Conference Speakers
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Michael Atkin is a professional facilitator and has been a financial information industry advocate for over 25 years. He is an active participant in industry initiatives, provides consultation to global market authorities on the data implications of financial regulatory reform and is recognized as an expert in reference data strategy, governance, data quality and standards. He is currently a member of the Financial Stability Board's LEI Advisory Panel; the CFTC's Data Standardization Subcommittee; ISO TC68/SC4 and ANSI/X9D. He is involved with many organizations, provides strategic advice to members and is a frequent speaker on a range of issues associated with data management. Mike has been the Managing Director of the EDM Council since February 2006. Session: |
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Malcolm Chisholm has over 25 years experience in data management, and has worked in a variety of sectors, including finance, insurance, manufacturing, government, defense and intelligence, pharmaceuticals, and retail. He is an independent consultant specializing in data governance, master data management, metadata engineering, business rules management/execution, data architecture and design, and the organization of Enterprise Information Management. Malcolm is a well-known presenter at conferences in the US and Europe, writes columns in trade journals, and has authored the books: Managing Reference Data in Enterprise Databases; How to Build a Business Rules Engine; and Definitions in Information Management. He holds an M.A. from the University of Oxford and a Ph.D. from the University of Bristol, and can be contacted at mchisholm@refdataportal.com. Session: |
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Ravi Chivukula is the Director of Business Solutions at ASG. He is responsible for product management and marketing of metaApps, a family of closely-integrated, metadata-driven products that are designed to enable the data management function. Prior to joining ASG, Ravi held a variety of product management and development roles in the internet and enterprise software spaces. Session:
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Stan Christiaens is co-founder and operational director at Collibra (www.collibra.com), a Data Governance enterprise software company. Stan has a global responsibility for all technical pre sales, implementation and support activities. This allows him to have a front seat view on real customer demands, issues and implementation challenges. Prior to founding the company he was a senior researcher at the Vrije Universiteit of Brussels (STARLab), a leading semantic research center in Europe, performing application-oriented research in semantics. Stan participated actively in several international (ITEA, FP6, FP7) research projects and conferences (OTM, FIS, ESTC, ...). He has also published various articles in the field of ontology engineering. He is an active DAMA member and speaker at various events. Session:
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David Corrigan joined IBM in 2005 and is currently responsible for product strategy of IBM InfoSphere, including IBM's Master Data Management group of products. Mr. Corrigan recently returned to IBM from Camilion Solutions, where he was the Vice President of Product Strategy and Management. Prior to joining IBM, Mr. Corrigan worked at DWL Inc., and was responsible for product strategy, marketing, and product management for DWL Customer, a leading CDI hub. Session: |
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Predrag Dizdarevic is an established entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience in managing and developing services and software organizations within financial services and information technology industry. He is advising financial services companies on data management and technology strategy; working with private equity firms on investments and creation of new businesses within financial technology and services space; and helping technology and services companies on strategic positioning, increasing their revenues and profit, fund raising and preparing them for strategic transactions. Predrag was part of the EDM Council’s core team that has developed Data Management Maturity Model. Prior to element22 Predrag was a Partner, Executive Vice President, member of the Executive Management Board at Capco, and President of Capco Data Services and Solutions where he developed and commercialized innovative and transformational business and technology solutions to drive recurring and transaction revenues. Predrag was formerly President and CEO of Financial Technologies International (now GoldenSource), transforming the firm from a loose development consortium of 4 banks into a strong, profitable and innovative software provider to over 90 financial institutions. Session:
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Michele Koch is the Director of Enterprise Data Management and the Data Governance Office at Sallie Mae. Michele was responsible for the successful design and implementation of the enterprise Data Governance and Data Quality Programs at Sallie Mae. Their Data Governance Program won TDWI's 2010 Best Practices Award for Data Governance and the international 2011 Data Governance Best Practice Award. Michele received dual masters' degrees from The American University and a bachelor's degree from Cornell University. Sessions: |
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Xiu McGovern is the Data Quality Management and Governance Executive for Bank of America's Consumer Banking division. In this role, she is responsible for data quality, metadata, lineage and data controls as well as data governance functions for the Customer, Deposits, Mortgage, Card, and Payments domains. Xiu leverages a four-pillar strategy designed to measure, mitigate, control and simplify the data environment. She executes using a risk based approach focused on key business elements and prioritized systems and applications. Her goal is to ensure the Consumer Bank meets or exceeds the enterprise data management policy and standards thus driving financial benefit, improving customer satisfaction and reducing regulatory risk. Prior to her current role, Xiu was the Analytics Operations Executive for the Customer Segments and Deposits organizations. Her responsibility was focused on optimizing the existing data environment and building new capabilities. She built business intelligence tools that promoted self-service reporting and analytics, and provided new customer and house-hold oriented views of data to facilitate strategy development. Xiu joined Bank of America in July 2007 as the Small Business Segment Analytics Executive. Prior to joining the bank, Xiu worked internationally and domestically for General Electric in the Consumer Finance and Banking division for 13 years. At GE, Xiu held various roles in Finance, Quality, Project Management, and Pricing and Product Management. Xiu graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and East Asian Studies. Xiu is also a graduate of GE's Financial Management Program and is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt. Session: |
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Arka Mukherjee, the founder and CEO of Global IDs Inc., is a well-known expert in global data management, with extensive experience in creating new technologies to assist businesses in the U.S. and around the world. Arka founded Global IDs (GIDs) in 2001. Under his leadership, the company has developed Master Data Management and Data Governance products and solutions for a myriad of Fortune 2000 companies across multiple vertical industries. Arka was the lead architect in developing GIDs semantic solutions to help companies save time and money, while also offering better data traceability to help customers reduce risk. Prior to GIDs, he was the principal of IBM Global Services where he was the practice leader in business intelligence services and was responsible for building and growing this e-business practice. Before IBM, he was a senior manager at Andersen Consulting (currently Accenture) and was a practice leader in implementing enterprise-wide technology architectures. Arka has had several papers published in trade magazines and research journals and is a regular speaker at trade shows and expositions. He received a Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry from Princeton University. Sessions: |
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Mr. Nicosia joined TIAA-CREF in November 2004 and is currently responsible for establishing a business led data and process governance function within the Finance & Actuarial (F&A) area. In addition to data and process governance activities, Mr. Nicosia is currently leading a large scale transformation program focused on strengthening and automating critical Finance business processes, improving data quality and integration and upgrading Finance's underlying technology/infrastructure. He is also an active member of the company's Enterprise Data Governance council. Prior to joining TIAA-CREF, Mr. Nicosia worked as a Managing Consultant for The Amherst Group Limited, a consulting firm focused on design and implementation of Shared Services organizations. In this capacity, he worked with Fortune 100 clients on organizational effectiveness and re-design projects as well as detailed evaluations of service delivery process efficiency and effectiveness. Session: |
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Henry Olson directs the product teams for database architecture and management at Embarcadero Technologies. He is a proven innovator with deep expertise across the enterprise solutions lifecycle and more than 20 years of leadership experience in products, technology and services across both startups and large companies. Mr. Olson’s consulting industry experience includes BI, DW and operational systems design and deployment in manufacturing, distribution, financial services and healthcare. He likes both boxes and arrows and once served as the night-shift DBA for a large retail bank. Session: |
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Ken Pierce joined SAP in 2011 bringing 20+ years of experience with a track record of serving as a “trusted advisor” to IT and business executives. Ken has extensive experience working with Fortune 500 and Global 2000 clients. Ken is a member of the Information Management Global Solutions Management team focusing on Industry Solutions and Information Governance. Ken’s competencies include: Data Governance, Data Quality, Master Data Management,, Data Analysis/Data Profiling, Data Integration, Data Migration, Metadata Management, ERP, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Application Integration, Business Analytics, and Business Process Modeling Session: |
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Linda Powell is the OFR’s Chief Business Officer. She was most recently the Chief of the Economic Data Management and Analysis section in the Division of Research and Statistics at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. She has a BA in Economics from Rutgers University and an MS in Finance from George Washington University. She has over 25 years of experience in the banking industry including a money center bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of NY, and the Board of Governors. She has worked in research for over ten years. Sessions: |
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Robert (Bob) S. Seiner is the President and Principal of KIK Consulting & Educational Services and the Publisher of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com). In 2012, TDAN.com celebrated its 15th anniversary and attracts close to 125K visitors every month. In 2012, KIK Consulting celebrated its 10th anniversary focusing on knowledge transfer and consultative mentoring. Bob was recently awarded the DAMA Professional Award for significant and demonstrable contributions to the data management industry and has recently chaired the 2010 through 2013 Data Governance Best Practice Awards. Bob specializes in "non-invasive data governance", data stewardship, and meta-data management solutions and has successfully assisted and mentored many notable organizations. Sessions: |
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Kevin Shannon is Vice President and Global Head of Data Stewardship for Standard and Poor’s ratings agency. He has over 17 years experience conceiving and implementing enterprise wide technology and data management strategies. He is a thought leader in establishing vision, re-engineering enterprise data architectures and managing the associated change. Session: |
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Sunil Soares is the founder and managing partner of Information Asset, LLC, a consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations build out their information governance programs. Prior to this role, Sunil was the Director of Information Governance at IBM, and worked with clients across six continents and multiple industries. Sunil's first book called The IBM Data Governance Unified Process that details the fourteen steps and almost one hundred sub-steps to implement an Information Governance program. Sunil's second book Selling Information Governance to the Business: Best Practices by Industry and Job Function reviews the best way to approach Information Governance by industry and function. Sunil's third book called Big Data Governance will review the importance of information governance for different types of big data. Session: |
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Bill Wagner is the Consumer Bank Data Management Executive. In this role, he is responsible for data management strategy and execution for the businesses that provide individual customers with deposit, card, home loan, and small business banking products and services. Bill leverages a close relationship with technology and business partners to design, build, operate a comprehensive business value driven data management program - including approved sourcing, data quality measurement, data remediation, and data risk mitigation. Prior to his current assignment, Bill was the Analysis Information Management Executive, leading business intelligence, analytics, and modeling efforts for Global Card Services and Technology Executive for the Customer Risk Solutions Program, responsible for managing a broad suite of enterprise risk initiatives. Wagner joined Bank of America in 1994 as Customer Satisfaction Operations Executive where he led several major customer facing initiatives including the design and implementation of the customer service, sales and disputes platforms, VRU implementation, and intelligent call routing. His past assignments include accountability for E-Commerce and Online Banking, Card Pricing, and Business Development Strategic Initiatives. Prior to Bank of America, Mr. Wagner had 11 years operations experience with Federated Department Stores/Macy's including responsibility for credit granting, authorizations, resolution services, customer service, risk, production operations & fulfillment services, and credit systems. Session: |
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Greg Williamson is a Senior Audit Manager at U.S. Bank. He has over 25 years of IT and Business Auditor experience at large financial institutions. He has been managing a team of auditors that have been reviewing the implementation of Basel II at U.S. Bank for the past 3 years. His experience also includes working in Corporate Payment Services as a product manager for Purchasing Cards and Business-to-Business payments. Session: |
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Steve Zagoudis is the president and founder of MetaGovernance. He is a Business Intelligence and Information Governance specialist with 20+ years' extensive business and technical experience. Steve has a proven track record resolving chronic data integrity issues. He has formed Data Governance functions for numerous organizations. Steve has cross-industry experience in international and domestic organizations, having been based in the UK and Germany for several years. He has led the design and implementation of technical and data architectures on complex data warehousing and data mining applications, providing straightforward solutions to business problems. He is a 'second surgery' and metadata specialist, refocusing failed Business Intelligence projects. Steve excels at unlocking information hidden within organizational data, thereby enabling visibility of trends for improved competitor position. Steve was recognized as a Technology Leader by Crain's Business Magazine. To Steve, Information Governance is a journey towards accurate data and meaningful information. Session: |
