The Charlotte CDO Roundtable

​A working dinner for Charlotte's senior data and AI leaders.

Every CDO conversation right now circles the same gap: enterprise AI ambition is well ahead of the data foundation underneath it. Governance, semantics, lineage, and the question of what an "AI-ready" data layer actually looks like in a regulated environment — these aren't abstract anymore. They're on the quarterly roadmap.

​This dinner brings together about a dozen of Charlotte's most senior data leaders — CDOs, CDAOs, CAIOs, and heads of enterprise data and AI from the region's banking, insurance, and capital markets organizations — for a peer conversation about what's actually working.

​The format: small, off the record, no slides, no pitches. Chatham House rules. Three hours over a long table at The Fig Tree.

​The hosts: Matthew Mullins (CTO, Coginiti) and the team at Analytics8. Coginiti builds the semantic intelligence platform that operationalizes meaning across the enterprise data layer — the control plane underneath agentic AI. Analytics8 is a national data and analytics consultancy with deep Charlotte roots, helping enterprise data teams turn strategy into shipped outcomes.

​Who should be in the room: senior leaders accountable for data strategy, AI enablement, or the platforms that connect them. CDOs, CDAOs, CAIOs, SVP/VP Data & Analytics, Head of Data Platform / Engineering. Peer-level seats only.

​To request a seat: complete the short form. Because the roundtable is curated for peer balance and capacity is limited, registration requires approval — we'll confirm within 48 hours.