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Sherri Adame is an Enterprise Metadata Management leader at Cigna (NYSE: CI) a global health service leader dedicated to helping people improve their health, well-being and sense of security. Sherri brings over 12 years of experience building high performance information management teams across different industries including finance and healthcare. She was named one of the 25 Top Information Managers in 2011, Movers, shakers and game changers who are making information work for business by Information Management Magazine, and has spoken at MDM and Data Governance Summits. In the financial industry, she was responsible for building a Data and Services team from the ground up with a vision to formalize operational processes for data and service modeling and architecture. Under her leadership, the team was able to realize strategic initiatives to reduce cost and enable asset reuse. She describes the work as a Master Data Management approach to enterprise service development. IN her current role she is building an enterprise metadata management strategy. With strong communication and relationship building skills, she is able to effectively sell the promise of her organization to customers, senior management and inspire her team. Session: |
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Rex Ahlstrom, Chief Strategy Officer at BackOffice Associates, has over 28 years of hi-tech industry experience. His focus is on enterprise software within the data integration and information management space. He is responsible for product strategy, marketing and technology in addition to analyst engagement and partnership development. He previously served as CEO of two software start-ups and held major leadership roles at multiple fortune 500s, including SAP. Education includes MSEE from The Johns Hopkins University and BSEE degree from Drexel University. He is a national and international lecturer, addressing investors, business professionals, and large customer communities. Session: |
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Peter Aiken is acknowledged to be a top data management (DM) authority. As a practicing data consultant, author and researcher, he has been actively performing and studying DM for more than 30 years. His expertise has been sought by some of the world's most important organizations and his achievements have been recognized internationally. He has held leadership positions and consulted with more than 75 organizations in 21 countries across numerous industries, including defense, banking, healthcare, telecommunications and manufacturing. He is a sought-after keynote speaker and author of multiple publications, including his latest the "Case for the CDO" & "Monetizing Data Management." Peter is the Founding Director of Data Blueprint, a consulting firm that helps organizations leverage data for competitive advantage and operational efficiencies. He is also Associate Professor of Information Systems at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and past President of DAMA-I. Sessions: |
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Karen Akens is a data management consultant with Data Blueprint. As a Certified Data Management Professional, she has data management and solution development experience for numerous government and commercial clients. Her skill-set includes in-depth analysis of clients' business processes, analysis of data and data sources, and development and communication of data-centric tailored solutions that add business value. Her expertise focuses on eliciting business and technical requirements and facilitating communication between the business users and technical experts, including all levels of management. She has helped clients improve data flow logistics, develop data quality programs, implement data governance programs, and utilize data visualization for effective decision making. She is also a board member of DAMA-CV. Session: |
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Anthony J. Algmin helps businesses use data
to get better at what they do. He is currently the Chief Data Architect at
Uturn Data Solutions, a company specializing in helping businesses move to the
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Michael Armbruster the Manager of Data Quality in Ed Tech Support for JeffCo Schools. His background includes over 25 years in IT focusing on data, including management and technical data roles in health care, telecommunications, state government, aerospace, finance, and transportation. Michael’s MCIS is from the University of Denver: he is a Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) at the Mastery level. His personal life revolves around his wife, 7 children with kids, 30 years of soccer coaching, Stephen Minister responsibilities (Christian Counseling diploma), and two published books of poetry. Oh, and a dog: Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Session: |
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Siddhartha Banerjee is the VP of WW sales and business development of Compact Solutions product business. He brings 20+ years of hands on experience in deployment of business information management, data governance, metadata management and data quality solutions. Prior to Compact, Sid worked at NEC Corporation of America, Knowledge Dynamics Singapore and HCL Technologies India providing data-driven technical solutions to Fortune Global 500 companies in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific spanning Banking, Insurance, Life Sciences, Retail and State & Local Govt. Agencies. Session:
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Lisa Baughman is North America Data Governance Leader at Dun and Bradstreet, focusing on governance practices, policies, procedures, regulatory obligations, and meeting internal customer needs around data. She also ensures that data governance is coordinated with her counterparts in UK/Europe and Asia. Part of her role includes organizing a large data steward network that is spread out across the business and which liaises with the central Data Governance Office. Lisa is also responsible for the pipeline of cases that come to data governance from across the business. These cases consist of diverse requests from needs to understand data, to requests to acquire new data from outside sources. Lisa's background is in the business, which gives her a unique understanding of the viewpoint of data consumers and their needs. More recently, Lisa has been involved in the implementation of tooling to support the data governance function. Session: |
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Michael Berard is a Senior Account Executive at Experian Data Quality, a leading provider of data quality and data management solutions. Michael is focused on helping organizations leverage their data to gain actionable insights, make faster, data-driven business decisions, and gain a competitive advantage. With more than 7 years of experience, Michael has assisted organizations of all sizes to implement data governance programs, reduce regulatory risk, and streamline data migration projects. Session:
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Hillary Bliss is a Senior Manager/Principal Consultant at Decision First Technologies (a Protiviti Enterprise), and specializes in data warehouse design, ETL development, statistical analysis, and predictive modeling. She works with clients and vendors to integrate business analysis and predictive modeling solutions into the organizational data warehouse and business intelligence environments based on their specific operational and strategic business needs. She has a master’s degree in statistics and a MBA from Georgia Tech. Session: |
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Steve Bobersky is a manager of enterprise data strategy and services in the information services department of Navy Federal Credit Union. Session: |
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Sethuram Bommireddipalli is a senior data management professional offering expertise in both business and technical areas with proven track record of over 19 years of progressive experience in implementing integrated solutions across various domains of data management spectrum – data integration, data migration, master data management, data quality and data governance areas. In his current role as Practice Director at Trinus corporation, a boutique professional services company specializing in Data management and business analytics, Seth is responsible for steering their data management and BI practice with special emphasis on integrating and augmenting traditional data management environments with the recent trends in Big data management and predictive analytics, assessment and development of IT strategic roadmaps aligning with business objectives and for establishing and managing implementations of Data quality and data governance initiatives. He has wide ranging experience in implementing and managing numerous Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics, MDM and data governance projects and spanning multiple verticals driving growth and profitability. Session:
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Scott Braker-Abene has been with SAP for over 15 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. Scott now focuses on the EIM topic as well as Master Data Governance topics including the Information Governance 2.0 area. Session:
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Anne Buff is a Business Solutions Manager and Thought Leader for SAS Best Practices, a thought leadership organization at SAS institute. As a speaker and author she specializes in the topics of data governance, MDM, data integration and data monetization. Anne has been a specialist in the world of data for over 15 years and has developed courseware for a wide range of technical concepts and software including, SAS® Data Management. In her current role, she leverages her training and consulting experience and her data-savviness to lead best practices workshops and facilitate intra-team dialogs to help companies realize their “data potential”. Session: |
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Fawad Butt is the chief data governance officer and executive director at Kaiser Permanente. He is experienced in successfully developing and maturing information and data management organizations and executing programs designed to enable capabilities around data governance, data quality, master data management, data strategy, data analytics and innovation management. In his role at Kaiser Permanente, Fawad is responsible for building out a consistent data governance and data quality framework and the associated organizational structures.. Additionally, his team is responsible for defining best practices for the governance of master data management repositories, data lakes, enterprise data warehouses, operational data stores, and analytics sandboxes. Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente, Fawad spent 20 years helping technology and financial services companies including Northern Trust Corporation, TIAA, TD Bank, Sun Microsystems, and SGI/Cray Research. He serves on various non-profit and academic boards, including East West University's Chancellors advisory board, and the ONE Kellogg initiative at the Kellogg School of Management. Fawad holds a master’s degree in business administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and a bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering Technology with a focus on Microprocessor Design from East West University. Session:
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Dorene Cardozo lived ten years in South America and the Caribbean interpreting for the hearing impaired and teaching before returning to the US to earn her Associate of Arts and Sciences from Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics at Illinois State University in Bloomington IL. She taught College Algebra and other Math classes before starting career in Information Technology at State Farm Insurance 20 years ago. A member of the Property and Casualty IT Architecture Application Design team, Dorene later became Product Solutions IT Architecture Data Quality Lead. In that role, she established a data profiling and assessment team, developing data quality strategies for the Product Solutions area. She has also participated in the Enterprise Architecture Data Quality strategies from a practitioner’s standpoint. Session: |
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Diane Cervantes is the Enterprise Data Manager, Test Domain Data for Quest Diagnostics. She has held this position since she joined Quest Diagnostics in May 2014. In this position, Diane is responsible for implementing and managing enterprise-level data standards, master data governance and decisions impacting Test Data. Prior to joining Quest Diagnostics, she was the Manager of Implementation Services for LANSA, a solution provider for GS1 Data Standards. This position was responsible for implementing Global Data Standards using a combination of software tools and consulting services for LANSA's clients in the Consumer Product Goods, Healthcare, Food Service and Hardline industries. Diane has over 30 years of experience in Application Development, IT Service Delivery, IT Management, Software implementation, Standards development and implementation, Data Governance and Business Process improvement. Diane currently holds a BS Degree in Computer Science/Information Science from Binghamton University. Session: |
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Frank Cerwin is the Director of Data & Information Architecture at McDonald’s with responsibilities for Master Data Management (MDM), data integration, data governance, and database management. He has over 35 years of IT experience with architecture and leadership roles in application development, IT security, data management, and eCommerce spanning multiple organizations and industries in the public and private sectors. Frank is ITIL Foundation certified, Six Sigma Green Belt certified, and is past-chairman of the Association of IT Professionals (AITP) Chicago Chapter’s IT Governance Special Interest Group. 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. Sessions: |
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Stan Christiaens is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Collibra. He leads the global product organization, and is responsible for product management, product design, and user experience. He also leads Collibra University, delivering education and training in data governance. His passion for data comes from his experience as a researcher at the Vrije Universiteit of Brussels, where he focused on the application of semantics. When not speaking to customers and to audiences around the globe, Stan can be found in New York City. Sessions:
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Darius Clayton is an experienced data governance and change specialist, and is a founding partner in Diaku. With a management consultancy background in business transformation and outsourcing he brings a practical, value-driven approach to data disciplines. Since 2007 his focus has been on data governance, collaboration, and the business view of the data asset. Darius has spent 20 years working with institutions to control and improve their data while delivering tangible business benefits. Session:
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Sonia Couté is the Shell Process Data Manager for Facilities & Equipment for Downstream globally. She is a University of Houston graduate with Bachelor in Chemical Engineering and Masters in International Business degrees. She has 20+ years of experience in the petrochemical industry in a variety of technical and business roles in both Chemicals and Downstream Businesses working for Vista Chemicals, BP and currently Shell. She has led engineering recruitment teams in each of the companies to help foster new ideas and innovation. She is passionate about mentoring younger colleagues and potential middle school and high school student interested in future STEM roles. In her spare time, Sonia enjoys travelling off the beaten path and cooking exotic meals for friends. Session: |
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Kevin Crog was asked to start a Data Governance program at a company where only a couple people had even heard the term. He educated himself through textbooks, seminars, and getting a mentor. Currently, the program is known throughout most of the company and is responsible for several data improvement projects. Session: |
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With over 15 years invested in building high-performance, cross-functional teams to compete in global venues, Will Crump brings a wealth of experience in team selection, alignment and motivation. Will has 12 years of management experience in software product development for consumer, OEM, and enterprise business-to-business web-application technologies. In addition to hands-on product cultivation, Will has 10 years of senior executive experience in guiding business development, international expansion, partnerships, line of business profit & loss as well as strategy consultation to key accounts. Outside the office, Will is an accomplished competitive sailor with National, Continental and major Blue-Water racing trophies to his name. Will holds a BA in History from Hampden-Sydney College and an Executive MBA from the Copenhagen Business School. Session: |
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Michelle Cunningham is the Enterprise Data Manager, Patient Data for Quest Diagnostics. In this position, Michelle is responsible for implementing and managing patient data governance and decisions impacting Patient Data. Michelle joined Quest Diagnostics in October 2001. And in 2004 she entered the company Black Belt program. Michelle’s professional background has been health care focused. Prior to joining Quest Diagnostics, she developed and managed a decision support solutions for a regional delivery network and then used the solution to create a data warehouse for a group purchasing organization supporting members of regional IDN providers. Michelle currently holds a Masters Degree (MBA) and undergraduate degrees’ from Oklahoma City University. Her undergraduate degree is in Computer Science specializing in Software Engineering. Michelle is certified by both Quest Diagnostics and ASQ as a Black Belt. Session: |
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Barbara Deemer is the Managing Director, Finance Project Management Organization and Chief Data Steward at Navient. In that role she leads the Data Governance Council which is comprised of representatives from all Lines of Business. Barbara has 27 years of experience in the Accounting, Finance and Servicing areas of Sallie Mae. She was the Controller of the Company from 2000 to 2003 until she took an extended leave of absence. She returned to Sallie Mae in 2005 to work on data improvement projects and is now in her current role focusing on Data Governance and Data Quality. Barbara graduated in 1982 from George Washington University with a BA in Accounting Session: |
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Lisa Dodson is a recognized expert in the data management, data governance and data quality space (specifically within SAS). Lisa holds a Master's Degree in Information Quality from UALR, has affiliations with many data management/governance organizations including as a former board member and President for the International Association for Information and Data Quality and organizing committee member for MITIQ's Industry Symposium. Through job roles including, account executive, systems engineer, product manager, technical trainer and solutions architect Lisa has developed a deep understanding of the challenges of information and data management along with knowledge of how to address those issues. Session: |
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Pat Egan is a co-founder and data strategist at Data3Sixty. He has worked extensively with both the business and technology sides of Data Governance, and brings firsthand knowledge, experience and understanding of the challenges facing data professionals today. Leveraging this real world experience, Mr. Egan leads the design team at Data3Sixty to incorporate solutions to many of these challenges while delivering a comprehensive data collaboration platform to support enterprise data governance programs. Session:
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Victor W. Fehlberg is the Chief Technology Officer of Aim Dynamics responsible for the development of the Aim Smart software product. Aim Smart is an easy-to-use Microsoft Excel add-in that provides powerful data quality algorithms such as profiling, matching, deduplication, parsing and more. Prior to joining the Aim Smart team in 2013, he worked at Amgen for 9 years where he led the Data Quality Competency Center and developed various data quality systems, including the MDM solution used to ensure compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Session: |
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Natalie Feinberg has been a manager in Fannie Mae's Enterprise Data Governance organization since June 2014. She was a key player in establishing the Enterprise Data Stewardship (EDS) program in 2015, primarily responsible for developing the methodology to establish an Enterprise Business Glossary (EBG), and driving its alignment across Fannie Mae. Previously, Natalie spent more than 10 years leveraging data for statistics and analytics across a variety of subject areas at Fannie Mae and elsewhere. This experience provided her with the insight necessary to influence the Fannie Mae business community in their adoption of Enterprise Data Governance and the Data Stewardship program. Natalie has a BS in Mathematics from James Madison University and an MBA from University of Maryland. Session: |
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Erik Ferrone is currently responsible for the development and implementation of sustainable, business-led, data and process governance practices and capabilities at TIAA. Taking into account diverse business needs and challenges, Mr. Ferrone assists business area sponsors in developing proper data and process governance capabilities wherever they are required, including budgeting/planning applications, transactional systems, data warehouses, data marts, or financial models. Mr. Ferrone also participates in the Finance & Actuarial division’s, Data Governance Committee, as well as the company’s Enterprise Data Governance Council. Mr. Ferrone has a total of 14 years’ experience in the Financial Services industry, 11 of which include major IT transformation project implementations. Prior to joining TIAA, Mr. Ferrone worked as a Managing Consultant within IBM Global Business Services’, Financial Services Practice. There he aided major financial institutions in the implementation of industry-leading analytical and reporting platforms, leveraging strong data governance and management concepts and tools, to lower operational risk, increase efficiencies, and deliver dynamic analytical capabilities. Prior to IBM, Mr. Ferrone also held roles at Tata Consultancy Services’ GE Global Practice, where he was a functional consultant and architect, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, where he was a senior member of the Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis team. Session: |
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Michelle Fleury leads Data Protection for Cisco. Her organization is responsible for corporate data governance, enterprise-wide data incident response, and a comprehensive security certification and compliance strategy. Michelle also represents Cisco in customer engagements and advocates for data protection across Cisco and the industry. Michelle, a 16-year Cisco veteran, serves on the board of multiple startups, and has a Master of Science in Management from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Psychology from Eastern Illinois University, as well as numerous technical certifications. She and her family live in Silicon Valley. You can find her online at LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/michellefleury). Session: |
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Tami Flowers is an information strategist with 20 years experience advancing business objectives through applied technology. Her areas of expertise include business process improvement, information governance, complex financial and accounting systems, business intelligence, and efficiency in systems program and project delivery through an Agile framework. Tami is a PMP, Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), and Certified Scrum Master. Session:
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Shannon Fuller leads the Data Governance Office which is charged with ensuring data is treated as a corporate asset that is owned, managed and controlled leading to trusted, high quality data and accurate reporting across Carolinas HealthCare System. My primary responsibility is to design and implement a Data Governance Program for Carolinas Healthcare System. Sessions: |
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Estrella Gallegos is a data whisperer with expertise in restoring data harmony in large scale organizations. She has had the great pleasure of serving many roles in the data realm from her humble beginnings pounding the keyboard as a data steward to implementing large scale data governance programs in various industries. Estrella’s success in data integrity was recognized by Salesforce.com in 2014 where she achieved the Mr. Clean Surfboard award. This award recognizes the company that has made a difference in their organization with clean data. Her expertise in the subject of clean data has been leveraged in various settings from webinars to speaking on the topic of data quality. Session: |
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Don D. Greene is the Global Process Manager for Shell Downstream Technical Assets. He has over 20 years of experience in the petrochemical industry in a variety of Maintenance Execution and Maintenance Support roles including, Cost Analysis, Performance Management, Work Process Design/Management, SAP Administration and Technical Asset Management. Additional experience includes over 9 years of service in the U.S. Air Force in ICBM Nuclear Missile Maintenance and Data Management for the Nuclear Missile Arsenal. Don is a Graduate of the University Of Houston-Downtown and Community College of the Air Force with degrees in Computer Information Systems and Electronic Engineering Technology. Session: |
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Ted Harrington drives thought leadership initiatives for Independent Security Evaluators, the elite organization of security researchers and consultants widely known for being the first company to hack the iPhone. Mr. Harrington holds several special appointments, including the University of Southern California. He holds a bachelors degree from Georgetown University. Ted is a sought-after speaker, presenting at high-profile conferences in a range of industries, including hospitality, internet of things, media & entertainment, and others. Session:
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Carol Hayes is AVP of Enterprise Data Strategy and Services in the Information Services Department of Navy Federal Credit Union, the world's largest credit union. Carol has over 20 years of experience leading large-scale business and technology change efforts in the financial arena. Carol has held numerous leadership positions during her career, including directing the creation and oversight of data management capabilities, project and program management organizations, and internal controls functions. Currently, Carol is leading the development and implementation of Navy Federal's data strategy which has cornerstones of data governance, organizational change management, technology infrastructure, and business impact. Carol holds a Master of Science degree in Information Systems from George Mason University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the University of Maryland. Session: |
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Ralph Hodgson is a co-founder and CTO at TopQuadrant, Inc, a US-based company that specializes in semantic standards-based enterprise data governance and information management solutions. He combines expertise in semantic technologies and other emerging technologies for intelligent systems with over 25 years of experience in business application development and deployment, consulting, software development and strategic planning. Prior to co-founding TopQuadrant, Ralph has held executive consulting positions at IBM Global Services and was the founder of Interactive Development Environments in the UK, an international CASE tools vendor. Session:
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Donovan Hsieh has over 25 years of Enterprise data architecture & modeling experience. Session: |
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Maggie Hubble is responsible for Customer MDM and Global Data Governance at General Motors. Maggie is currently leading Global Customer MDM as a strategic priority which is charged with transforming the way the company creates, governs, and consumes its critical customer data assets. Maggie is extremely passionate about implementing Global Data Governance and driving data strategy. In her present role, she provides leadership for the GM Global Data Council and is working to operationalize Enterprise Data Governance. Maggie is working closely with the Managing Data Stewards to support data issues, data quality concerns, and decisions related to data management. Maggie has over seventeen years of experience with General Motors in a variety of Information Technology and business transformation roles. Sessions: |
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Dennis Huss has been working in the computer industry for 35 years, including software programming, data analysis, database administration, and program management. Dennis is a certified Project Management Professional and Oracle professional. Dennis holds an Economics BS degree and qualifies in Computer Science. He has worked with the Alexandria Fire Department, US EPA, IRS, USAF, DOI, FAA, and DHS. He currently leads the Data Governance Team for US Customs and Border Protection. Dennis has been attending DGIQ in Ft. Lauderdale and San Diego since 2011. Session: |
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Chuck Jensen has over 20 years of IT experience working primarily with SAP systems, more recently including Informatica. He has been with Dr Pepper Snapple Group for 6 years and is currently the IT Manager supporting Data Governance, RMM, and the National Account Small Format teams. Session: |
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Karen Jensen is a Vice President at M&T Bank, where her functional role is the manager of enterprise data quality. She has been with the bank 8 years, where she has led various teams including test data management, the EDW data analyst and test teams, and most recently, the enterprise data quality and reference data teams. Over the last 20 years, she has consulted at various organizations throughout the Western New York area. Session: |
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Brian Keil is Charles Schwab's Managing Director of Global Data Management Reporting to the firm’s Global Data Officer, Brian’s responsible for overseeing the strategy and implementation of the firm’s Data Management activities, including the Enterprise Data Governance Program, Data Integration and Communications. Brian is also the lead contact for all Data Governance related regulatory and engagements and initiatives. During his 21-year tenure with Schwab, he has held a variety of leadership positions spanning operations, sales and marketing and led large scale strategic implementation efforts. Session: |
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Dr. Michael Kelly serves as the University of South Carolina system’s first Chief Data Officer; as one of roughly 8 CDOs working in higher education today, he is helping to adapt the CDO role from business and industry. He leads governance of the university’s data and information assets, ensuring the availability and accuracy of data for making decisions that advance the mission, goals, and strategic priorities of the university’s eight campuses and Palmetto College. Mike works with senior leadership and functional managers to develop a sustainable data governance framework that addresses data stewardship, data standards, data quality & integrity, identity & access management, as well as reporting, analytics, and decision support. Mike holds a PhD in Higher Education Administration and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Sessions: |
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Iqbal Khan's data management experience includes laying the groundwork for the establishment of data governance frameworks, establishment of data management policies, designing metadata systems and workflows, data architecture, data quality measurement and identification of data governance metrics. He has worked in data management roles at the largest financial corporations in the US. Prior to that he consulted in the Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence space for major pharmaceuticals. Currently, Iqbal leads the Data Management and Insights practice at Bintellica LLC. Session: |
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Jennifer Kish has been working in government for 10 years developing frameworks, leading integration, writing policy, and providing oversight of IT investments and program management. Jennifer serves as data steward and program manager developing governance for reference data. Jen's philosophy is to focus on the culture, communication, and education first. In support of enterprise solutions, Jen connects with the people and captures processes upfront through collaboration with internal and external stakeholders identifying and publishing data standards, process, and policy for proper data implementation and development of transferable governance models. Taking every opportunity to improve the data culture, Jennifer maintains continual collaboration with architects, operations, and system owners to verify the quality and integrity of new and changing data implementations and information sharing. Session: |
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Michele Koch is the Director of Enterprise Data Management and the Data Governance Office at Navient. Michele was responsible for the successful design and implementation of the enterprise Data Governance and Data Quality Programs at Navient. Their Data Governance Program won the 2011 Data Governance Best Practice Award. She is also responsible for the data modeling team who provides support to development teams and the business user community, the enterprise data warehouse team, and the business analytics team. Her 35 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. Sessions: |
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Christoph Kögler heads the Innovation Department at T-Systems Multimedia Solutions GmbH, one of the leading European Internet solution providers. He has more than two decades of leadership and project management experience in multimedia, telecommunications and media industries, most of the time primarily in the areas of business development and innovation management. Christoph is certified as a Project Management Professional® and as trainer of SRI Internationals Five Disciplines of Innovation® program. As a recognized expert in the topic of innovation management, he coaches start-ups and entrepreneurs and is a regular speaker at national and international conferences. Session: |
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Curtis Lee is currently the Executive Director for Data Quality with JeffCo Schools. Curtis has held numerous IT leadership positions within K-12 education over the last 25 years in organizations of various sizes and demographic makeup. He is a happily married, washed up soccer player, with two teenage children and a couple of goofy dogs Session: |
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Roberta Lingnau de Oliveira is Quality Assurance Manager and Data Governance Program Manager at Neoway. With a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Roberta has 13 years’ experience in the IT industry of which 10 years have been focused on Software Testing, Quality Assurance, Team Development, Defect Management, Metrics and Processes. During this time, Roberta worked for several projects in different areas of business, participating proactively and helping the teams to achieve their objectives. Due to this background, Roberta is now engaged to Neoway’s Data Governance Program, driving the coordination and execution of ongoing data governance. Session: |
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David Loshin is the President of Knowledge Integrity, Inc, (www.knowledge-integrity.com), a consulting company focusing on information management solutions (information quality, business intelligence, metadata, and data governance). David is among Knowledge Integrity’s recognized experts in information management, contributing to Intelligent Enterprise, DM Review, and is a channel expert for the Business Intelligence network (www.b-eye-network.com). David's books include "The Practitioner's Guide to Data Quality Improvement," and "Master Data Management,” and his book, "Business Intelligence: The Savvy Manager’s Guide" (June 2003), has been hailed as a resource allowing readers to "gain an understanding of business intelligence, business management disciplines, data warehousing, and how all of the pieces work together." David has created courses for TDWI, DATAVERSITY, and other number of venues, and is often asked to provide thought leadership to the Information Management Community. Sessions: |
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Tran Q. Ly is a Data Strategist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, primarily involved in the implementation a formalized data governance structure at the hospital. Current initiatives include mapping systems architecture, terminology standardization, master data management, and other endeavors centered on advancing data literacy, data integrity, and a data driven culture. Tran has previously worked at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Millennium Pharmaceuticals in Boston, as well as at a life science consulting firm, a community health center in NYC, and the New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Her past professional experience has been predominantly in healthcare, ranging from regulatory affairs to population health management and data analytics. She has an MPH in Infectious Disease Epidemiology from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, an MA in Secondary Science Education also from Columbia, and a BS in Biological Sciences from the University of California, at Irvine.Sessions: |
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Sally McCormack is the Data Quality Practice Lead at Datasource Consulting. As a subject matter expert, Sally provides leadership, management, vision, and technical direction to ensure effective data quality delivery strategies are met. Through technological training, best practice development, and defined processes, Sally provides the executive oversight required for a successful data quality consulting arm. She brings over 12 years of data integration, data quality, data warehousing, and business intelligence excellence. She has expertise in both architecting and implementing ETL and data quality solutions and has provided strategic and tactical leadership on numerous projects, implementing enterprise data warehouses and data quality programs in biotech/pharmaceutical and other industries. Sally is a Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP) in Data Integration and Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP) in Data Analysis and Design. Session: |
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Danette McGilvray is President and Principal of Granite Falls Consulting, 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, Granite Falls' strength is in helping clients connect their business strategy to practical steps for implementation. Data quality and governance are always tied to an organization's goals, issues, and opportunities, with communication and the human aspect of work also being emphasized. Danette is the author of Executing Data Quality Projects: Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information™ (Morgan Kaufmann, 2008). An internationally respected expert, her Ten Steps™ approach has been embraced as a proven method for managing data quality in any organization. A popular speaker, she has taught her courses in several countries. Her book has been translated into Chinese and is being used as a textbook in university graduate programs. Sessions:
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Michael McMorrow is Principal of MMM Data Perspectives, providing consultancy to businesses, and lecturing to business colleges, on common-sense approaches to organizing, understanding and exploiting data. Prior to this Michael was Head of Information Solution Design at AIB Bank and the leading architect for the design, build and business use of the Enterprise Data Warehouse. Michael was Chairman of the UK & Ireland Teradata User Group in 2003 & 2004 and has presented, lectured and published widely on data-centric topics including governance, quality, modeling and analytics. Michael has a B.A. in History of Art, Philosophy and Film Studies and an M.Sc.Management in Organizational Behaviour. Session: |
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Melanie Mecca is CMMI Institute’s Director of Data Management Products and Services, led development of the Data Management Maturity (DMM) Model. Her team created a business-centric method for assessing an organization’s capabilities via the DMM, and she leads Assessments for organizations in multiple industries. She directed creation of the Building EDM Capabilities, Mastering EDM Capabilities, and Enterprise Data Management Expert (EDME) courses leading to the EDME certification. In her 30+ years solving enterprise data challenges, Ms. Mecca advocates measuring data management capabilities as the quickest path to business value, and is devoted to empowering our industry through data management education. Session: |
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Paul Medaille has over 17 years’ experience at SAP, working as a trainer, consultant, product manager, and currently works with the Enterprise Information Management portfolio as a solution manager. His current focus is on data migration and data governance topics. He is a frequent speaker at SAP and other conferences, and has contributed to several books on SAP technology, including Enteprise Information Management with SAP (2nd edition), Data Provisioning and Cleansing with SAP HANA SDI and SAP HANA SDQ, and Practical Workflow for SAP (2nd edition), all published by SAP Press. Paul has a degree in Mathematics from the University of California at Davis. He lives in Eugene, Oregon, with his wife Jessica and two retired greyhounds. Session: |
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Kimberly Nevala is the Director of Business Strategies for the SAS Best Practices team. She is responsible for industry education, key client strategies and market analysis in the areas of business analytics, data governance, and enterprise information management. Kimberly has 20 years of experience advising clients worldwide on strategic customer and information management programs. Kimberly's work has been featured by Information Week, CIO Asia, Knowledge World, Datanami and the IIA. She is the author of Portrait of a CAO (an Analytic eBook), The Anatomy of an Analytic Enterprise, 10 Mistakes to Avoid When Launching a Data Governance Program and Sustainable Data Governance. Session: |
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Michael Nicosia joined TIAA in November 2004 and is currently responsible for developing and deploying business-led data and process governance capabilities, and leading the development of Finance & Actuarial's (F&A) multi-dimensional vision, strategy, and roadmap. In addition to these responsibilities, Mr. Nicosia oversees 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, Mr. Nicosia worked as a Managing Consultant for The Amherst Group Limited, a consulting firm that provides advisory services to Shared Services organizations around the world. During this time, he provided strategic advice and counsel to Fortune 100 companies on organizational design, implementation of shared services management practices, and conducted detailed studies of various service delivery processes across multiple functional areas and industries. Session: |
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Kim Olson’s enterprise architecture experience spans the full spectrum from Enterprise Information Management, Business and Data Architecture, Data Design, Governance, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Master Data Management, Data Security, Reference Data Management, Data Quality and Metadata Management. She has created, managed and maintained several data governance programs in various business groups. Some of the programs include: Data Quality, Reference Data Management, Clinical Business Data Governance, Clinical Definition Alignment, Integrated Data Warehouse Program Governance, Enterprise Architecture Program, Cross Functional Reporting Practice, Enterprise Service Bus Standards, Enterprise Information Delivery Environment and Data Architecture Practices. She has a Master of Science in Software Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Prior Data Management Professional (CDMP) Certification, Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification and Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT). Session: |
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Dr Katherine O'Keefe is a Data Governance and Data Privacy consultant with Castlebridge Associates. Katherine has worked with clients in a variety of sectors on consulting and training engagements since starting with Castlebridge Associates. Katherine holds a Doctorate in Anglo-Irish Literature from University College Dublin and, as well as being a Data Governance and Privacy consultant, is a world leading experts on the Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde. Katherine is a native San Diegan, living and working in Ireland. Session: |
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Having worked with the software and systems providers key to the formulation of Master Data Management (MDM), 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 University and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Sessions: |
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Cynthia Parsons has have been in the Insurance industry for 31 years. She has been engaged in Data Governance since 2004 - started "grass roots" effort at Nationwide. She 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 2014, she became a member of the Enterprise Data Governance Team reporting up to the Chief Data Officer. As a member of the Enterprise Data Governance Team, Cynthia has oversight of several domain data governance teams providing assistance for both run and build operations. Furthermore, she is responsible to complete compliance assessments of the domains and to facilitate data certification of both new and existing data repositories. Session: |
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Scott Peachey has been around aspects of data, compliance and oversight for 12 years. He has been engaged in several roles that include data analysis, data manipulation, security and reporting. Additionally, Scott has been dedicated to continuous improvement throughout his career. In 2014, he became a member of the Enterprise Data Governance Team reporting up to the Chief Data Officer. As a member of the Enterprise Data Governance Team, Scott has oversight of many business unit data governance teams providing assistance for both run and build operations. Furthermore, he is responsible to complete compliance assessments of the business units, facilitate data certification of both new and existing data repositories all the while building and conducting Data Governance training throughout Nationwide. Session: |
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Theresa Peachey joined American Family Insurance in 2002 and has focused the majority of her career in aspects of Business Intelligence and Info Management. She was one of the initial leaders of the Business Analytics program in 2010, which focused on development of a new data warehousing environment to support reporting and analytic needs across the organization. At the commencement of the Enterprise Information Management Department in May 2013, Theresa and her team joined the department and has since moved into the Information Quality Manager role. Theresa leads a team of professionals to provide information quality services including data health assessments, data validations and reconciliations, data monitoring, data remediations and data conversions. Session: |
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Kathy Rondon has worked as a government employee and contractor in information management and data governance for over twenty years. Most of her career has focused on the proper handling, classifications, controls, and clearance of national security data, and she has recently applied this expertise to designing and delivering enterprise level training on data governance and curation of classified information. She is currently the Chief Operating Officer for The Reports & Requirements Company LLC, a woman-owned small business providing innovative operations and data sharing solutions to US government clients on sensitive data collections. Ms. Rondon is a certified Data Governance and Stewardship Professional (DGSP). Session: |
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Ajay Sabhlok has 21+ years of experience building & implementing Business Intelligence, Master Data Management, Big Data, Sales, Marketing & Customer Support strategy & solutions. Expertise in multiple application areas including CRM, MDM, Business Intelligence/Analytics, Big Data/Hadoop, eCommerce, Digital Asset Management/Content Management, Order Management, Incentive Compensation, HR and Payroll and Inventory Management He currently leads enterprise Business Intelligence, Big Data and Master Data Management solutions delivery at VMWare. Session: |
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Denise Sawicki was in data before data was cool--from performing sex changes on survey respondents (sticker on the hole in the punch card) to creating executive operational reports at IBM to creating data marts now sold by SAP to hand-building an MDM system for dental providers, she has designed and implemented databases and apps at startups through giant companies. Now part of the team at Waterline Data, a Silicon Valley startup that's brought a smart data catalog to Hadoop, she's part of the effort to bring database management tools to Hadoop data lakes. Session: |
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Mary Schmidt is Customer Master Data Owner at Caterpillar. In this role, she has implemented a data quality program for Customer data, identifying data quality issues at the source level and Golden record level and setting thresholds for data quality attributes. Mary has worked with the Customer Information Management team to establish world class data policies, practices and standards. Mary has a BS in Business Management and an MBA with a marketing concentration from Bradley University. Session: |
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Anzél Schonfeldt is an experienced information practitioner with strong technical and management skills. She has worked in various Southern African industries, including government, donor, private and tertiary education sectors. Her experience includes data quality audits; system design/development, data analysis, report writing and technical assistance to departments of Health, Public Works, Stats SA, Social Development, Education, Gates Foundation, Trade and Industry, PEPFAR, Winrock, USDoL and the Global Fund. Anzél served on the SAMEA and SAATCA Technical Management Boards, and founded/chaired Data Management Scheme. She holds membership in the International Development Association; IAIDQ; the Technical Committee 84 (Quality) at SABS, DAMA, AEA, AfrEA, SAQI and the ASQ. Currently employed as the Resident Technical Advisor at John Snow Inc. in South Africa, she holds a Masters degree and is in the process of obtaining an MSC in Information Quality. Session: |
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Holly Lee Sefton is a Senior Business Analyst for Independent Health, a not-for-profit health plan with more than 400,000 members, headquartered in Buffalo, New York. Holly joined Independent Health in 2015 and is responsible for eliciting requirements for a wide range of projects. She works across all facets of the organization, allowing her to introduce data governance in both the business and the technical components of projects. Her experience includes working on projects in the Sales & Marketing, eBusiness, Finance/Actuarial, and Analytics/Informatics functional areas. She also works on projects that are cross-functional and projects that “keep the lights on”. She has been involved with the Data Governance Professionals Organization (DGPO) since the organization was founded in February, 2011. She currently serves in the role of Vice President of Operations on the DGPO Board.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 2016,
TDAN.com is celebrating its 19th anniversary focusing on knowledge transfer and
consultative mentoring in the areas of Data Governance, Metadata and
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Kevin Shannon is a senior enterprise data governance leader who has held seniors roles with companies such as AIG, Standard & Poor's and, currently Dun & Bradstreet. Overall, he has more than 20 years of experience conceiving and implementing enterprise data management strategies and technology solutions, defining information architecture, establishing vision from concept through completion, and overseeing the associated IT and business process change. Session: |
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Karen Sheridan is a member of the Enterprise Strategic Data Services (ESDS) team within the Enterprise Data Office at The Hartford. Karen joined ESDS in 2014 to lead Data Stewardship initiatives and support Data Quality across the enterprise. In addition to teaching the process of naming and defining data according to business standards, Karen's current position offers a platform for documenting best practices, improving process methodology to progress data governance efforts and supporting a robust metadata program across the enterprise. Her experience includes various positions in Marketing and Analytics as well as serving as a Domain Data Steward for the Personal Lines domain. These positions provided exposure to best practices for data management and helped to foster a strong passion for data governance, stewardship and data quality. Session: |
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Graeme Simsion was for twenty five years a data management consultant, educator and CEO of a successful consultancy. He is a six-time keynote presenter at DAMA conferences (in the US, UK and Australia), author of two books on data modeling and recipient of the DAMA professional achievement award. He holds a doctorate in information systems and an MBA from the University of Melbourne. Session:
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Jay Smith has over 30 years of experience in data architecture, applications development, object technology and consulting while developing applications in the insurance, manufacturing, financial services, transportation and telecommunication industries. He has worked for a variety of organizations including Accenture, American Century Mutual Funds, SunGard and CrossLogic Corporation. Jay has also authored and taught numerous courses in systems development, Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, and Java programming. Jay joined BCBSA in May of 2004 and is now part of the Enterprise Architecture team, focusing on database and data structure design, application integration and metadata. Jay is a Certified Public Accountant and has a Master’s of Business Administration degree from the University of Kansas. He also is certified in UML, Java Programming, and technical instruction. Sessions: |
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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 is the author of several books including The IBM Data Governance Unified Process, Selling Information Governance to the Business, Big Data Governance, Data Governance Tools and The Chief Data Officer Handbook for Data Governance. Sunil has also worked at the Financial Services Strategy Consulting Practice of Booz Allen & Hamilton and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago. Session: |
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Goran Strangmark is VP Business Development at ROKITT. Before ROKITT, Goran led the Business Technology Transformation at HP Enterprise Services where he helped customers create transformation programs utilizing technology change to improve business outcomes. Goran holds a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan in Stockholm, Sweden and has attended Executive MBA program at Columbia University. Session:
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For over 25 years Grant Sutton has helped organizations, large and small, optimize the value of their data. He is passionate about identifying and solving the whole problem - people, process and technology - to deliver value from data. He currently serves as the Director of Solutions Architecture and Data Governance Practice Lead for Datasource Consulting. In addition to experience consulting across three continents, he has served as VP, Enterprise Performance Management & Data Governance at Apollo Education Group/University of Phoenix and the Acting Director, Enterprise Business Intelligence at AmerisourceBergen Corporation Session: |
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John R. Talburt, PhD, IQCP, CDMP, is Chief Scientist for Black Oak Analytics, an Arkansas-based company specializing in Data Quality and Master Data Management solutions. He is also the Acxiom Chair of Information Quality and Director of the Information Quality Program at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Previously he was the leader for research and development and product innovation at Acxiom Corporation, a global leader in information management and customer data integration. He is an inventor for several patents related to customer data integration and the author of numerous research papers and articles on information quality and entity resolution. His books include Entity Resolution and Information Quality (Morgan Kaufmann, 2011), Data Engineering: Mining, Information and Intelligence (Springer, 2010), Information Quality and Governance for Business Intelligence (IGI Global, 2014), and Entity Information Life Cycle for Big Data: Master Data Management and Information Session: |
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Chad Van Derrick is a results-focused business executive recognized for digital transformation and enterprise IT strategies. During his 3 years at SAP Chad has focused on increasing data governance capabilities through process, technology, and change management. His experience in enterprise information management solutions includes SAP Information Steward, HANA Agile Data Preparation, and HANA Rules Framework. He is based in Seattle. Session:
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Kathleen Warmoth is Stanford University’s Data Stewardship Coordinator. In this role she is responsible for developing and coordinating data stewardship processes across organizations, subject areas, reporting platforms, administrative systems, and databases. Kathleen implements standards, and best practices around the development of business-oriented metadata, data sharing exchange protocols and master data management. Prior to coordinating Stanford’s data stewardship and data governance efforts, Kathleen served as the School of Medicine’s Academic Affairs Data Manager. In this role, she implemented consistent nomenclature associated with faculty data across the school, and established best practices for using these data. Session: |
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Kate Wood's background includes 20 years experience in the arenas of Customer Service, Supply Chain, Audit and Master Data. She has been with Dr Pepper Snapple Group for 11 years and has spent the last 5 years working in the Master Data Field through projects and currently as the Director of Data Governance. Sessions: |
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Saad Yacu is the Enterprise Metadata Team Manager at Allstate Insurance and has been a member of the Data Management group for more than 14 years. Saad is the lead architect and designer of the Allstate metadata repository, Data Guide and the Code Management System. Saad is an experienced developer, and leverages his development skills to oversee the design of better solutions for managing the enterprise repository and the codes management system for a large insurance company. Saad was able to position the Code Management System to be an enterprise asset currently used as the system of record by multiple applications for cleansing, verification, or translation of simple and complex codes. Session: |
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Steven Zagoudis is the President of MetaGovernance Solutions. Steve is implementing a new paradigm in data governance that puts into practice the nuances in applying technology in a regulated world, and addressing regulation through governance process and controls. Steve has substantial corporate experience directing IT, data governance and information governance efforts at BP, IBM, Goldman and the Federal Home Loan Banks. As a result of his experience base, he has repeatedly demonstrated the dynamics of governance controls in the world of structured and unstructured big data, created value through augmentation of failed data warehouses by improving use from increased data confidence and control automation, and established an approach for eliminating waste across the information flow of organizations. Steve's involvement with executive-level management puts into practice his passion of driving business and competitive advantage through the optimal use of an organization’s assets. Sessions:
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