Katya Lobynko, Danone IT & Data Director

About this episode

Katya Lobynko discusses her experiences in digital transformation and the importance of foundational business processes over flashy AI solutions.

“Every new technology has a hype cycle, so your use case and business rationale must stay the North Star. No flashy AI solution replaces fixing your foundations, processes, and underlying business challenges first.” Katya Lobynko is IT & Data Director at Danone and a digital transformation leader with 15+ years of experience across FMCG and pharma in EMEA and Asia, with expertise spanning commercial operations, data & analytics, conversational AI, and emerging technologies. Before Danone, she spent several years at Sanofi leading innovation and emerging technology initiatives, including helping build the company’s conversational AI capability. Katya began her career at Procter & Gamble as a Project Delivery Manager for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, leading global media planning transformation initiatives for the world’s largest advertiser, before earning her MBA through the Asia School of Business, a partnership with MIT Sloan School of Management and the Central Bank of Malaysia. Originally from the Russian Far East and now based in Paris after years living and working across Asia and Europe, Katya brings a deeply international, people-centered perspective to…

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Host: Drew Tarvin

Guest: Katya Lobynko

Topics covered

• digital transformation
• AI
• data analytics
• women in tech
• international careers
• FMCG
• pharma

Keywords

• digital transformation
• AI
• data analytics
• FMCG
• women in tech
• international careers
• Danone
• Sanofi
• Procter & Gamble

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Danone, Sanofi, Procter & Gamble, Asia School of Business, MIT Sloan School of Management

Places: Russia, Paris, EMEA, Asia

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