Ronke Ekwensi, Vice President Data & AI Education , T-Mobile
Ronke Ekwensi is the VP – Data and AI Education at T-Mobile, a US telecommunications company. Formerly the Chief Data Officer at T-Mobile, Ronke was recognized as the 5th most influential person in data in the US in 2024 (#dataIQ100 USA), CDO Magazine’s Global Data Power Women 2024 and is a 2024 BlackStars Honoree. Prior to T-Mobile, she was Vice President of data management and data governance at Prudential. Before joining Prudential, Ronke served in various senior data and information governance capacities with several industry-leading firms, including Aetna, Baxalta, and Pfizer. Her professional experience includes positions in the healthcare, biopharmaceuticals, power, technology, consumer electronics, and management consulting industries.
Ronke earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology/Philosophy from D’Youville College in Buffalo, NY; an MBA in Global Management from the University of Phoenix; a Masters of Jurisprudence in Health Law from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law. She earned her Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University. Ronke’s thesis focused on Data Philanthropy: How telecommunications companies can freely share their data for social good and humanitarian crisis response.
She is married with four adult children.
