Gartner Expert

Chris Billings

Sr Director Analyst

Chris Billings serves as Senior Director, Analyst in the Finance Practice. Based out of Bentonville, AR, Chris supports CFOs and their teams in addressing data and decision intelligence challenges, including data management and quality, data governance frameworks, and data literacy for Finance teams.

Previous experience

Chris previously served as Senior Director, Product Management for Walmart with responsibility for driving an AI-facing data infrastructure and data stewardship function for the Finance organization.

Professional background

Walmart, Senior Director - Product Management (Finance Data and Decision Intelligence), 9 years

Walmart, Director - Finance FP&A, 13 years

Areas of coverage
  • Financial Planning and AI-Ready Data​

Education

Master of Business Administration - University of Arkansas (Fayetteville)

BS in Accounting - University of Arkansas (Fayetteville)

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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Refining or adapting data infrastructure strategies to power AI development

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Crafting data literacy and stewardship programs to elevate AI adoption

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Capturing data context and driving connectivity with IT partners to sustain AI scale

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Designing data standards and controls to enable AI oversight

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Establishing data ground truth to validate AI output