchDavid Stokes-Greene joins
Ameriprise FinancialHead of AI Strategy, from Liberty Mutual Insurance · CDO MagazineVipin Gopal joins
Ahold Delhaize USAChief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer, from Eli Lilly · CIO DiveJohn DiLullo joins
PagerDutyChief Executive Officer · PagerDuty 8-K (SEC), filed 2026-05-11Kensaku Kawamoto joins
University of Utah HealthChief Health AI Transformation Officer · CDO MagazineJeffrey Pinner leaves
RobinhoodChief Technology Officer · SECDouglas Hott joins
SnapChief Financial Officer · Snap 8-K (SEC), filed 2026-05-07Maggie Shi joins
WestpacChief AI Innovation Officer · CDO MagazineAsh Dhupar joins
Honeywell AerospaceChief AI & Data Officer, from Analog Devices · CDO MagazineStephen Balaban promoted at
LambdaCTO · LambdaMichel Combes joins
LambdaCEO, from Brightspeed · LambdaAjit Menon promoted at
Johnson & JohnsonChief Global Commercial Data, Digital and AI Officer · CDO Magazine