Gopal Renganathan

Gopal Renganathan

Senior Director, Data & Analytics Compass International Holdings

Gopal is an entrepreneurial Data, Analytics & AI Executive with 19+ years leading enterprise-scale transformation across Real Estate, SaaS, and Global Technology (Cisco, Dell-EMC, Tibco), including as a startup founder. Modernizing cloud data platforms, governance, and AI operating models to unlock billions in revenue impact and enterprise-wide self-service analytics for large and small enterprises has been the focus for Gopal.

Agenda Day 1

3:20 PM ROUNDTABLES

1.ROUNDTABLE: Innovate Boldly, Govern Carefully: Navigating Vendor Risk in Agentic AI 

Led by Neil Aronson, Global Head and Senior Director Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Risk Management, Coinbase  

As organizations rapidly adopt agentic AI, expanding the vendor ecosystem can accelerate innovation, but also introduce new layers of risk. This roundtable explores how leaders can balance speed to market with responsible vendor selection, governance, and oversight. Participants will discuss practical approaches to evaluating AI vendors, managing security and compliance, and avoiding vendor lock-in without slowing progress. Join peers to share real-world lessons on building a resilient, scalable, and trusted AI partner ecosystem. 


2. ROUNDTABLE: Evolving Team Structures for the Age of Agentic AI 
Led by Wendy Zhang, Head of Applied & Agentic AI and Executive Director, Genentech


3. ROUNDTABLE: Trust at Scale: The Human Architecture Behind Enterprise Agentic AI

Led by Gopal Renganathan, Senior Director, Data & Analytics, Compass International Holdings

This roundtable explores the full lifecycle of human oversight in agentic AI systems from initial training and evaluation to real-time monitoring, correction, and retraining to measurement of human judgement. We’ll assess oversight models by risk profile, organizational readiness of roles, tools and thresholds for human intervention, as well as impact of human oversight on enterprise confidence, compliance and time to value. Join other practitioners discussing regulatory and audit expectations, and alignment of enterprise governance with standards and risk frameworks. Walk away with practical insights on how to quantify human error risk and design of oversight workflows to minimize it.


4. ROUNDTABLE: Straightening Out Data Foundations to Unlock AI’s Full Potential 


Other Topics may include:

1.    Mastering Multi-Agent Orchestration: Scaling Agentic AI Across the Enterprise

2.    Recalibrating Cloud Strategy for the AI Workload Era

3.    Discussing the Good, Bad, and the Ugly: Assessing the Latest Tools to Build Agentic AI Capabilities