Moataz Mahmoud

SVP, Enterprise Data Management First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company

Moataz Mahmoud is an enterprise data, analytics, and architecture leader with nearly two decades of experience across data-intensive and regulated industries, including financial services. His work focuses on building data foundations that remain coherent as organizations scale analytics, modernize platforms, and introduce AI. He has led enterprise-wide modernization, platform consolidation, and operating model transformations that improved data integrity, lineage transparency, and the reliability of regulatory and executive reporting. His experience spans the full data lifecycle, from ingestion to consumption, with a strong emphasis on aligning architecture, governance, and delivery. Moataz is particularly known for highlighting cross-domain misalignment as a hidden source of risk in complex organizations. His approach brings a pragmatic, systems-level perspective that balances innovation with control, enabling organizations to adopt analytics and AI in a way that is scalable, governed, and sustainable.