Conference Speakers
|
|||
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:
|
|||
Greg Ardoin, manages the Global Master Data Management group for ConocoPhillips. He has over 30 years experience in the Oil & Gas Industry with the last 10 years working within SAP. Greg is responsible for setting up master data, developing and implementing business rules to help ensure data quality and integrity for the Procurement organization within ConocoPhillips. He was instrumental in the development & implementation of the P2P Strategy for ConocoPhillips. Greg is currently serving as Vice Chair of the Classification Workgroup for PIDX (Petroleum Industry Data Exchange). Session: |
|||
Jakub Bartak, an expert at understanding enterprise data needs and applying technical insight to solve those needs is Ataccama's lead MDM Client Consultant. He has several years of direct experience with Data Quality and MDM projects related to customer and address domain cleansing for major clients including Societe Generale, Sabre Airline Solutions, Bank of Montreal and Scotiabank. Prior to his current role, he served as head of Ataccama’s Quality Assurance department. An accomplished presenter, he provides multi-day trainings for both customers and partners. Session:
|
|||
Session: |
|||
Mr. Peter Richard Benson is the Executive Director of the Electronic Commerce Code Management Association (ECCMA). Peter served as the chair of the US Standards Committee responsible for the development and maintenance of EDI standard for product data; he was responsible for the design, development and global promotion of the UNSPSC as an internationally recognized commodity classification and for the design of the eOTD, an internationally recognized open technical dictionary based on the NATO codification system. Peter is the project leader for ISO 8000 the new international standard for data quality and for ISO 22745 the new standard for open technical dictionaries and the exchange of characteristic data. Peter is an expert in distributed information systems, content encoding, master data management and the generation of high quality descriptions that are the heart of today’s ERP applications and the next generation of high speed and high relevance internet searches. Session:
|
|||
Davida Berger is the President and founder of DebTech International LLC, an information management training and conference production organization. Davida is the Program Chair for the Data Governance Conferences and the Data Governance Winter Conference. These events are produced jointly with Wilshire Conferences. Davida has served on the executive boards of several DAMA chapters and DAMA International. Davida is the recipient of the 2002 DAMA International Achievement Award based on her contribution to education for information management professionals. She is a co-founder of the Meta-Data Professional Organization and is the Founding President of a new association, Data Governance Professionals Organization. Session: |
|||
Teresa Black is a Technical Architect at Alere Health, a leading provider in healthcare services that are connected, empowering and smart. She has over 20 years experience spent in a variety of Information Technology roles, most heavily focused on healthcare data architecture, analysis, management and administration. Her current, primary focuses are implementing a Data Governance Program and assisting in building a Health Data Exchange at Alere Health. Session:
|
|||
Becky Briggs has over 20 years IT experience with the last 10 in data warehousing, business intelligence and data governance. Becky currently leads teams supporting her division in project management, strategic program management, quality management and performs the role of data steward for the enterprise data warehouse responsible for data management, security, classification, access management, data provisioning and data acquisition initiatives. Sessions: |
|||
James Cerrato is Chief Product Evangelist for Adaptive. James has more than twenty years experience working for leading edge software companies enabling the companies' strategic visions to be realized in world-class software implementations. He has worked in software development, consulting and product management roles and has extensive expertise in repository technology, metadata management, object-oriented technology, meta-modeling and enterprise architecture. At Adaptive, James is responsible for presenting and demonstrating Adaptive products and works directly with strategic partners. He plays a significant role in defining product strategy, including the product requirements from prospects and customers. James manages Adaptive's relations with industry analysts and leads Adaptive's technical response to RFPs and RFIs. Prior to working for Adaptive, James co-founded a leading enterprise architecture modeling tool vendor which was recognized by Deloitte and Touche as one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in New England. Session:
|
|||
Winston Chen serves as Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, responsible for formulating long-term direction for Kalido's business strategy and product offerings, as well as developing key partnerships with technology, content and global services companies. Sessions:
|
|||
Victor Chiasson has been Senior Data Quality Analyst in the Human Resources Branch at Industry Canada since 2009. His background includes a stint as a demographic data analyst in human resources and he held responsibility for data quality control activity in the Horticulture Unit of Statistics Canada from 2000 to 2004. Victor has a lifelong interest in teaching and presenting and has most recently taught several mini courses on HR data analysis to colleagues at Industry Canada. His academic background includes degrees in Psychology, Philosophy and Theology. Session: |
|||
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:
|
|||
Data management strategist and data evangelist, Kira Chuchom heads up the Data Quality Strategy & Alignment group, Cisco's Enterprise Data Quality and Data Governance, within Cisco IT's Business Intelligence and Data Services organization. Kira and her team deliver business value through 1) stakeholder engagement and alignment in strategic data management, 2) design and operationalization of Data Governance, and 3) improving data quality across Cisco. The team fosters, facilitates and enables cross-functional collaboration and partnerships between business and IT across Cisco's data ecosystem through key enablers such as a federated Data Governance framework, a Data Quality Improvement methodology that includes a Data Certification process, a Data Quality Center of Excellence that is co-led by key business and IT stakeholders, a thriving Stewardship Community, and usage of data quality tools. Kira's experience also includes Master Data Management (Customer and Product), Enterprise Data Warehouses, data modeling, data architecture, hierarchy management and metadata strategy. Sessions: |
|||
Oliver Claude is responsible for Product Marketing across Informatica’s Master Data Management, Data Quality and Identity Resolution product lines. Joining Informatica in July 2010, Oliver brings over 15 years of experience in the enterprise software industry with a deep focus on Information Management. Oliver’s experience spans CRM, Business Intelligence, ECM, BPM, EAI, Data Integration, Data Quality, Master Data Management, and Data Governance. Oliver brought vast customer experiences spanning more than 500 global organizations. Session:
|
|||
Delphine Clément – is now a consultant in Data Quality and Data Governance at A.I.D. (France). Previous to this role, Delphine was leading the Customer Information Quality Team at Hewlett Packard Corporate, between November 2000 and April 2010. She is co-founder of ExQI, for Excellence, Quality, Information – ExQI is the French Association for the promotion of the Data Quality Culture. Delphine has a solid experience in the evaluation and the maintenance of B2B customer master data quality. She is certified from the MIT Information Quality Program - IQMI (2003) and MIT IQII (2004) as well as from the Greenbelt Program. Delphine has co-written the following Data Quality papers : “Re-Engineering the Hewlett-Packard US Contact Center Customer Data”, 1st of July 2003, for MIT IQMI , “Hewlett Packard Customer Master Program – Data Quality Audit of 6 Functional Masters” for the 11th International Conference on Information Quality (ICIQ-06, MIT IQ), “Using Association Rules to Detect Data Quality Issues” for the 13th International Conference on Information Quality (ICIQ-08, MIT IQ), “Non Qualité de Données et CRM: quels coûts?” for the French EGC 2008 (2ème Atelier Qualité des Données et des Connaissances) Session: |
|||
With over 15 years experience in the field of data, William Courtier joined the e-business department at Group Fnac five years ago. During these 5 years, William designed and implemented the business intelligence portal for France, Italy, Spain and Portugal (Datawarehouse / Datamart / Reports portal). William participated in developing the Fnac.com CRM strategy, on multi-devices (Web, mobile) and multi-channels (Web, Shop), and is currently in charge of a new customer knowledge program. Session: |
|||
Barbara Deemer is the Chief Data Steward at Sallie Mae. 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 BBA in Accounting Session:
|
|||
Martha Dember is an industry recognized professional in the areas of MDM, Data Governance and Data Management for compliance with Regulatory Mandates and Guidelines and has more than 20 years of experience in information technology and consulting services in the computer, retail, distribution, import and export, insurance, banking, utilities, healthcare, entertainment and hospitality industries. Ms. Dember is also a recognized leader in the area of business intelligence (BI)t, having helped many organizations develop their BI strategies, formulate their Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and develop executive dashboards, scorecards and predictive analysis models to mention just a few of her accomplishments. She evaluates organizations risks and success factors for implementing BI, and helps clients develop their road maps for achieving their longer term, strategic BI goals. She has worked for more than 15 years with top executives to use business information to improve business operations and results. Ms. Dember has an MBA with a specialization in the Management of Information Technology, is a Certified Business Intelligence Practitioner (CBIP) and is a frequent lecturer at industry and user group conferences worldwide. Sessions:
|
|||
Dr. Walid el Abed is the Founder President of Global Data Excellence. He
is a globally renowned expert and visionary in the fields of Data Governance,
Data Quality, Data Conversion, Metadata and Master Data Management. Session:
|
|||
Larry English is a Futurist and the Foremost authority leading the revolution to bring in the emerging Realized Information Age 3.0. English’s experience in many industries enables him to see patterns in business practices that can cause success or failure in the Realized Information Age. He received the Data Mgt Association. (DAMA) 1998 “Individual Achievement Award” and was featured as one of “21 Voices for the 21st Century” in 2000 by ASQ. He was awarded the “Heartbeat of America” Award in 2009 for his entrepreneurial work to advance Information Quality in US industry and government. English was recognized in 2009 for Decades of Outstanding Contributions in Information Quality Management by MIT’s Information Quality Program. English’s book, Improving Data Warehouse and Business Information Quality, is called “the Information Quality Bible for the Information Age,” by Masaaki Imai, creator of Kaizen®. English's new book, Information Quality Applied, has received rave reviews. Sessions: |
|||
Dr. Jacob Feldman is a founder and CTO of OpenRules, Inc., a NJ
corporation that created and maintains the popular Open Source Business Rules
Management System "OpenRules". He has extensive experience in
development of decision support software using business rules, optimization,
and machine learning technologies for real-world mission-critical applications Session:
|
|||
Mike Ferguson is Managing Director of Intelligent Business Strategies Limited. As an analyst and consultant he specializes in business intelligence, enterprise business integration, and data management. With over years of IT experience, Mike has consulted for dozens of companies on business intelligence, data management and business integration. He has spoken at events all over the world and written numerous articles. Mike is a resident expert on the Business Intelligence Network in the UK and other European countries providing articles, blogs, and his insights on the industry. Formerly he was a principal and co-founder of Codd and Date Europe Limited – the inventors of the Relational Model, a Chief Architect at Teradata on the Teradata DBMS, and European Managing Director of Database Associates. He teaches popular Enterprise 2.0 master classes in Operational Business Intelligence and Performance Management, Enterprise Data Governance, Master Data Management, and Service Oriented Architecture. Sessions:
|
|||
Tom Fontanella is the Director of Master Data Services within Genzyme Corporation’s Enterprise IT organization. He leads the data management program responsible for the analysis, conversion, maintenance and governance of master data. He brings 25 years of information technology experience and a diverse set of leadership positions to his current role. Tom holds a BA from Boston College and an MBA from the University of Rhode Island. Previous employers have included Cisco Systems and The Boston Consulting Group. He also has taught courses in information technology as an adjunct professor at UMass-Lowell and Boston College. Session:
|
|||
Sandesh Gawande is CTO at Abyss Group Inc, www.AbyssGroupInc.com, a Data Integration Products & Services firm. The core activities include Data Integration consulting, Data Architecture Design Services, ETL Strategy & Auditing and reconciliation software (iCE Audit™) Implementation www.IntegritycheckEngine.com Sandesh is an expert in ETL strategy and blogs at www.ETLGuru.com .He has developed Data Integration & ETL consulting & training practice under ETL Interface Architecture®. Currently he is authoring ETL Book which will be a complete Bible for ETL development. He is actively implementing, advising or training various financial firms on various Data Integration projects. Session:
|
|||
Sally Gerber has been with Amway for almost 10 years in positions ranging from technical positions in EAI and portal technologies through her current role as an Information Architect leading the Enterprise Data Management Team. Session: |
|||
In his twenty year career in the technology industry, Jeff Goins has led companies to a high level of success in developing quality software solutions resulting in millions of dollars in revenue. Jeff was a co-founder of Business Analysis International, a company which combined leading methodologies with enabling toolkits aimed at helping organizations manage complex change initiatives. He was instrumental in completing the acquisition and merger of Adaptive which provided the underlying technology needed to effectively monitor and manage compliance and governance processes throughout the enterprise. Jeff has been responsible for developing alliances with such firms as Unisys, IBM, and Capgemini. He has a vast network of alliances around the world and continues to be a thought leader in acquiring and packaging technologies which meet key needs in the compliance, governance, and risk analysis markets. Session:
|
|||
Rachel Haines is an IT professional with more than 25 years experience in end-to-end software development lifecycle in roles ranging from project manager and business analyst to hands-on software engineer. Recent efforts have focused on Data Governance implementation and various software integration initiatives. Excellent time management, communication, and presentation skills. Strong judgment and decision-making ability in eliciting business needs, translating needs into technical requirements, and implementing effective solutions while employing best practice methodologies. Session:
|
|||
Dan Hartley is Vice President, Data Governance and Management, at ConAgra Foods, Inc., and is responsible for defining and achieving the company’s data strategy and objectives. Mr. Hartley manages ConAgra Foods’ data-related initiatives, including data governance, data maintenance, and the definition of data-related business processes and data standards, ensuring compliance to these standards and publishing and monitoring the company’s data scorecards and metrics. Previously, Mr. Hartley was the Vice President of Customer Finance where he was responsible for the credit and collections, cash application, and deduction resolution functions. Mr. Hartley joined ConAgra in 1995 as a customer service representative and served as a customer service manager for three years. Following those roles, he managed the integration of business acquisitions, led the order processing activities for SAP pilot implementation, and served as the director for rollout of SAP Order-to-Cash system. Mr. Hartley earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Arizona State University. Session: |
|||
Cynthia Hartman is a 39-year veteran of The Hartford. Most of that time has been spent as a business data management professional, with time served in a variety of analytical positions in The Hartford’s statistical data reporting area, the field coding liaison area, and Personal Lines Underwriting. Her extensive work over the years on complex business projects covering a wide variety of lines of business, systems, business functions, and data issues/problems has given her a robust perspective on data at The Hartford. This knowledge was a perfect lead-in to her assignment to the Enterprise Strategic Data Services Unit (ESDS) five years ago. Ms. Hartman’s work in ESDS has included development and enforcement of The Hartford’s P&C Enterprise Data Standards, their Data Governance and Stewardship foundational and operational processes, and especially their Data Quality Program. She currently holds the position of Senior Business Consultant in ESDS and serves as the business program manager of their data profiling tool and development of their data quality program. She is a graduate of Endicott College. Session: |
|||
David Ho is the
Director of Global Data Quality Management at Warner Home Entertainment Group.
He is currently spearheading a major data quality initiative while applying
Lean Six Sigma methodologies and processes. His immediate focus is on ERP (SAP)
material master data for Supply Chain Management (SCM) module. David has over
20 years of data management experience. Session: |
|||
Jeff Kazor is the Director of Data Governance for ConAgra Foods, bringing over 20 years of Leadership and Supply Chain experience including Manufacturing, Inventory Control, Warehousing, Quality Assurance, Customer Service, Transportation and Reverse Logistics to his Data Governance role. Jeff holds strategic responsibility for ConAgra Foods’ data-related activities and initiatives, including data governance, data quality, data maintenance and master data management. Session:
|
|||
Sean Kimball is in the role of Chief Enterprise Architect, Tactical Development Support Manager, IT Risk - DR, Program Management for Key Business Initiatives, Head of Data Services, Organization Design and Transition Planning, Head of Infrastructure Architecture, and Architecture and Governance at MetLife Bank. Session:
|
|||
Michele Koch runs the Data Governance Program for Sallie Mae. She has more than 27 years of experience in structured analysis and design techniques for both process and data modeling. Michele spent the first ten years of her career as a consultant providing systems analysis and design leadership using CASE tools to Fortune 500 companies. Her last 17 years have been spent within data administration at Sallie Mae. Currently, she is the Director of the Data Governance Office at Sallie Mae and manages the enterprise data management team. Michele Koch received dual master's degrees in MIS and Computer Systems Applications from The American University and a bachelor's degree from Cornell University. Sessions:
|
|||
Sarah Kohler, Director, Product Management, joined Trillium Software in 2003. She has served in several roles at Trillium during this time, including Customer Marketing, Product Marketing, and now, Product Management. Prior to coming to Trillium Software, she built her data quality expertise at various consulting firms doing hands-on project work in data warehousing, BI, and CRM. Her broad industry background includes government, insurance, healthcare, and retail. She implemented a number of data quality solutions using a variety of tools, custom development efforts, and methodologies. Sessions:
|
|||
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 for Business – A Guide to
Managing Information as an Asset.” He frequently writes and speaks on a variety
of technology and enterprise information management topics. He is occasionally
editor of the Enterprise Data Journal, a web-based publication on all topics
related to data and EIM. His Information Management experience is balanced
between strategy, technology, project management and practical application of
EIM to business problems. Session:
|
|||
Vincent Lam, Product Marketing Director, is responsible for the marketing of iWay Software’s entire product line. Mr. Lam has a diverse background in the technology sector and has helped position iWay Software’s products as best of breed in a competitive marketplace. Earlier in his career at the company, Mr. Lam was a strategic product manager. He introduced new strategic and innovative products to the marketplace such as WebFOCUS Magnify, the world’s first real-time transactional enterprise search solution. Mr. Lam’s background includes innovation at Wall St firms, technology firms, and entrepreneurship. Session:
|
|||
Eric Landis is the Senior Data Steward at Prime Therapeutics in Eagan, Minnesota. Prime is a privately held pharmacy benefit management company that provides pharmacy solutions for health plans, employers and their members. Prime's core services include claims processing, reporting, data analysis, and mail-service pharmacy. Eric is responsible for implementing and managing Prime's data governance and stewardship program. He has 20 years experience in information management and data governance. Prior to joining Prime, he consulted with government and corporate clients to establish metadata management programs, build controlled vocabularies and gather information user (call them "customers") requirements. He started his information management career as the director of an international non-profit information brokerage house based in Portland, Oregon. Session:
|
|||
Craig Laufer has over 20 year of IT experience, ranging from in-house developer to consultant to testing engineer. He has spent the last four years leading a test data management initiative designed to improve productivity by automating many aspects of test data procurement. A major part of this initiative has been the implementation of various means of data obfuscation. His involvement in this initiative from its inception gives him unique insights into this discipline, which is becoming more significant with the heightened awareness of privacy concerns, both from a legislative perspective and from increased public sensitivity to the issue. Craig has supplemented this practical experience by earning related certifications, including CIPP (Certified Information Privacy Professional) and CIDM (Certified Insurance Data Manager) designations. Session: |
|||
Timothy Leonard, CTO and VP of Information Management at US Xpress Inc, has over 23 years experience in configuration management planning for Information Management System, Operational Data Stores and Order Entry Systems. His expertise include delivery/implementation of mechanisms to identify, control, and track changes during project rollouts across functional teams. He has written procedures on the effectives of formalized methodologies for managing change requests to re-baseline technology and business initiatives. A "patent holder" for Internet Order Entry System, Mr. Leonard, a publisher of several articles on effective collaboration techniques, has practical experience in all phases of project life cycle from product inception, maturity, through steady-state rollout, and cohesive integration into mainstream quote through cash systems. Mr. Leonard has spear-headed and deployed proven methods at fortune 500 companies to identify, track and evaluate the implication of changes through statistical configuration synthesis and measurements across initiation and release cycles of enterprise solutions. His methods proven by empirical evidence have effectively converged the optimum balance of delivering business solutions through efficient and enabling IT assets. Session:
|
|||
Susan E. Lewandowski has over 35 years of experience in financial services in both front office and support areas spanning Retail, Commercial & Private Banking sales, product development & credit analysis within the Domestic Bank and for a Canadian-based Trust Company. In the International Bank, Susan provided advisory support for product and market entry analysis in select markets in Asia-Pacific, including an in-country assignment in Indonesia. In 2000, Susan transferred to Mexico to conduct market analysis for the launch of Private Banking, later assuming a number of local positions, including a 5 year role as Head of Sales Wealth Management. Presently, Susan’s responsibility as Director of Data Governance & Business Intelligence encompasses a restructure of the previous MIS area and responsibility for the launch of group-wide Data Governance in México. Scotiabank has a multinational presence, operating in more than 50 countries worldwide, offering a diverse range of products and services across four business lines – Canadian Banking, International Banking, Scotia Capital and a new Global Wealth Management Division. Scotiabank is proud to be a leader in best practices related to board governance, risk management, compensation practices, auditing and compliance. Session:
|
|||
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). David's most recent book is "The Practitioner's Guide to Data Quality Improvement," and he has authored "Master Data Management" published by The MK/OMG Press in September 2008. 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 The Data Warehousing Institute, presented at DAMA/Meta Data conferences, taught tutorials on data quality at a number of venues, and as a representative of Knowledge Integrity is often called upon to provide insights and thought leadership to the Information Management community. Sessions:
|
|||
Tinh Tam Mai has more than 10 years of experience in the oil & gas industry, mostly spent in IT. After several years assigned to projects related to web-enabled databases, ecommerce solutions, system integration and customer relationship management implementation within Schlumberger, Tinh Tam Mai has spent the last 3 years as the IT Lead Architect of the Engineering, Manufacturing, Sustaining group of Schlumberger. In such position, Tinh Tam Mai is responsible for defining and supporting the architectural framework of the business systems deployed within the technology centers that are producing the tools used by the field organization at Schlumberger. Session:
|
|||
Madison Malinowski is passionate about learning and sharing and has been training informally since
starting her working life as a Microbiologist in 1993. She developed the labs
first on-boarding process, which included performance evaluation. As she
transitioned jobs over 15 years: microbiologist, computer programmer, software
consultant, and business analyst she realized her inspiration was always in
knowledge sharing. Session: |
|||
John Marrama is a senior solutions engineer for DataFlux, a SAS company. In this role, he works with DataFlux prospects and customers to uncover data management opportunities and build results-oriented data governance, data quality and data integration strategies. A 20-year veteran in the software sales and implementation space, he previously helped design and implement software solutions at SAP (formerly Business Objects and Firstlogic). John has a B.S. in computer science from Glassboro State. Session:
|
|||
Carl Mattocks is a long time member of the open source community with a special focus on semantically rich metadata. in his day job he enjoys creating information architecture components for publishing / financial / health service organizations. As president of a volunteer team of search and rescue divers he is also passionate about portable devices that keep people living well. Session:
|
|||
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 integrating information quality management into the
business. She also emphasizes communication and the human aspect of information
quality and governance. Session:
|
|||
Savita Modak incubated the
Direct Marketing Division in two leading Organisations and oversaw the ideation
and strategisation of several customer relationship programs. Savita also
freelanced for some NGOs before getting back to mainstream with
IxsightTechnologies. Savita brings in the much needed client perspective when
dealing with prospects and has been an instrumental part of the data base-
consumer guided marketing. Savita’s strong grounding in Customer Communications
provides the base for many of our Customer Centric Solutions Session: |
|||
Terry Mooney is the Manager of Information Consulting Services at Salt River Project (SRP), the 3rd largest public electric utility in the United States. Terry has over 25 years of utility experience, working in various roles within both the power and water business areas. She has over 10 years of Information Management experience, including taxonomy/ontology development, information analysis, information scorecard creation, data modeling and design, data quality, master data management, content and classification management, metadata management, and service oriented information integration. Terry manages a new IT department comprised of information management scientists and practitioners who recommend and implement best practice solutions related to managing both structured and unstructured information. Her current initiative focuses on improving value and mitigating risks associated with SRP's information assets. She chairs SRP's Information Governance Council, is an active member local DAMA, AIIM, and ARAMA chapters, and participates on Arizona State University's Privacy Taskforce. Session: |
|||
Eileen Moyer is a seasoned IT and Information Management professional with over 32 years of experience. Throughout her career, Eileen served in a variety of leadership roles at CSC Consulting, SmithKline Beecham, IBM Global Business Solutions and Merck. Her current role in Merck is as the Senior Director of U.S. Commercial Operations for the Information Management and Standard Reporting (IM&SR) organization. She is responsible for the strategy and implementation of Global Human Health Master Data Management though the acquisition, analysis and provision of business data as well as the provision of state-of-the art tools. Her organization supports the US Field Sales & Marketing teams along with supplemental support for Managed Markets, Customer Solutions and Global Customer Insights. Eileen has led a foundational culture shift in her organization to enable the IM&SR Governance and Stewardship Program. She is a graduate of Villanova University. Session:
|
|||
Dr. Arka Mukherjee is CEO of Global IDs Inc., a data management software company based in New York City. The company provides software and services for solving complex data analysis and integration problems in global companies. Mukherjee was formerly a principal in IBM, leading the ERP data warehousing area, and brings leadership expertise from consulting firms Accenture and KPMG. Session:
|
|||
Patti Munier has worked in Data Management at UPS for over twenty years. In this time, her primary focus has been the advancement of metadata management at UPS and supporting the consistent use of standardized metadata throughout the organization. Patti has held lead roles in the selection and implementation of both Enterprise wide Metadata Management and Business Intelligence solutions. Over the last two years, her focus has been on developing, implementing and socializing UPS’ first Data Management Governance Program. Session:
|
|||
Dan Myers currently manages enterprise data management initiatives for Farmers Insurance. At Farmers he has also managed data and functional B.I. testing. Dan conducted an extensive metadata software review implemented Farmers first enterprise-wide metadata repository. He authored the Farmers' governance policy for integration/sourcing, metadata management, and training. Previously Dan has worked as an independent Oracle Certified Professional consultant in both front and back-end development capacities. Dan's fluency in Japanese enabled him to work in both the public and private sector in Japan. Dan received his MBA from the U.S.C. Marshall School of Business in 2009. Session: |
|||
Roger Oed has a passion
for information management and strategic analysis, seeking to create high value
information to facilitate efficient and effective decision making, especially
for senior management. This includes quantifying the cost-benefits of
information to organisations. Session:
|
|||
Jim Orr brings over twelve years of leadership experience to the data management and governance space. His consulting and software expertise stems from his roles in leading consulting programs for various technology companies with a focus around data governance, data quality, CRM, MDM, BI, EDW, and other data intensive arenas. In recent years he has focused the majority of his time on assisting organizations with top down data governance programs by helping them structure and integrate this dynamic discipline into complex environments and cultures. Today Jim serves as the Director of Business Development for North America at Information Builders and continues to work with large enterprise and mid-market organizations to help map their strategies and tactics for deploying successful data governance, quality, and MDM solutions that drive optimal business outcomes. Session:
|
|||
Alberto Palazzi has spent more than 7 years in IT leading large projects to develop and support Business Applications for Product Design and Enterprise Resources Planning for the aerospace and oil & gas industries, in Europe and North America. Alberto joined Schlumberger in 1997 and since 2002 he has taken management position in manufacturing operations and supply chain in Europe, North America and South-East Asia. The last 2 years as Business Process Manager he has been responsible to ensures that business benefits are optimized in the quality domain of the engineering, manufacturing, and sustaining activities world-wide. Session:
|
|||
Jaya Pati has 9 years of experience in IT industry in various QE roles like Senior QE engineer and QE Team Lead in different organizations. She is currently working at Yahoo leading a QA team involved in end to end integration. She is committed to drive the growth of our customers by ensuring impeccable quality control to our products, services, and data from an E2E point of view. Her core expertise lies in improving the overall Quality by analyzing the core requirements and focusing the team to develop expertise around key features in Display advertising and monetization. She drove the adoption of internal QE frameworks, which enable team to leverage automation scripts further upstream during product development lifecycle. For the past one year she has also been involved in company wide Continuous Integration initiatives with daily automated test runs. She is currently driving the effort in her team to ensure Data Quality coverage across end to end integration. Session:
|
|||
Salvatore Passariello is a Director in PwC's Advisory practice with over 20 years of professional experience focusing on helping clients making improvements and resource allocations across various architecture and information management programs. He has extensive experience in a lead role across the technology project lifecycle, including enterprise data management, data warehouse/data mart strategy, design and implementation, data modeling, logical and physical database design, data/database administration, business intelligence strategy, design and implementation, program management, and data governance. Sal is a highly energetic, organized, and effective communicator who draws upon a broad base of experience and knowledge to provide clients with creative solutions to complex problems. Sessions:
|
|||
David Plotkin is the Manager of Data Governance for the AAA of Northern Ca, Nevada, and Utah. He has been working with data modeling, metadata and data quality for over 15 years. He has built multiple metadata repositories and is directly responsible for running the data quality effort and organization and chairing the Data Governance committee (including data stewardship) at AAA of Northern Ca, Nevada, and Utah. He serves as a subject matter expert on many topics around metadata and data quality. Sessions:
|
|||
With over 20 years in IT, Nancy Pullen has managed the creation, migration and integration of enterprise databases as well as the implementation of cross-departmental applications. During her time in both the water/wastewater and energy industries, Nancy has developed data and applications for automated meter reading, work order management and GIS. She currently manages data cleanup and data quality initiatives for EnerNOC Inc. Session: |
|||
Mariena Quintanilla spent the first five years of her career developing, driving requirements of and managing a team developing tools and applications to drive effectiveness of QA organizations within Yahoo! She also spent a short period of time driving IPv6 adoption and managing capacity and adoption of Yahoo!'s Hadoop grid. She completed a triple major in Computer Science, Public Policy and European Studies at Carnegie Mellon University and spent a year in Lausanne, Switzerland studying Computer Science at the École Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne. Mariena started working on data quality in 2010 and is currently focusing on gaining a deep understanding of Yahoo!'s Display Advertising data model, quantifying and analyzing data quality issues and working with engineering teams to implement Data Quality industry best practices of monitoring, transparency and data lineage. Session:
|
|||
Dr. Thomas C. Redman, "The Data Doc," is President of Navesink Consulting Group, in Rumson, NJ. After earning his Ph.D. in Statistics from Florida State, Dr. Redman joined Bell Labs, where he formed the Data Quality Lab in the late 80's. Tom started Navesink Consulting Group in 1996 and has been fortunate enough to consult with many of the world's leading organizations. Dr. Redman has helped thousands understand that quality data, and more recently data governance, are top-line business issues. He has developed some of the most powerful methods of data management and holds two patents. His fourth book, Data Driven: Profiting from Your Most Important Business Asset, was published by Harvard Business Press in 2008. Session:
|
|||
April Reeve has spent the last 25 years working as an enterprise architect and program manager. Currently she is working for EMC Consulting as a Business Consultant in the Enterprise Information Management practice. April is an expert in multiple Data Management disciplines including Data Conversion, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Master Data Management, Data Integration, and Data Governance. Session:
|
|||
Pablo Riboldi has been an Instructional Designer, Developer, Business Analyst, and for the last four years the Information Governance Manager for the LDS Church. He also enjoys teaching community classes and tutoring. He is a very animated presenter with a knack for showing how to apply complex concepts in practical ways. Session: |
|||
Grant Robinson is a natural resource scientist working for the NSW Office of Water in the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water in New South Wales, Australia. His experience analysing and managing natural resources information, particularly forestry and water resource data began in 1981. In 2008 he was appointed to a new role as Information Quality Coordinator for the state agency's water monitoring unit. Robinson now facilitates a continuous improvement program that focuses on measurement, data gathering and management of water resource data, underpinned by ISO9001 certification. Since 2009 he has worked with the federal Bureau of Meteorology and other state agencies developing standards for water data and metrics to define their quality. Session: |
|||
Thierry Roullier is a Strategist at Acxiom where he helps define future Acxiom customer data offerings. Thierry has led or participated in multiple data projects in the Consumer packaged goods (CPG), Retail, Auto and Insurance industries. Thierry holds a Diplôme d'ingénieur from ESIEE (Paris), a MSEE from Ohio State and an MBA from Kellogg at Northwestern University. Session:
|
|||
Ian Rowlands is ASG's Senior Director of Product Management. He heads product management for Metadata and Application Management and is also tasked with providing input across ASG's entire portfolio. Ian has also served as Vice President of ASG's repository development organization. Prior to joining ASG, Ian served as Director of Indirect Channels for Viasoft, a leading Enterprise Application Management vendor that was later acquired by ASG where he was responsible for relationships with Viasoft's distributor partners outside North America. He has worked extensively in metadata management and IT systems and financial management, and presented at conferences world-wide, including DAMA and CMG. Session:
|
|||
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, and data warehouse design, as well as satellite imagery interpretation and emergency communications. 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: |
|||
Laura Sebastian-Coleman leads the Data Quality Architecture team at OPTUM Insight, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, where she has worked since 2003. During that time, she has developed a conceptual framework for data quality measurement, implemented a data quality measurement program for a large health care data warehouse, and facilitated monthly stakeholder meetings related to data quality monitoring and issue management. She is currently governance and standards lead for a multi-year project to implement a new enterprise data warehouse at UHG. Before joining OPTUM Insight, Laura spent eight years in communications and IT roles in the commercial insurance. This paper has grown out of the literary studies of her pre-IT years. She holds a B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College and a Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Rochester (NY). She taught in the Humanities Dept at the Eastman School of Music (1992-1994). Session: |
|||
Robert (Bob) S. Seiner is the President and Publisher of KIK Consulting & Educational Services and the Publisher of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com). In 2011, TDAN.com will celebrate its 14th anniversary and attracts close to 125K visitors every month. In 2011, KIK Consulting celebrated its 9th anniversary and focuses on knowledge transfer and consultative mentoring. Bob was recently awarded the DAMA Professional Award for significant and demonstrable contributions to the data management industry and is presently chairing the 2011 Data Governance Best Practice Award. Bob specializes in "non-invasive data governance", data stewardship, and meta-data management solutions and has successfully assisted and mentored many notable organizations. Sessions:
|
|||
Beth Senay is a healthcare professional who has a broad range of experience in the Pharmaceutical and Managed Care industries, serving in Operations, Informatics and Information Management for over 23 years. A registered nurse, Beth leveraged her clinical background to enter into the Healthcare Informatics organization at Aetna, Inc. Her experience in Managed Care includes leading a team of Informatics specialists to create healthcare information solutions in support of Aetna's Medical Management Organization. Beth joined Merck in 2007 as an IT Account Manager/Program Manager. Her most recent role in Merck is to help with the creation and implementation of an integrated Governance and Stewardship Program for all of Information Management and Standard Reporting (IM&SR) in the Commercial Operations organization. This involves working across IM&SR leadership and Master Data Management stakeholders to align Governance and Stewardship objectives and practices. She is a graduate of John Carroll University and the University of Pennsylvania. Session:
|
|||
Andrew Simpson is VP of Business Development, responsible for alliances and channel partner programs; inbound/outbound marketing; product marketing and strategic positioning; the Valuestream ROI assessment program; analyst relations and Riversand's pre-sales support organization. He has over 18 years of Sales, Marketing and Business Development experience at innovative companies that provide significant value to clients. Before joining Riversand, Mr. Simpson launched his own company, LeadPort, a performance-based business development company. Prior to LeadPort, Mr. Simpson was a Sales Director at Compete, Inc, an online
market research company. In addition, Mr. Simpson was responsible for worldwide
Sales at iXmatch, an advanced search technology company. Mr. Simpson was also
successful in a variety of roles at Net Perceptions - a leader in
personalization solutions - including Sales, Business Development and Product
Manager while helping to take the company public. Earlier in his career, he
worked in strategic Marketing and Sales roles at IBM, Parametric Technology
Corporation and the Open Software Foundation (now the Open Group). Mr. Simpson
has a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Harvard University. Session: |
|||
Sunil Soares is the Director of Information Governance within IBM Software Group. Sunil has worked with more than a hundred clients across multiple industries including banking, insurance, life sciences, retail, telecommunications, manufacturing, healthcare and government. Sunil helps clients assess their Information Governance Maturity and determine the appropriate processes and tools to move forward. Sunil has published a book called “The IBM Data Governance Unified Process” that details the fourteen steps and almost one hundred sub-steps to implement an Information Governance program. The book is currently in its second print and has also been translated into Chinese. Sunil has held various sales and marketing roles within IBM Software. Prior to his current role, Sunil was the Director of Worldwide Channels & Alliances for InfoSphere within IBM Software Group where he worked with a number of partners around their Information Governance practices. Prior to joining IBM, Sunil worked at the Financial Services Strategy Consulting Practice of Booz Allen & Hamilton in New York. Sunil lives in New Jersey and holds an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Session:
|
|||
Victoria Sterzick has been active in application software design for more than 25 years with the Amway Corporation based in Ada, Michigan. Her experience includes software development and implementation for the company’s global IBM AS/400 platforms. In recent years, she has assumed the role of lead information architect working to create a comprehensive data quality program for Amway. Session: |
|||
Dr. John Talburt is Professor of Information Science at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) and 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. Dr. Talburt is the winner of the 2008 DAMA International Academic Award and is a Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) at the mastery-level with specialties in data and information quality and information technology. Session: |
|||
Pamela Thomas is currently practice leader of the Change Management Practice for Blackwell Consulting. providing extensive value to clients through managing the difficult factors of organization, change and maturity. Pamela has a varied background with over 25 years of general management, technology, consulting and human resources experience. Ms. Thomas is experienced at HR strategic planning and consulting, leading complex organizational effectiveness and change efforts, and driving business results through people. Session:
|
|||
Nigel Turner is an independent data management consultant & writer, specialising in enterprise data quality and data governance. Recently he authored part of the UK’s Institute of Direct Marketing’s “IDM Award in Data Management”, a new online data management training programme. He is also working as a strategic data quality consultant with Harte Hanks Trillium Software and with a major UK Government department. Prior to this Nigel worked for British Telecommunications plc (BT) for 30 years. He held a variety of senior roles, specialising in information management and CRM. His last BT role was as an Information Management Consultant within BT’s Innovate & Design, where he worked with BT Group Human Relations to improve BT’s management of personnel information. Nigel has published several papers on information management (IM) and data quality, and is a regular speaker at CRM & IM conferences. In November 2007 he was voted runner up in the Data Strategy magazine’s UK Data Manager of the Year award. Session: |
|||
David Van de Voort is a Partner and Senior Consultant in Information Technology Workforce
Strategies at Mercer, the world's largest HR consulting firm. Dave's focus is
IT professionals and their contributions to business results. He advises
clients of all types on attraction, retention, and performance of the IT
workforce, IT manager effectiveness and IT organization design Session:
|
|||
Uma Venkataraman has over 20 years experience in Senior Management Positions across various multi-nationals in Retail and Banking industry which necessitated usage of Data for Business generation. Uma set up Ixsight Technologies Pvt Ltd together with co-founder Ms Savita Modak. Uma has been more of a Data Quality evangelist and provides tremendous depth of experience in the area of Data Quality apart from an excellent understanding of both the technology as well as business side of things. Her vision, commitment and passion for Data Quality has today created the strong foundations which today has resulted in a large and repeat customer base. Uma has extensive hands-on experience in executing several complex data quality projects and is also a prolific contributor to various forums and industry representations on Data Quality. Session: |
|||
Christian Walenta has held a variety of professional and management positions with IBM in
Germany, UK and the USA. His professional experience of more than 20 years
includes information management, data governance, management of supply chain
systems, business development and project management. Christian serves as the President on the Board of Directors of the International Association for Information and Data Quality (IAIDQ). Sessions: |
|||
Mike Wheeler, Director of Data Governance Solutions with Kalido, brings more than 20 years of experience in data management, business intelligence and business process management. Mike’s understanding of how people, process and technology use data to drive business value has worked with many world class customers to improve business performance through better business decision making, improved process execution, and a deeper understanding and avoidance of risk to the business. Session:
|
|||
Greg Wibben has spent 20 years in the oil & gas industry with additional experience in software development and quality control. In his first role in IT, Greg Wibben has spent the past 2-1/2 years as the Master Data Program Manager for Schlumberger and is a member of IAIDQ. The Master Data program at SLB is responsible for Master Data governance and best practices as well as working to identify enterprise pain and opportunities and working to build the enterprise view of Master Data. A big part of the Master Data governance is developing data governance in general. Session:
|
|||
Victoria Winningham is a experienced data architect specializing in data integration, data governance, master data management, data warehouses, and data quality. She has worked in a variety of sectors including finance, insurance, government, defense and manufacturing. Currently, Victoria is leading the Data Quality program around master data in a large financial institution. She started on the business side which has given her a unique perspective on implementing solutions to solve business problems. Victoria is a Principal at Metalethia LLC and can be contacted at metalethia@gmail.com Session: |
|||
Jeffrey Yefsky joined 5x Technology in 1999 and was named Chief Executive Officer in 2001. As a member of the firm’s three-person executive team, Mr. Yefsky brings more than 20 years of relevant experience to 5x Technology and is responsible for operations management and business development. Born in St. Louis, MO and raised in Los Angeles, Mr. Yefsky currently resides in San Diego with his wife, Lori, and their young sons. In his leisure time, he enjoys basketball, hiking, competition photography, running, and astronomy. Mr. Yefsky attended San Diego State University (SDSU), where he majored in finance and American history. Session:
|
|||
Bill Yock is the Director of Enterprise Information Services at the University of Washington. His division provides services for information intelligence, delivery, design, integration, and definitions. Bill is a member of the UW Data Management Committee and the Privacy Assurance and Systems Security council. He is currently the chair of the Kuali Foundation’s Technology Roadmap Committee and on the Board of Directors for the Kuali Rice Project. www.kuali.org Session: |
|||
C. Lwanga Yonke is a seasoned information quality practitioner and leader. He has successfully designed and implemented projects in multiple areas, including information quality, data governance, business intelligence, data warehousing and data architecture. His initial experience is in petroleum engineering and operations.. An ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Lwanga earned an MBA from California State University and holds a BS degree in petroleum engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. Lwanga is a founding member of IAIDQ and currently serves as an Advisor to the IAIDQ Board and as a board member for several other non-profit organizations. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), a senior member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ ), and the recipient of the 2008 SPE Western North America Regional Management and Information Award. Lwanga Yonke is a seasoned information quality and information management practitioner. He has successfully designed and implemented projects in multiple areas, including information quality, data governance, business intelligence, data warehousing and data architecture. His initial experience is in petroleum engineering and operations. Sessions: |
|||
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:
|
|||
Yinle Zhou is a Research Associate and PhD Candidate in Information Quality at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She holds an MS in Information Quality and her area of research is in Entity and Identity Resolution. Session: |
