Conference Speakers
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Peter Aiken is an award-winning, internationally recognized thought leader in the area of organizational data management, architecture, and engineering. As a practicing data manager, consultant, author and researcher, he has been actively performing and studying these areas for more than twenty-five years. His sixth book is titled XML in Data Management. He has held leadership positions with the US Department of Defense and consulted with more than 50 organizations in 17 different counties. Dr. Aiken's achievements have resulted in recognition in Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century and bibliographic entries in Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, and other recognitions. His entertaining but clear and concise insights make him a sought after speaker, lecturer and consultant. He is an Associate Professor in Virginia Commonwealth University's Information Systems Department and the Founding Director of datablueprint.com. Sessions: |
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Davida Berger is the President and founder of DebTech International LLC, an information management training and conference production organization. Davida is the Program Chair for the Data Governance Conferences and the Data Governance Winter Conference. These events are produced jointly with Wilshire Conferences. Davida has served on the executive boards of several DAMA chapters and DAMA International. Davida is the recipient of the 2002 DAMA International Achievement Award based on her contribution to education for information management professionals. She is a co-founder of the Meta-Data Professional Organization and is the Founding President of a new association, Data Governance Professionals Organization. Session:
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Bill Brooks has been modeling, managing and integrating data since 1995, beginning at CID Associates developing application databases, then at Children’s Hospital Boston as manager of the Decision Support Systems Group. He managed a team of Informatica integration developers at MFS for several years, and is now the lead Data Integration architect for Global Investment Technology. Bill’s background includes traditional relational database design, data warehouse design and implementation, taxonomy development, data and metadata governance and enterprise application integration using a variety of ETL, message broker and recently, service bus and SOA approaches. Bill has worked for enterprises in multiple industries, including healthcare, finance, and construction management and has architected numerous projects to improve metadata availability and management. Bill generally prefers not to use the word “architected,” but will write it when necessary. 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 class of products that are designed to leverage ASG's flagship metadata management tool- Rochade. Prior to joining ASG in 2010, Ravi held a variety of product management and development roles in the internet and enterprise software spaces spanning a career of 17 years. Most recently he was the Director of Product Development for a SaaS product at Jobster in Seattle. Session: |
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Kira Chuchom heads up Data and Architecture Governance within Kaiser Permanente's Architecture, Information Management & Innovation (AIMI) Group. Kira and her team are responsible for developing, socializing and implementing an enterprise-wide Data Governance strategy, IT Standards, and Architecture Governance. Kira is a data management strategist and data evangelist, with experience across data-related disciplines such as Data Governance, Data Quality, Master Data Management (Customer and Product), Enterprise Data Warehouses, data modeling, data architecture, hierarchy management and metadata strategy at Cisco Systems and eBay. Sessions: |
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Iris Dawkins has 20+ years in data architecture, data management, data strategy and planning, and data governance. She is a Lead Information Systems Engineer in the Information and Data Management Department at The MITRE Corporation's Center for Connected Government. She consults with federal government sponsors, helping them establish and execute enterprise-wide data governance and data management strategies. Session: |
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Martha Dember is an industry recognized professional in the areas of MDM, Data Governance and Data Management for compliance with Regulatory Mandates and Guidelines and has more than 20 years of experience in information technology and consulting services in the computer, retail, distribution, import and export, insurance, banking, utilities, healthcare, entertainment and hospitality industries. Ms. Dember is also a recognized leader in the area of business intelligence (BI)t, having helped many organizations develop their BI strategies, formulate their Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) and develop executive dashboards, scorecards and predictive analysis models to mention just a few of her accomplishments. She evaluates organizations risks and success factors for implementing BI, and helps clients develop their road maps for achieving their longer term, strategic BI goals. She has worked for more than 15 years with top executives to use business information to improve business operations and results. Ms. Dember has an MBA with a specialization in the Management of Information Technology, is a Certified Business Intelligence Practitioner (CBIP) and is a frequent lecturer at industry and user group conferences worldwide. Session: |
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Sandesh Gawande is CTO at Abyss Group Inc, www.AbyssGroupInc.com, a Data Integration Products & Services firm. The core activities include Data Integration consulting, Data Architecture Design Services, ETL Strategy & Auditing and reconciliation software (iCE Audit™) Implementation www.IntegritycheckEngine.com. Sandesh is an expert in ETL strategy and blogs at www.ETLGuru.com .He has developed Data Integration & ETL consulting & training practice under ETL Interface Architecture®. Currently he is authoring ETL Book which will be a complete Bible for ETL development. He is actively implementing, advising or training various financial firms on various Data Integration projects. Session: |
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Dr. Elie Hayeck has over 20 years of IT experience and is a Principal Information Systems Engineer in the Information and Data Management Department at The MITRE Corporation's Center for Connected Government. Working as an advisor to the federal government, he specializes in results-oriented data governance, data quality, data integration and data strategy planning. Session: |
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Sean Kimball is in the role of Chief Enterprise Architect, Tactical Development Support Manager, IT Risk - DR, Program Management for Key Business Initiatives, Head of Data Services, Organization Design and Transition Planning, Head of Infrastructure Architecture, and Architecture and Governance at MetLife Bank. Session: |
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Michele Koch is the Director of Enterprise Data Management and the Data Governance Office at Sallie Mae, the leading "saving, planning, and paying for education" company in the US. 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 The Data Warehouse Institute's (TDWI) 2010 Best Practices Award for the Data Governance category and the 2011 Data Governance Best Practice Award sponsored by DebTech International, Wilshire Conferences and TDAN.com. She is also responsible for the data modeling team who provides support to development teams and the business user community. Her 28 years of experience include applying structured analysis and design methods for process and data modeling, managing client/server and mainframe DBAs, and consulting at Fortune 500 companies. Michele received dual masters' degrees in MIS and Computer Systems Applications from The American University and a bachelor's degree from Cornell University. Winner of the 2011 DG Best Practice Award Sessions: |
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Mary Kotch leads and manages various types of architects in the development and implementation of an Investments application, data, and technology strategy. Mary has been responsible for establishing enterprise architecture organizations to facilitate business transformation plans. In addition to her duties as Chief Architect, Mary manages Investments Information Delivery which distributes much of the data that drives analytics and reporting for MetLife Investments. The operational responsibilities for Investments Information Delivery include Business Intelligence and Reporting and Master Data Management. Mary has over 18 years of Architecture and Technology expertise and has held a variety of architecture roles across industries such as Consumer Products, Insurance and Financial Services, including CIO/Global Director Biovail Pharmaceuticals, Global Director at Campbell Soup Company where she created and executed upon the Enterprise Architecture Strategy. Mary holds a Law Degree from Temple University and BS Degree in Computer Science from Penn State. In addition, she has served as an Adjunct Professor at Muhlenberg College teaching information management courses for over 10 years. Session: |
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Balaji Krishnamoorthy has 18 years of professional software experience, mostly in leadership and strategic roles developing leading edge solutions for Fortune 100 clients. He possesses extensive experience working in the areas of MDM, Data Integration, Data Warehousing /BI, Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Data Architecture. As Director of Data and Information Architecture at Horizon, Balaji is a strategic change agent, focusing his business transformation experience and leadership on developing a strong data and information architectural practice. Previously, Balaji worked as a Senior Principal within the Health & Life Sciences Practice within HP's Information Management Services; prior to that, as a Senior Principal at Knightsbridge, a leading business intelligence consultancy that HP acquired in late 2006. Balaji earned an MS in Software Engineering from the University of Texas, and a BS in Electrical and Electronics from Chennai, India. Sessions: |
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Evan Levy has spent his career leading both practitioners and executives in delivering a range of IT solutions. At DataFlux, he oversees the consulting practice, helping customers with project planning, management consulting and implementation services. In this role, Evan also counsels the executive and investment communities in applying advanced technologies to key business initiatives. He is a sought-after industry leader and speaker, and is the co-author of the book, Customer Data Integration: Reaching a Single Version of the Truth (Wiley & Sons, 2006). Prior to DataFlux, Evan was a partner and co-founder of Baseline Consulting. Session:
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David Loshin is the President of Knowledge Integrity, Inc, (www.knowledge-integrity.com), a consulting company focusing on customized information management solutions including information quality consulting and training, business intelligence, metadata, and data standards management. David is among Knowledge Integrity's recognized experts in information management, contributing to Intelligent Enterprise, DM Review, and The Data Administration Newsletter (www.tdan.com) and is a channel expert for the Business Intelligence network (www.b-eye-network.com). Sessions: |
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James Luisi is Enterprise Architect at MetLife Bank. leading the Architecture and Governance team of architects. Jim has both a business and IT background, with twenty-five years experience in architecture and governance within the financial and defense industries with information on www.sensitivebynature.net. Session:
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Dr. Geoffrey Malafsky earned a PhD in Nanotechnology from The Pennsylvania State University. He was a research scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory before becoming a technology consultant in advanced system capabilities for numerous Government agencies and corporate clients. He has over thirty years of experience and is an expert in multiple fields including Nanotechnology, Knowledge Discovery and Dissemination, and information engineering. He founded and operated the technology consulting company TECHi2 prior to founding Phasic Systems Inc where he is the CEO. Session: |
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Russell Mann has been working in the Information Management disciplines for the past 15 years. Mr Mann started his career working for the one of the big 4 Accounting & Tax firms in auditing and expanded his role into reporting, data warehousing, Business Intelligence and Analytics across multiple companies to include Tribune Broadcasting and Topco Associates. It is Russ's brainchild for Topco "Data Driven Technology Modernization". Session: |
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Tina McCoppin is a Partner and Founder of Ajilitee, a provider of business intelligence, information management, agile analytics and cloud enablement services and solutions. Tina has served as an Engagement & Project Manager for Fortune 1000 companies throughout her tenure at leading IT services companies including HP, Knightsbridge, Forte, Seer, Pansophic and Accenture. With 25+ years of IT integration experience, Tina has managed multiple delivery teams with 100+ members, coordinating and managing the efforts of client staff and consultants in locations both onshore and offshore. Tina's BI and data integration projects include: global "single customer view;" customer call center tracking; householding; campaign tracking and feedback; insurance cross-sell and up-sell data warehouse; data governance and stewardship framework. Session: |
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Mark Meleski is the Sr. Director of Data Governance, Privacy and Business Intelligence at Neustar (www.neustar.biz), a medium-sized, Information & Analytics tech company that handles billions of telecom and internet transactions per day. Mark has more than 17 years of business and data-oriented experiences from the Telecom, Internet and CPG industries. Mark is responsible for designing, developing and sustaining a comprehensive, domestic & international, enterprise-wide Data Governance program for Neustar. Mark Chairs Neustar’s Data Governance Committee and also Chairs the Privacy in Neustar working group. Mark is responsible for the Strategic Analysis and Competitive Insights team at Neustar. Mark’s background includes extensive data modeling, data mining, data quality management, Master Data Management (MDM), and data warehouse experience across a variety of data types in both B2B and B2C environments. In addition, Mark is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), as well as with several data-focused organizations. Mark holds an MBA from The American University (Washington, DC) and a bachelor’s degree from Southern Connecticut State University (New Haven, CT). Session: |
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Bonnie O'Neil is an internationally recognized expert on all phases of data architecture including data quality, business metadata, and governance. She is a regular speaker at many conferences and has also been a workshop leader at the Meta Data/DAMA Conference, and others; she was the keynote speaker at a conference on Data Quality in South Africa. She has been involved in strategic data management projects in both Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, and her expertise includes specialized skills such as data profiling and semantic data integration. She is the author of three books including Business Metadata (2007) and over 40 articles and technical white papers. Session: |
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Marie Panasiti is an Information Technology professional with over 18 years experience in data systems implementation and software integrations with emphasis in full life cycle software development, implementation, systems integration and institutionalization within business, government, retail and educational organizations. Currently performs as the SUPERVALU Information Technology Data Governance and Data Quality Program Manager with a Six Sigma Black Belt certification obtained within the SUPERVALU Six Sigma program focusing on business process improvements to achieve cost savings. Additional leadership roles include Six Sigma Technical Data Support Manager, IT Account-Portfolio Management and IT Operations Management. Session: |
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David Plotkin is the Manager of Data Quality for Bank of America, Finance. He has been working with data modeling, metadata and data quality for over 20 years. He has built multiple metadata repositories and is directly responsible for running the data quality effort and organization and chairing the Data Governance committee (including data stewardship) at several different companies. He serves as a subject matter expert on many topics around metadata and data quality. Sessions:
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Pablo Riboldi has been an Instructional Designer, Developer, Business Analyst, and for the last four years the Information Governance Manager for the LDS Church. He also enjoys teaching community classes and tutoring. He is a very animated presenter with a knack for showing how to apply complex concepts in practical ways. Sessions:
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Victor Rodrigues is an industry-recognized database modeling consultant with over 11 years experience working with customers across a broad spectrum of industries. Prior to joining TechXtend, Victor worked at CA Technologies in various customer-facing roles in CA’s data modeling product development and support organization. Victor also runs the popular Maximum Data Modeling blog and Linkedin group and has presented at CA World and ERWorld. Session: |
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Ian Rowlands is ASG's Senior Director of Product Management. He heads product management for Metadata and Application Management and is also tasked with providing input across ASG's entire portfolio. Ian has also served as Vice President of ASG's repository development organization. Prior to joining ASG, Ian served as Director of Indirect Channels for Viasoft, a leading Enterprise Application Management vendor that was later acquired by ASG where he was responsible for relationships with Viasoft's distributor partners outside North America. He has worked extensively in metadata management and IT systems and financial management, and presented at conferences world-wide, including DAMA and CMG. Session: |
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David Schlesinger shares 25 years of fortune-500 experience in information technology and data security management. He is CISSP certified in cybersecurity. David was for many years a corporate Data Policy Architect and designed a metadata-driven Enterprise Access Security Automation process that is used today by an global company. He is on the Board of the Phoenix ISSA, a security professional association; and a member of DAMA. He also serves on the academic advisory boards of several local colleges in the Phoenix area for their Information Security curricula. Sessions: |
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Jeff Schmitt is currently Director of Information Architecture and Data Quality Operations at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. He leads a team of information architects, data analysts and modelers, and provides leadership to a variety of enterprise data management initiatives. Jeff came to his current role via the circuitous route of graduate studies in anthropology, which serves him well in his current capacity. Sessions: |
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Robert (Bob) S. Seiner is the President and Publisher of KIK Consulting & Educational Services and the Publisher of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com). In 2011, TDAN.com will celebrate its 14th anniversary and attracts close to 125K visitors every month. In 2011, KIK Consulting celebrated its 9th anniversary and focuses 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 is presently chairing the 2011 Data Governance Best Practice Award. 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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Anne Marie Smith, Ph.D. is an Information Management professional with broad experience across industries. She has exceptional, demonstrated skills in enterprise information management (EIM) strategic consulting, business requirements gathering and analysis, data governance and stewardship, data architecture, data and process modeling, enterprise data management program development, master and reference data management, meta data management, data warehouse design and development, project management, and EIM methodology development and implementation. She has strategic consulting experience with master data management (MDM) and data warehousing / business intelligence (DW/BI) engagements. Anne Marie has earned the designations of Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) and Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP), and holds a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems. Sessions: |
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Loretta Mahon Smith has led Special Interest Group sessions on Stewardship and has presented Stewardship materials at both DAMA and previous IQ Conferences. She has been closely involved in the development of Information Architecture functions, specializing in Data Stewardship and Infrastructure Development. She is currently the President of DAMA-NCR. VP of Communications for DAMA International, and a member of the ICCP Certification Council Member. Session: |
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Sunil Soares is the Director of Information Governance within IBM Software Group. Sunil has worked with more than a hundred clients across multiple industries including banking, insurance, life sciences, retail, telecommunications, manufacturing, oil and gas, healthcare and government. Sunil helps clients assess their Information Governance Maturity and determine the appropriate processes and tools to move forward. Sunil has published a 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. The book is currently in its second print and has also been translated into Chinese. Sunil is working on another book called Selling Information Governance to the Business: Best Practices by Industry and Job Function that reviews the best way to approach Information Governance by industry and function. Sunil has held various sales and marketing roles within IBM Software. Prior to his current role, Sunil was the Director of Worldwide Channels & Alliances for InfoSphere within IBM Software Group where he worked with a number of partners around their Information Governance practices. Prior to joining IBM, Sunil worked at the Financial Services Strategy Consulting Practice of Booz Allen & Hamilton in New York. Sunil lives in New Jersey and holds an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Sessions:
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Dimpsy Teckchandani is an experienced manager in PwC’s Advisory practice focusing on technology and enterprise data management and optimization (EDMO) services. She has over 7 years of experience primarily in the areas of data quality and transformation, data governance, data warehousing and business intelligence services. Having worked on multiple client bases across industries during her professional career, Dimpsy has developed both tactical and strategic understanding of business and technical processes successfully leveraging factual analytical techniques to streamline enterprise-wide data environment. She has lead a number of engagements in this area and most recently completed the implementation of an enterprise-wide information governance program that included creation of a data governance organization and design of policies, procedures, standards and metrics for sustaining data quality. Dimpsy specializes in working with management to drive information transformation through a technology agnostic sustainable approach. Session: |
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Gwen Thomas is Founder and President of The Data Governance Institute, which provides consulting, executive mentoring, training, program development, and information services, including the web's largest Data Governance resource, at www.DataGovernance.com and the Data Governance & Stewardship Community of Practice, at www.DataStewardship.com. Gwen has personally assisted many large, mid-sized, and small organizations with their data strategies, data governance and stewardship programs, master data strategies, and other information practices. Gwen is a frequent presenter at industry data events and contributor to IT and business publications. She is also author of the book Alpha Males and Data Disasters: The Case for Data Governance. Sessions: |
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Mike Wheeler, Director of Data Governance Solutions with Kalido, brings more than 20 years of experience in data management, business intelligence and business process management. Mike’s understanding of how people, process and technology use data to drive business value has worked with many world class customers to improve business performance through better business decision making, improved process execution, and a deeper understanding and avoidance of risk to the business. Session: |
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Kathy Wright serves as Director of Foundation Data, responsible for Enterprise Data Governance at SUPERVALU including leadership of diverse business and Information Technology Data Stewardship and Data Quality teams. Kathy has over 30 years experience in the Grocery Retail Industry with emphasis in the practical aspects of Data Management leading substantial enterprise data standardization and solution initiatives. Kathy holds a BA in Business Management from Boise State University. Session: |
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Jay Zaidi is a versatile, hands-on and results-oriented leader with proven success in Enterprise Data Management, Strategic Planning, and Program Management. During his career, Jay has led several business transformation and change management programs in the Financial Services and Healthcare business verticals. He is currently spearheading an Enterprise Data Quality Management program for a leading Financial Services organization and actively obtained C-level sponsorship for it. He led a team of Architects and Analysts to develop the data quality framework, technical and solution architecture, engagement model, methodology, and successful program execution of an issue management system to nine lines of business. Jay has led global data management projects to address Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management and Operational challenges. He consults with and influences all levels of management and works to bridge gaps, facilitate communication and develop integrated business solutions. Session: |
