Santosh Bardwaj — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Managing Director, Chief Product Officer - Data & AI at JPMorganChase, leading strategy and execution of next-generation data and AI capabilities.
Served as SVP, Chief Data & Analytics Officer at CNA Insurance, where he condensed a 4-year GCP migration to 18 months and re-engineered 90% of data pipelines to real-time.
As VP, Head of Advanced Analytics & Cloud at Discover Financial, he implemented an enterprise-scale cloud strategy, migrating a multi-petabyte data landscape to AWS in 2 years.
Led growth strategy using Cloud & ML at Discover Financial, yielding $1Bn in ROI.
Holds a Masters in International Business Management and a BE in Engineering.

Biography

Santosh Bardwaj is a Managing Director and Chief Product Officer for Data & AI at JPMorganChase, a role he has held since 2024. With over two decades of experience, he has led enterprise-scale data transformations across Fortune-100 companies, driving change across diverse organizational cultures with leadership experience spanning Engineering and Product functions.