Milind Zodge
Chief Data Officer (CDAIO) | Enterprise Data & AI Transformation in Regulated Financial Services | Governance-First AI
- Role
- Chief Data Officer at EverBank
- Location
- Jacksonville, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Milind Zodge
Enterprise Data & AI executive with nearly 30 years of experience modernizing data platforms in highly regulated industries. Proven record of transforming fragmented data environments into trusted, AI-ready foundations that reduce risk, accelerate decision-making, and enable responsible AI adoption.Currently serving as Chief Data Officer at a regulated financial institution, accountable for enterprise data strategy, governance, analytics, and AI enablement. Known for stabilizing complex environments, resetting stalled initiatives, and building operating models that scale across engineering, analytics, and governance.Brings deep technical credibility combined with executive-level leadership, regulatory fluency, and a pragmatic approach to AI. Trusted partner to business, risk, compliance, and technology leaders.Focus areas include enterprise data modernization, governance automation, AI-ready architectures, and building high-performing data organizations.
Experience
Chief Data Officer
Jan 2026 — Present · Jacksonville, FL, US
Accountable for enterprise data strategy, governance, and analytics at EverBank, building trusted data foundations that power AI and advanced analytics in a regulated financial environment.Lead enterprise data modernization, delivering secure, scalable platforms and AI-ready data infrastructure that enable business units to leverage analytics and AI for decision-making.Own data governance, data quality, and the frameworks that support responsible AI, partnering with technology, risk, and business leadership to ensure data and AI initiatives align with regulatory expectations and strategic priorities.Enable data-driven and AI-powered innovation across the enterprise by providing the data foundations, standards, and oversight, while business units drive use-case development within their domains.
Education
Purdue Global
Master of Science - MS, Financial Planning and Services
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Executive Education, Certified Data Strategy - Leveraging Data as a Competitive Advantage
The Johns Hopkins University
Applied Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence
Savitribai Phule Pune University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Electronics
Cornell University
Executive Certificate Program in Engineering Leadership
Modern Education Society's Nowrosjee Wadia College Arts, Science, Pune 01
High School Diploma, Electronics
Savitribai Phule Pune University
Master in Computer Management (equivalent to MBA in IT/Management), Information Systems & Management
Skills
- Modern Data Architecture
- Data Warehousing
- Entrepreneurship
- Etl
- Mysql
- Software Project Management
- Data Governance
- Software Development
- Nosql
- Data Integration
- Python
- Postgresql
- Extract, Transform, Load (Etl)
- Big Data
- Agile Methodologies
- Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
- Javascript
- C++
- Master Data Management
- Java
- Polyglot Programming
- Sql
- Visio
- Business Intelligence Tools
- Data Architecture
- Start-Ups
- Pl/Sql
- Ssis
- Data Warehouse Architecture
- Unix
- Hadoop
- Information Architecture
- Oracle
- Data Mining
- Data Warehouse Strategy
- Cloud Computing
- Agile Project Management
- Gpu Programming
- Integration
- Unix Shell Scripting
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