Conference Speakers
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Peter Aiken is an award-winning, internationally recognized thought leader in the area of organizational data 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 and is co-authored with David Allen. 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 and Who's Who in Science and Engineering, in addition to 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. Session: |
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Mark Allen is co-author of the book Master Data Management in Practice: Achieving True Customer MDM and is a senior consultant and enterprise data governance lead at WellPoint, Inc. Mark Allen has over 20 years of data management and project management experience including extensive planning and deployment experience with customer master initiatives, data governance programs, and leading data quality management practices. Prior to WellPoint, Mark was a senior program manager in customer operations groups at both Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corporation. At Sun Microsystems, Mark served as the lead data steward for the customer data domain throughout the planning and implementation of Sun’s enterprise customer data hub. Mark has served on various customer advisory boards and user groups focused on sharing and enhancing MDM and data governance practices. Mark was a speaker at the 2012 DGIQ conference. Session: |
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Atul Arora has 20 years of experience in the areas of Management Consulting, Auditing, Data Governance, Process Quality and Information Technology. He has held various leadership positions within Healthcare, Manufacturing, Technology, and Retail industry groups. Since joining Humana's Internal Audit Consulting Group in 2010, Atul has played a key role in development of Humana's Enterprise Data Governance and Data Stewardship Program. From 2008 to 2010, Atul was Group Practice Leader at a consulting firm in Chicago where he led many Supplier Collaboration sustainability initiatives. Today, these initiatives are helping client organizations drive cost reduction while fostering an environment of innovation. Prior to this, his service as IT Leader at General Electric instilled in him key traits of leadership coupled with Lean Six Sigma process and Data Quality improvement methodologies. Atul has a Master's in Business Administration and is certified in Lean Six Sigma and ITSM principles. Session: |
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Jon Asprey has over 12 years experience in information management and data analysis, where he has worked for both global consultancies and software vendors in many international clients. Initially working within direct marketing operations, assisting clients to build a single customer view and optimize customer analytics, Jon developed a detailed understanding of managing disparate data systems. Most recently, Jon has focused on data quality management and has advised clients to plan their data quality strategy and build business case justifications for data management initiatives such as Data Governance and MDM. Jon has held senior consulting positions at both HP Consulting and Deloitte. Session: |
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Funmi Balogun is a seasoned professional with over 14 years of Financial Services experience and 12 years of exceptional leadership performance. She has expertise in data management strategy development, metadata management, data quality and data governance implementation. She is a member of TDWI, DAMA, and EDM Council and participates in numerous data management discussions, events, and etc. Began career as a Management Trainee at First Virginia Bank, now operating as BB&T. Quickly moved up the ladder to Commercial Lender Investment portfolio manager and bank officer. After 3 years, left to join Fannie Mae as a Business Analyst. Promoted to Manager of Credit Data Analytics in the Data Warehouse unit. Left Fannie Mae after 9 years, started own data management consultancy, operated for 2years and re-joined Fannie Mae as Director of Data Standards to design and implement their Enterprise Data Governance program. Session: |
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Byron Banks, Vice President, Product Marketing Database & Technology, SAP, has more than 20 years of experience in the technology sector. He currently manages a global team that is focused on Information Management (IM) bringing new solutions to market that that make it easier for organizations to find, share and trust critical business information. Byron is a frequent speaker on many topics related to how technology and innovation can be leveraged to increase the productivity and knowledge of employees so that organizations will be better able to seize business opportunities, manage risk, and deal with unexpected challenges. Session: |
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Christopher Barr brings more than 20 years experience in the insurance industry as a contributor and manager of large scale change programs, including many years in data analytics and enterprise data warehouse initiatives. As a consumer of data, Chris understands the importance of well structured data in providing confidence in business decision making. Chris has a strong track record of providing visionary leadership to enact change, achieve strong financial results and develop employees. This success is partly driven by Chris’ attention to forming effective cross-functional and cross-departmental teams to plan and manage initiatives to accomplish joint objectives. His leadership experience reflects a strong focus on data quality improvement across large, complex corporate environments. Chris is currently the Data Governor at the Cincinnati Financial after progressive roles at CNA Insurance, including AVP of Statistical Reporting, and starting his career as a Crytologic Linguist in a decorated career as a member of the United States Navy. Session: |
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Peter Richard
Benson is the Founding and Executive Director of the Electronic Commerce
Code Management Association (ECCMA) and the author of Managing Blind a Data
Quality and Data Governance Vade Mecum. Session: |
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Deepak Bhaskar is a Senior Manager at Digital
River, the Revenue Growth Experts in Global Cloud Commerce. Digital River
builds and manages online businesses for Software and Game publishers,
Consumer Electronics manufacturers, Distributors, Online retailers and
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Angela Boyd is BJC Healthcare’s first Data Steward, dedicated to helping the organization improve collaboration and documentation of metadata. Angela has 15 years of Insurance/Healthcare experience which includes EDI implementations, vendor and payer relations. Session: |
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Scott Braker-Abene is the Director of Solution Management responsible for the SAP Master Data Governance solution. Scott has been with SAP for over 12 years and started his SAP life with the SAP BW Portals RIG in 2001. From 2004 through 2009 Scott was an SAP NetWeaver Product Manager covering a wide variety of topics including the SAP NetWeaver Portal, SAP NetWeaver Application Server, Web Dynpro, SAP Mobile, SAP Portal MDM UI, JAVA Server and other systems topics. Session:
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Pat Branum has 20 years of experience with a Fortune 500 health care company developing and managing a full-scale data management and data quality operations. .As Vice President of Express Scripts (formerly Medco Health Solutions), Ms. Branum served as Chief Data Steward responsible for the management of enterprise data domains to ensure the quality of data aligned with business requirements. In this capacity, she led the implementation of their award-winning Enterprise Data Governance program. Program accomplishments include significant cost avoidance and savings as well as leadership on all aspects of data input, standardization, cleansing, and matching. Session: |
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Michael Brown is the Manager of Data Governance and Maintenance for the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies. For the last five years he has been responsible for managing data related issues and ensuring resolution. 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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Kira Chuchom is responsible for building the framework and deployment strategy for Data Governance Offices world-wide for Microsoft, as well as developing and providing Data Governance and Compliancy services for Microsoft IT’s Data Management Services (DMS) organization. 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, Business Intelligence, data modeling, data architecture, hierarchy management and metadata strategy. Previously, Kira headed up Data and Architecture Governance at Kaiser Permanente, Enterprise Data Quality and Data Governance at Cisco Systems, Product Data Management at eBay, Decision Support at Rainmaker Systems, metadata and data-based publishing solutions at CMP Media. Session: |
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Geoff Colgan founded Attadale Partners in 2007 and currently serves as the Managing Partner for Attadale. Prior to founding Attadale, Geoff consulted to Insurance and Life Science companies as a Principle at Charter Consulting and in progressive roles with Gemini Consulting. Geoff worked in Insurance Operations with Sun Alliance Life Assurance in Australia, before coming to the United States. In addition to his Firm responsibilities, Geoff is a member of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce Healthcare Council, is Chairman of his children's school board and is active in the Australian expatriate community. Geoff lives in Chicago with his wife and four daughters. Geoff received an MBA from the University of Notre Dame, magna cum laude, and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Western Australia. Session: |
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Matt Crittenden is a governance specialist for IBM's North America Information Governance organization. He has over 25 years of data integration, quality and governance experience across many industries, specializing in information quality assessments to help clients understand the scope of data issues facing their organization. Session: |
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Edward Cuoco is the Director of Data Quality at EnerNOC in Boston. He has over a decade of experience in the energy and commodity trading industries focusing on business processes, engineering and project management Session: |
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Al DeCarlo joined Express Scripts in December 2000 as a Sr. Financial Analyst working with employer, health plan and government clients. He spent a number of years in the financial applications arena, working with business and IT teams to develop leading-edge modeling and analysis tools for clients and internal customers. In his current role, Al directs the efforts of the Data Governance, Data Quality, Client Reporting and Sales Analytics teams. He is charged with developing the Data Governance program at Express Scripts, expanding the scope of the enterprise data stewards and managing the resolution of data-related issues for the newly merged entity (Express Scripts/Medco, April 2012). Session: |
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Jim Denyer has been involved in developing and implementing innovative data warehouse solutions for 10 years application development for 20 years. In 1998, Jim joined PeopleSoft Consulting as part of the Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) practice. He spent seven years with PeopleSoft working on customer sites implementing EPM solutions. Soon, Jim was promoted to Service Product Line Manager for the EPM practice. In 2005, Jim joined the Informatics division of Independence Blue Cross (IBC), Philadelphia, PA. As the Director of Data Warehouse Development, Jim heads the data warehouse development and modeling teams on IBC’s Active Enterprise Data Warehouse (AEDW). IBC’s AEDW integrates of healthcare data in a central information hub. Jim Denyer has BSc from University of Auckland, New Zealand. Session: |
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Harold Finkle is the Managing Director, Business Data Management at TIAA-CREF. As Managing Director his responsibilities include development of policies and practices to guide data information collection and management; oversee a data management advisory council to provide guidelines and recommendations on business requirements, practice, and compliance to ensure business strategy, regulatory compliance, and continuity requirements are met; communicate awareness and understanding of data information needs, objectives, and direction to appropriate stakeholders and users; strategic and tactical planning, focusing on solutions for current and future business data practice problems; ensure basic metrics for the data information architecture, systems and processes have been identified, and an ongoing assessment process of these metrics is implemented; facilitate, mediate and define a strategy for leveraging information through data warehousing and data mining technologies. Previously, as Global Head of Enterprise Data Governance Management at Citigroup, established the Citi Data Management Policy; led the Enterprise Data Governance Council; created and deployed a global Data Awareness Training program; established formal data management roles and responsibilities; implemented enterprise-wide Data Management Maturity assessments and targets and ensured establishment of associated improvement plans. Prior experience included SVP, Global Program Management Office at Citigroup, and various technology management responsibilities as VP at JPMorganChase and at Citigroup. Session: |
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Rich Flynn is Vice President of Partner Relations at Global IDs. In this role, Rich works closely with Global ID's executive team and developers and its customers and partners. Prior to Global IDs, Rich was Senior Enterprise Architect at Dun & Bradstreet. He has more than 20 years of technology management experience and is a leading expert in designing, developing, and delivering global, large-scale enterprise architecture solutions that come in on time and within budget. He has deep understanding of project management, business architecture, business process improvement, systems integration, master data management, data governance, and other data management technologies. Rich has a Masters Degree in Information Systems from Fairleigh University and a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Pace University. Session:
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Michael Jay Freer, SSGB, ITIL(v3): specializing in Business Intelligence (BI) and data governance, has provided thought leadership to Fortune 500 companies including Citrix, MetLife, Tyco Int'l, Carnival Cruise, Royal Caribbean Cruise, Capital One, Brinks, and Zales. With twenty-five years of experience providing solutions in financial, manufacturing, supply chain management, and hospitality industries. Michael Jay is an active member of professional organizations (TDWI, IASA, ISC2, and PMI). Session: |
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Kiran Gill is a Senior Strategic Consultant with Trillium Software. She has over 13 years of experience working within data management across various sectors. She has a strong background in data strategy and management as well as leveraging of data for marketing and performance measurement. She has focused extensively on business process improvement, data quality, data governance best practice and maximising the utility of business data. Kiran advises clients to enable transformation, optimisation and maintenance of their data assets. Her work covers disciplines such as applied data governance, regulatory compliance, global data management, single customer view and online/offline integration. Kiran has expertise in creating and overseeing large scale data management programmes within both the Public and Private Sectors. She has helped global businesses create aligned strategies to facilitate robust data management and data usage. She has worked with Healthcare, Automotive, Financial, Legal and Technology organisations to embed a data driven approach with an aligned business strategy. Session: |
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Rashmi Gupta has management oversight of more than 300 applications design at MetLife. Her team includes many associates in the US and India that offer design services for various line of business in MetLife. The scope of her portfolio encompasses more than 9000 databases on various technology platforms - IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, Sybase containing over 250 Terabytes of data. Rashmi has set a direction for the organization to become recognized as part of the application development teams they support, as trusted advisors to enhance the competitive value of MetLife's data assets. The services provided by her team include: Data Planning (requirements analysis and configuration assessment), Data Architecture (Conceptual, logical and Physical Design), Data Governance, Data Quality Assessments, Database Administration support for Schema Change Management and Performance Monitoring and Tuning.
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Bill Harenburg is an experienced practitioner in data management subjects with job titles such as Data Integrity Manager, Basel Data Integrity Manager, Data Quality Manager, Business Analyst, and DBA. industry experience in banking/financial services, public services including law enforcement, consumer product distribution, public utilities include gas and electric service. Session: |
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Geoff Harkness is a Managing Director at MorganFranklin and highly experienced management and technology consulting executive with a track record of successfully planning and delivering high return-on-investment (ROI) projects and transformational solutions. These solutions have included a wide range of enterprise information management, enterprise risk management (ERM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications and other enabling technologies. He is consistently recognized by clients for improving organizational effectiveness and efficiency through leadership that aligns the business processes, data strategies and IT infrastructure to realize cost savings, accelerate performance, reduce risk and sustain strategic flexibility. He has led complex projects across the commercial, government and nonprofit sectors including organizations that specialize in financial services, healthcare, education, manufacturing, and technology. Session: |
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Elizabeth Harney is the Director of Data Quality Assurance at the Massachusetts's Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) where she’s responsible for monitoring, measuring, and improving the quality of the All-Payer Claims Database to facilitate robust analysis for internal and external stakeholders. She has over 25 years of experience in software development, project management, and data analysis using healthcare data. She has led multiple projects related to the cost and quality of health care data. She received her BA from Bentley University. Session: |
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Mark Hensley is a governance specialist for IBM's North America Information Governance organization. With over 25 years of data governance and integration experience he has helped organizations, across several industries, overcome a variety of governance challenges. Session: |
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Michael Jennings is a recognized industry expert in enterprise information management. He has more than twenty-five years of information management experience in various industries. Mike speaks frequently on enterprise information management concepts and practices at major industry conferences. He is a co-author of the book "Universal Meta Data Models" (2004) and a contributing author to the books "Building and Managing the Meta Data Repository" (2000) and “The DAMA Guide to the Data Management Body of Knowledge - DMBOK” (2009). Mike was recognized in Information Management Magazine’s 25 Top Information Managers for 2012. Sessions: |
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Rachel
Jones, CPCU, is
a business process specialist and the data governance lead at Amica Mutual
Insurance Company. As the lead for Amica’s newly formed data governance
program, Rachel is responsible for the day to day management of the
program. She has focused her efforts to date on understanding each business
area’s goals, objectives and challenges to help bring forward the best
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Patrick. Keaton is IBM’s North American Information Governance Practice Leader. Mr. Keaton has been selling and deploying Information Governance solutions over the past 15 years. He has worked across many industries including: Financial Services, Telecommunications, Healthcare, Insurance and Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Keaton sits on the Cyber Security forum at the University of North Carolina Charlotte and participates as a key note speaker. In 2011, Mr. Keaton was a contributing author of Selling Information Governance to the Business. Session: |
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Shyla Kennedy has over 20 years experience in accounting, auditing, project management, and data governance. Early in her career, Shyla produced consolidated financial information and advanced to improving and automating accounting & business processes. Her ability to envision streamlined and quick solutions to big problems led to project manager roles. At MCI, Shyla focused on system consolidations as well as contract support for mergers and acquisitions associated with managed services and data centers. After helping Booz Allen institute a formal Business Intelligence center, Shyla is concentrating on the firm’s data governance. Inspired by lessons learned at DGIQ conferences, Shyla has developed a number of standards to support Booz Allen’s DG program and designed an online training course to ensure greater understanding and adoption across the organization. Currently, she is expanding the impact of data governance by leading a team developing solutions to operational data challenges. Session: |
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Dr. Ron Klein plays a leading role in enabling organizations to leverage the value of information assets by providing governance, data quality and the facilities to determine what information are available, it's meaning, where it is, how it got there and how to use the information asset. As Global Metadata Leader for KPMG he provides guidelines and standards for all participant firms, functions and markets. He consults, promotes and raises awareness regarding information sharing, reuse and information best practices. He is the 2007 Wilshire Metadata Best Practices Award Winner as lead Metadata practitioner at BMO Financial Group. Dr. Klein has been working with metadata since early Decision Support Systems and Data Warehouse projects. He is an excellent communicator and has taught data modeling and data management courses through Ryerson University and speaks regularly at international industry events, DAMA functions and Metadata Conferences. Ron was the 2011/2012 President at IRMAC-DAMA Toronto chapter and a MIT-Sloan School of Management fellow. 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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Eileen Koski has deep Data Governance and Medical Informatics experience in both academic and commercial settings. As Director of Data Governance at Express Scripts, she was responsible for implementation and management of their award-winning Enterprise Data Governance program. At Quest Diagnostics, Ms. Koski delivered innovative graphical laboratory
reports and Big Data analytics including work on biosurveillance and
pandemic preparedness. She also represented the laboratory industry in
standards development organizations, government initiatives and task forces
as a recognized subject matter expert on laboratory data and healthcare
data standards. Session: |
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John Ladley is a Business Technology Thought Leader with 30 years experience in planning, project management, improving IT organizations and successful implementation of information systems. John Ladley is a recognized authority in the use and implementation of business intelligence and Enterprise Information Management. He is author of “Making EIM Work for Business – A Guide to Managing Information as an Asset” and “Data Governance: How to Deploy and Sustain a Data Governance Program.” He frequently writes and speaks on a variety of technology and enterprise information management topics. His Information Management experience is balanced between strategic technology planning, project management and practical application of technology to business problems. Sessions: |
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Richard Lee is an Executive Consultant in the domains of Information Governance & Risk Management, Advanced Analytics & Business 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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Michael Makatura is the Chief Information Officer at Risk Transfer and Holdings. He uses leadership experience and can-do attitude learned as a military officer, along with seventeen years of experience in technology, to transform IT from a cost center to a profit center. Prior to joining Risk Transfer and Holdings, Michael held a variety of positions at information technology and computer software companies. Session: |
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David Marco is best known as the world’s foremost authority on meta data management. He is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of data warehousing, data governance and enterprise information management. In 2004 David Marco was named the “Melvil Dewey of Metadata” by Crain’s Chicago Business as he was selected to their very prestigious “Top 40 Under 40” list. He followed up this honor in 2007 by being named one of DePaul University’s “Top 14 Alumni Under 40”. In 2008 David Marco was enshrined into the very select DAMA Data Management Hall of Fame (Professional Achievement Award). David Marco is the author of the widely acclaimed, top-selling books “Universal Meta Data Models” and “Building and Managing the Meta Data Repository”. In addition, he is a coauthor of “Impossible Data Warehouse Situations and Solutions From The Experts” and “Data Resource Management”. David Marco has published hundreds of articles, is a regular columnist for several technology magazines, is the chairman of the Enterprise Information Management Institute (EIMInstitute.ORG) and has served as a judge in dozens of industry awards. Session: |
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Tina McCoppin is the founder of Ajilitee. Prior to founding Ajilitee, Tina McCoppin served as 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 information technology 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 business intelligence 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. Tina also has led strategic analyses at multiple clients to define an enterprise master plan and multi-year roadmap for the implementation of cross-lines of business KPIs and requirements. Session: |
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Danette McGilvray is president and principal of Granite Falls
Consulting, Inc., a firm that helps organizations increase their success by
addressing the information quality and data governance aspects of their
business efforts. Focusing on bottom-line results, Danette helps
organizations enhance the value of their information assets by naturally
incorporating information quality management into the business. She also
emphasizes communication and the human aspect of information quality and
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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. Xiu lives in West Chester, PA with her husband and three daughters. Sessions: |
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Joy L. Medved has spent most of the past 20 years as an information and data quality consultant, researcher, trainer and speaker, specializing in data governance, data quality, process reengineering, change management and metadata. As an Independent Quality Coach and Trainer, Joy enjoys providing coaching and training services designed to help others learn how to achieve and sustain their own quality goals. Joy is also a certified IQCP with IAIDQ, a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, a self-proclaimed “data geek” and a “recovering perfectionist.” Joy lives in San Diego, California, and in her spare time enjoys long distance touring on her motorcycle. Sessions: |
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Rob Moyer, product manager at Dell Boomi, is responsible for the research, definition and implementation of Dell Boomi’s MDM product strategy. Rob graduated from the University of Delaware with a BS in Computer and Information Science and has spent time in former positions as a developer, project manager and software development manager. With this experience he is able to digest complex IT concepts and translate them into business benefits for our customers. 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. Session: |
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Derek Munro has over 25 years’ experience as a Data Management practitioner, designing implementing and managing Data Quality and Data Integration projects. After several years developing applications for a major insurance company Derek specialised as a data migration consultant. He subsequently held senior technical roles for data management software companies such as Informatica, Business Objects and Avellino. Derek is currently responsible for Product Management at X88 Software and is a strong advocate of “Agile for Data”. Session:
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Al Naqvi is an Information Management expert and CEO of Epitomia.. The unique model of Epitomia is designed to link value to data - a model designed by Al Naqvi. He is a serial entrepreneur, a prolific speaker, presenter, and author. Session: |
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Daragh O Brien IQCP, is a leading Information Quality, Information Governance, and Data Privacy consultant, teacher, and author. He spent a decade with Ireland's leading telecoms company in CRM and Regulatory Ops roles and now advises leading organizations in Ireland, UK, and elsewhere on "Connect the Dots" approaches to Information. Daragh is a former Director of the IAIDQ, leads their Irish community, and is a Fellow of the Irish Computer Society. He is also Global Privacy Advocate for DAMA International. Sessions: |
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Scott O'Meara is the Director of Global Data Services for The Coca-Cola Company. He has over 7 years of practical experience building and operating shared services based data governance and data management teams. He has over 25 years of experience in various information technology roles. The past 15 years mainly focused on the SAP applications. Session: |
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Kelle O'Neal has played important roles in many of the groundbreaking initiatives that confirm the value of MDM to the enterprise. Recognizing an unmet need for clear guidance on the intricacies of implementing data solutions, she founded First San Francisco Partners. Under her leadership, FSFP immediately established a reputation as the first-call resource for companies looking to tap the value of Enterprise Information Management (EIM), MDM and Data Governance (DG). Kelle developed her ability to work through organizational complexity, build consensus and drive results in senior roles at companies such as Siperian, GoldenGate Software, Siebel Systems and Oracle. Kelle's strong background enables her to provide expert counsel to organizations seeking to execute an EIM, MDM or DG project. Kelle holds degrees from Duke and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Session: |
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Michael Ott is a Senior Vice President of Innovative Systems, Inc. (ISI), an international provider of leading data discovery, data quality, data integration, data governance, MDM and regulatory compliance solutions and services. Mr. Ott has extensive experience in executive management, business development, and management of software development and currently oversees the Marketing, Product Management, and Partner functions within ISI. For more than 25 years, Mr. Ott has been involved in managing the delivery of consulting, software, and professional services to some of the largest companies in the world and has spoken at numerous events on topics related to organizing and leveraging information for better business results. Mr. Ott received a Bachelor of Economics degree from Allegheny College and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Pittsburgh with a dual concentration in Marketing and Information Systems. Session: |
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Cynthia Parsons has have been in the Insurance industry for 29 years. She has been engaged in Data Governance since 2004 - started "grass roots" effort at Nationwide. Incorporated Data Governance into Finance, through the development of a Shared Services model. She created the first fully functioning Enterprise wide Data Stewardship council to represent Finance interests across the company. In 2010, she implemented the Transactional Data Stewards to provide insight into the more granular aspects of the data. Both Data Steward councils are invaluable to Nationwide’s success at understanding the data and resolving data issue quickly and efficiently. Currently, the Finance Data Governance Administrator for Nationwide she has written eight data policies that provide the foundation for governing the data. Session: |
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David Plotkin is an Advisory Consultant for EMC2, working in Enterprise Information Management. He is responsible for leading efforts at client companies to plan and implement Data Governance both as stand-alone efforts and as part of other initiatives such as Data Quality improvement and Master Data Management. He has previously managed Data Governance at an insurance company and managed data quality at two large banks. He has been working with data governance, data modeling, metadata and data quality for over 20 years. He is a popular speaker at DAMA chapters and conferences, and serves as a subject matter expert on many topics around metadata, data governance, and data quality. Session: |
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Madison Prince has a BS in Microbiology, a computer programming certification and MS in adult learning. For the past 20 years, through many different work experiences, she has been developing training for different purposes and audiences: microbiology lab technicians, various software and IT applications (instructor-led and cbt) and currently behavioral/cultural change for Information Management at SRP. No matter what the training covers there is one common outcome: training alone doesn't provide the knowledge transfer needed for real-world business application. Madison follows progressive learning trends and believes training is the foundation for learning but only real world application develops true knowledge transfer. The focus of her learning programs integrate training and applied practice to produce measurable work outcomes. Session: |
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Frank Pursel is a Principal in SunGard Global Services' Houston office. He is a proven information management professional with over twenty years of experience in the management and delivery of complex data warehousing and reporting solutions. He has focused on data warehousing strategy, architecture, master data management and data governance in several industries. He also has extensive knowledge and experience managing and leading projects in the Information management and performance management arenas. Session: |
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April Reeve has spent the last 25 years working as an
enterprise data architect and program manager. Currently she is working for
EMC Consulting as a Business Consultant in the Enterprise Information
Management practice on Data Governance and Big Data. Session: |
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Pablo Riboldi has worked of the past 4 years as the Solution Manager for Information Governance and Quality for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has presented many times at DAMA, Data Governance Conferences in the US and Europe. He has a PhD in Instructional Science and is an adjunct faculty for Argosy University teaching graduate courses on Information Management and Research Methodologies. He has a passion for teaching and sharing with others. Pablo is an animated presenter known for his ability to simplify difficult concepts and show them in practical, understandable ways. In his free time, Pablo enjoys running, biking, and sailing around the mountains and lakes of beautiful Utah while raising his eight children with his wife Heidi. Sessions: |
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Robert Rich leads MDM sales as a recognized expert in data quality, data governance, data integration and managing master data in complex heterogeneous environments. His real world understanding of how to drive business value out of technology deployments comes from 20+ years of experience as an IT professional, consultant and in various sales, marketing and product roles for enterprise application software vendors. Robert was responsible for Data Quality tools at Ascential software where he positioned data quality and MDM to help clients initialize SAP deployments and manage data warehouse environments. When IBM purchased Ascential Robert led product marketing for IBM MDM Solutions. Robert’s passion for data quality led him to start DataQualityFirst and bring to market a packaged solution to automatically identify “party” data across disparate sources. Most recently Robert led business development for MDM service specialist InfoTrellis working with blue chip clients across industry on complex large scale implementations to fully leverage master data across the enterprise. Session:
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Tina Rosario is a business strategy professional with over 25 years of experience in IT, business process re-engineering, change management and enterprise data management. During her 12 years at SAP, Tina has held executive positions in business operations, consulting services and corporate strategy. Her expertise ranges from building best practice information governance programs, driving data technology development and managing teams of data stewards and operations. Prior to SAP Tina was a partner at McKinsey and with that experience initiated the business transformation consulting organization at SAP with a focus on bridging the gap between technology implementation and business strategy. Session: |
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Ian Rowlands is ASG’s Vice President 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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Kelley Royer-Marek is the Director of Data Governance and Management for the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies (AMFC). For the past five years she has been responsible for data management with a more recent focus on implementing a formal data governance framework. With more than 25 years of healthcare experience in a variety of roles, she brings a business driven focus to AMFC data governance. Session: |
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Steve Sarsfield is a leading author and expert in data quality and data governance. His book "The Data Governance Imperative" is a comprehensive exploration of data governance from the business perspective. Steve runs an award winning and world recognized blog called the Data Governance and Data Quality Insider. Steve draws practical wisdom and inspiration from his colleagues at Talend and its customers as they venture into their own data governance projects. Session: |
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Michael Scofield is an Assistant Professor in Health Information Management at Loma Linda University in the Department of Health Information Management. He was a 2007 nominee for the DAMA Intl. Award for Professional Achievement. He is a frequent speaker to a variety of professional and general audiences on topics of data management, data quality, data warehouse design, and data visualization. His career has included education and private industry in the areas of data quality, decision-support systems, data warehousing, and data management. His articles appear in DM Review, the B-Eye Newsletter, InformationWeek magazine, the IBI Systems Journal, and other professional journals. He also has humor published in the L.A. Times and other journals. Sessions: |
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Laura Sebastian-Coleman, a data quality architect at Optum, has worked on data quality in large health care data warehouses since 2003. Optum specializes in improving the performance of the health system by providing analytics, technology, and consulting services. Laura has implemented data quality metrics and reporting, launched and facilitated Optum’s Data Quality Community, contributed to data consumer training programs, and has led efforts to establish data standards and to manage metadata. In 2009, she led a group of analysts from Optum and UnitedHealth Group in developing the original Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) which is the basis for her book Measuring Data Quality for Ongoing Improvement (Morgan Kaufmann, 2013). Session: |
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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. 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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Anne Marie Smith,
Ph.D. is Principal
Consultant with over 20 years experience in enterprise information
management. She is a certified data management professional (CDMP) and is a
frequent speaker and author on data management topics. 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. Sessions: |
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Mike Stiffler is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing the Data Governance strategy at Catholic Health Initiatives, a $10 billion health system with a complex distributed data management environment. Previously, Mike has helped to establish Data Quality and Data Governance programs while working for a few Fortune 250 companies. Additionally, he has worked on the vendor side to help clients establish Data Governance programs as well. His experience spans many organizations such as healthcare, IT, and cable, as well as many departments such as sales, marketing, BI, and data warehousing. Session: |
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Dr. John Talburt is Professor of Information Science at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) and the Coordinator for the Information Quality Graduate Program. He is Executive Director of the UALR Center for Advanced Research in Entity Resolution and Information Quality and Associate Director of the Acxiom Laboratory for Applied Research. His areas of research are information quality and entity and identity resolution. From 1995 to 2005 he was a leader for research and development and product innovation at Acxiom Corporation. Professor Talburt is an inventor for several patents related to customer data integration, author for numerous articles on information quality and entity resolution, and author of Entity Resolution and Information Quality published by Morgan Kaufmann. He is the winner of the 2008 DAMA International Academic Award and holds the Information Quality Certified Professional (IQCP) certification. Sessions: |
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Gauthier G. Vasseur is the COO of Semarchy and leads the international development of the company from Semarchy's Silicon Valley offices. His combined experience in Finance, High Tech and Business Intelligence from leading organizations such as Remy Cointreau, Hyperion/Oracle and Google brings the right operational mix to support the company fast growth. Mr Vasseur is also instructor at Stanford Continuing Studies and senior advisor at BIX Software. service, risk, production operations & fulfillment services, and credit systems. Session:
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Greg Whicker is the Director of Information Management in the Information Systems Division and is the Chair of SRP's Information Governance Council. He has held numerous management and executive positions at SRP during his 20+ year career there. 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. Sessions: |
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Jay Zaidi heads the Data Quality, Business Intelligence, Analytics/Reporting, and Security and Privacy for Fannie Mae's strategic data warehouse that is currently under development. In addition, he is responsible for all aspects of Data Quality Management on new strategic initiatives across the firm. Jay blogs at Dataversity, TDAN and DataQualityPro and has authored 20 articles on data management. Session: |
