Donna Medeiros is a Senior Director with Gartner's Chief Data Officer Research Team. She covers the utilization of data and analytics needed for digital transformation and the strategies, policies and processes to empower organizations and agencies to be successful in driving change. She helps organizations speak data by providing advice on establishing data literacy, data management and change management practices. She has led research, publications and large-scale implementations on data management and analytics, stood up emergency operating centers for disease outbreaks and advised organizations on best practices and innovation in data and analytics technologies.

Ms. Medeiros has consulted to governments, multilaterals and companies in the application of innovative and advanced technologies to transform systems including Integrated Architectures, Interoperability, Data Science including Advanced Analytics and Artificial Intelligence.

Ms. Medeiros' career spans 30 years with extensive international experience and is a recognized Data Strategists, Architect and Health Data and Analytics expert for clients in North America, Asia, the Pacific, Latin and South America, Africa and the Middle East. For the past decade, she has focused on working with governments and private sector partners to establish national, state and organizational digital investments in data and IT, primarily in health, e-government and at universities. She has spent extended periods of time living in countries co-creating data architectures, policies and advising on the application of innovative technologies by using an agile high impact strategic approach.