Heather Cooley

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Head of SC Adv Analytics & Data Science Conagra Brands

Heather Cooley is a distinguished expert in digital strategy, product management and analytics with over two decades of experience spanning sixteen different industries. Throughout her career, Heather has contributed to numerous high-impact digital transformation initiatives. She started her journey at PWC and later co-founded multiple analytics consulting firms. Currently, she is the Head of Supply Chain Advanced Analytics and Data Science at Conagra Brands, overseeing digital enablement capabilities. Heather advocates for inclusive behaviors and serves as a mentor through the Executives’ Club of Chicago. She holds a BS in Management Information Systems from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and resides in Chicago.

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AI/BI Driving Speed to Value in Supply Chain

2025-06-10 · Data + AI Summit 2025 Watch

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with Adrian McClure (Conagra Brands) , Heather Cooley (Conagra Brands)

AI/ML Analytics BI Data Science Databricks

Conagra is a global food manufacturer with $12.2B in revenue, 18K+ employees, 45+ plants in US, Canada and Mexico. Conagra's Supply Chain organization is heavily focused on delivering results in productivity, waste reduction, inventory rationalization, safety and customer service levels. By migrating the Supply Chain reporting suite to Databricks over the past 2 years, Conagra's Supply Chain Analytics & Data Science team has been able to deliver new AI solutions which complement traditional BI platforms and lay the foundation for additional AI/ML applications in the future. With Databricks Genie integrated within traditional BI reports, Conagra Supply Chain users can now go from insight to action faster and with fewer clicks, enabling speed to value in a complex Supply Chain. The Databricks platform also allows the team to curate data products to be consumed by traditional BI applications today as well as the ability to rapidly scale for the AI/ML applications of tomorrow.