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title: "Speaker Spotlight: Interview with Krishna Cheriath, Bristol-Myers Squibb • Generis"
description: In May 2019, Krishna will join IT executives at the American CIO & IT Summit to discuss current trends, strategic insights and best practices in trending technology, cyber-security, risk management and managing talent. His presentation, Leading Digital Transformation in Your Organization Through Technology and People, will focus on capitalizing on digital and analytic disruptions; equipping your enterprise to operate with the right balance of innovation, ethics and standards; deploying cloud-first strategies to centralize, manage and protect data and information; and achieving the right balance between centralization and decentralization of data and analytics We spoke with Krishna ahead of the American CIO & IT Summit to discuss his presentation and his role as a Chief Data Officer.
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# Speaker Spotlight: Interview with Krishna Cheriath, Bristol-Myers Squibb

- April 5, 2019

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![](https://blog.generisgp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Krishna-Cheriath-CDO-BMS-300x300.jpg?width=251&height=251&name=Krishna-Cheriath-CDO-BMS-300x300.jpg)Krishna Cheriath is the Chief Data Officer for [Bristol-Myers Squibb](https://www.bms.com/). He is responsible for advancing BMS’ mission through data and associated technologies by ensuring that all data-driven decisions and actions operate at the right balance of innovation, ethics and standards.

In May 2019, Krishna will join IT executives at the [American CIO & IT Summit](https://cioamerica.com/) to discuss current trends, strategic insights and best practices in trending technology, cyber-security, risk management and managing talent. His presentation, [Leading Digital Transformation in Your Organization Through Technology and People](https://cioamerica.com/program-day-1/), will focus on capitalizing on digital and analytic disruptions; equipping your enterprise to operate with the right balance of innovation, ethics and standards; deploying cloud-first strategies to centralize, manage and protect data and information; and achieving the right balance between centralization and decentralization of data and analytics

We spoke with Krishna ahead of the [American CIO & IT Summit](https://cioamerica.com/) to discuss his presentation and his role as a Chief Data Officer.

**Questions discussed:**

- What led you to a career in IT and data management?
- How do technology, data, and life sciences connect at Bristol-Myers Squibb?
- How do you approach the issue of centralization vs decentralization in data and analytics?
- How important are cloud-first strategies when managing and analyzing data on a large scale?
- What does it mean to be a Chief Data Officer?

Click through to access the full interview [here](https://generisgp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/BRISTOL-MYERS-SQUIBB-Krishna-Cheriath-Speaker-QA.pdf).

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