Organizations that fail to govern their master data are 3x more likely to see their AI projects stall or fail. Most leaders assume that's an AI problem. It's actually a data problem.

In this episode, Tipu Swaran sits down with Sauvik Banerjee — Global Solutions Leader at Cognizant and a 16-year veteran of data transformation across healthcare, financial services, and consulting — for a masterclass on why Master Data Management is the foundation every AI strategy is built on.

From fragmented legacy systems to AI-ready architectures, Sauvik breaks down what it actually takes to build a data foundation that scales with your ambitions.

Chapters:0:00 Prologue3:07 Chapter 1: MDM is the Foundation for AI8:39 Chapter 2: Addressing the Foundation14:51 Chapter 3: Governance20:39 Chapter 4: Complexity of Unstructured Data27:02 Chapter 5: MDM as a Value Driver36:34 Chapter 6: Impact of Emerging Technologies40:26 Chapter 7: The Future of MDM43:41 Epilogue

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