Flo Castro-Wright
Data Mgmt & Applied Analytics leader with 20+ years building high-impact solutions. Expert in scaling teams, optimizing data architectures, and delivering actionable insights that drive value.
- Role
- Chief Data Officer at Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT)
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Flo Castro-Wright
Data executive passionate about leveraging analytics to improve patient outcomes and accelerate business growth. With 20+ years of experience building enterprise data solutions, I\'ve consistently delivered actionable insights that drive strategic decision-making for healthcare organizations.My expertise spans the full data lifecycle—from architecture design and governance to advanced analytics implementation and team leadership. I excel at translating complex healthcare data into meaningful insights, building scalable data ecosystems, and fostering data-driven cultures. My approach combines technical expertise with strategic vision to ensure analytics directly impact business outcomes.Passionate about joining mission-driven organizations using technology to transform healthcare delivery and improve patients\' lives.I am an experienced data strategy and applied analytics leader who delivers insights from data analytics and machine learning so that it can be a force for good! Leader over Data Platforms (warehousing), Applied Analytics (data science, machine learning, advanced analytics, generative AI, natural language processing), cloud migration, anomaly detection, fraud detection, and ESG value and performance analysis. Currently the Head of Data at ClimateQuant AI, a pioneering company that helps researchers model data for performance and leverage AI-powered analytics to model the impact of climate change to help researchers and investors make decisions.In previous roles, I have driven business value and digital transformation through enterprise-wide applied analytics, data product development, software integration, data management, data governance, and engineering. I have sponsored the investment of modern solution practices and platforms to enable game-changing impacts in various industries, such as banking, airline, and digital media. I have also overseen fraud detection solutions, and enterprise data engineering for leading organizations, such as Pierce and Kendall, United Airlines, JPMorgan Chase, and Tegna/Gannett.
Experience
Chief Data Officer
Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT)
Sep 2025 — Present · Chicago, IL, US
Transforming Illinois\' approach to data—making it more accessible, decisions more informed, and services more responsive to the needs of our 12.6 million residents.
Education
University of Chicago Booth School of Business Executive Education
Mediation, Negotiation, Communication
University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business
MBA, Quantitative Methods
DePaul University
BS, Finance
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