Executive Dinner

Citigroup Inc., a diversified financial services holding company, provides various financial products and services for consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Citicorp and Citi Holdings. The Citicorp segment offers traditional banking services to retail customers through retail banking, commercial banking, Citi-branded cards, and Citi retail services. It also provides various banking, credit card lending, and investment services through a network of local branches, offices, and electronic delivery systems. In addition, this segment provides wholesale banking products and services, including fixed income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, derivative services, equity and fixed income research, corporate lending, investment banking and advisory services, private banking, cash management, trade finance, and securities services to corporate, institutional, public sector, and high-net-worth clients. As of December 31, 2016, it operated 2,649 branches in 19 countries. The Citi Holdings segment provides consumer loans; and portfolio of securities, loans, and other assets. Citigroup Inc. was founded in 1812 and is based in New York.

Barry Dauber runs global GenAI GTM at Databricks, coming over in 2023 as part of the MosaicML acquisition. Barry leads AI adoption at Databricks, helping customers and partners utilize its suite of products to build agentic systems that leverage their governed deterministic data to drive business value. At MosaicML, Barry was responsible for Sales/GTM and grew the business from no product with zero customers to many in less than a year, contributing to the $1.3B acquisition. Prior to Mosaic, Barry was the first head of GTM at Primer AI, a leading NLP startup. He also held various leadership roles at Cloudera and Topsy Labs (acquired by Apple in 2013). He started his career in management consulting at Deloitte, where he focused on large business transformations. Barry graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BA in Economics and Government.

Yelena is a seasoned technology professional, whose career journey reflects her deep commitment to innovation, technology, and leadership. She began her career as a software developer, quickly distinguishing herself through her adeptness at coding and problem-solving. Overtime Yelena transitioned her focus towards data, driven by a passion for data and its potential to revolutionize virtually every industry. In her current role, Yelena is a Head of Public Cloud Data at Citi, where she oversees the strategic direction and execution of cloud data initiatives for the firm, fostering innovation to provide robust data solutions that support the organization's goals and objectives