Dan Wolf, Engineering Director, AI & Data Strategy at BlackRock
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Speaker · CIO Vision Atlanta 2026

Dan Wolf

Engineering Director, AI & Data Strategy at BlackRock

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On their agenda

Five priorities, mapped against profiled leaders

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Larson’s near-term priorities revolve around establishing strong AI governance

AI strategy
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Decision rights

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And safe automation boundaries. He emphasizes moving beyond simple time-savings to measure cycle time and true ROI. Additionally

Operational efficiency
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He focuses on structuring "human-in-the-loop" workflows that continuously improve systems rather than just managing exceptions

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Ensuring AI implementations provide durable operating value.

AI strategy
Source: 734 CIO Vision leader profiles with at least one priority theme, from 742 leaders in the series. Share of those leaders in each theme; leaders may have multiple themes. Yellow marks Dan's saved themes.

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Atlanta, 2 Oct 2026

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Transforming Industries with AI: Enterprise Success Stories

As AI adoption expands from experimentation to enterprise-level implementation, understanding sector-spanning success stories becomes essential. This panel will explore how AI drives operational efficiency, smarter decision-making, and personalized experiences at scale. Leaders will discuss methods to align AI initiatives with business goals and address pressing issues around ethics, governance, and workforce adaptation. Panelists will examine methods for turning AI insights into actionable strategies that impact business performance.

Working on now

Kyle Larson focuses on transforming AI from experimentation into an enterprise capability at IDEMIA

About

<p>Dan&nbsp;Wolf&nbsp;is&nbsp;an&nbsp;engineering&nbsp;leader&nbsp;specializing&nbsp;in&nbsp;AI&nbsp;and&nbsp;data&nbsp;strategy&nbsp;across&nbsp;financial&nbsp;services&nbsp;and&nbsp;enterprise&nbsp;technology.&nbsp;As&nbsp;Engineering&nbsp;Director&nbsp;of&nbsp;AI&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Data&nbsp;Strategy&nbsp;at&nbsp;BlackRock,&nbsp;he&nbsp;leads&nbsp;software&nbsp;and&nbsp;data&nbsp;engineering&nbsp;teams&nbsp;focused&nbsp;on&nbsp;building&nbsp;scalable&nbsp;data&nbsp;platforms,&nbsp;alternative&nbsp;data&nbsp;capabilities,&nbsp;and&nbsp;emerging&nbsp;AI&nbsp;solutions&nbsp;for&nbsp;investment&nbsp;research.</p><p>Previously,&nbsp;Dan&nbsp;built&nbsp;BlackRock’s&nbsp;Platform&nbsp;Engineering&nbsp;function&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;ground&nbsp;up&nbsp;and&nbsp;held&nbsp;senior&nbsp;data&nbsp;engineering&nbsp;and&nbsp;analytics&nbsp;roles&nbsp;at&nbsp;AnswerRocket,&nbsp;Kabbage,&nbsp;Red&nbsp;Hat,&nbsp;and&nbsp;AT&amp;T.&nbsp;His&nbsp;expertise&nbsp;spans&nbsp;cloud&nbsp;data&nbsp;architecture,&nbsp;MLOps,&nbsp;and&nbsp;distributed&nbsp;data&nbsp;systems,&nbsp;complemented&nbsp;by&nbsp;a&nbsp;strong&nbsp;track&nbsp;record&nbsp;of&nbsp;building&nbsp;high-performing&nbsp;technical&nbsp;teams&nbsp;and&nbsp;delivering&nbsp;scalable&nbsp;technology&nbsp;solutions.</p>

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