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Anthony J. Algmin is a Manager in the Business Intelligence Practice of West Monroe Partners, specializing in Enterprise Information Management (EIM). Mr. Algmin has deep experience designing, architecting, and implementing business intelligence and data management transformations for organizations in a wide range of industries. With a hands-on technology development background, complemented by a passion for delivering business impact, he is equally comfortable in the board room as in the server room. Prior to joining West Monroe Partners, Mr. Algmin spent more than 12 years in the capital markets industry developing business intelligence and technology solutions. Most recently, he founded and ran the Business Intelligence group at a leading proprietary trading firm in Chicago. Mr. Algmin’s industry experience provides him a unique perspective of the strategic and operational challenges that today’s data-reliant organizations face. Session: |
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Geoffrey Ames is an IT Strategy and Management Consultant with more than eight years of experience providing Strategy, Systems Integration, IT and Data Governance and Management support to multiple government agencies, including the Department of Veteran Affairs and the Department of Defense. Most recently, he provided support for the Data Governance Initiative at a large federal agency, supporting the strategy development and implementation of data governance across enterprise data and businesses. The Initiative is also an enterprise-wide effort to standardize and align data efforts within individual business lines. Geoffrey recently joined a small business, Performix Consulting, LLC. Session: |
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Michael Atkin is a Managing Director for the Enterprise Data Management Council - a business forum for financial institutions, data originators and vendors on the strategy and tactics of managing data as an enterprise-wide asset. Mike provides consultation to global market authorities on the data implications of financial regulatory reform and is recognized as an expert in reference data strategy, governance, data quality and standards. Sessions: |
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Tamara Blaha has 18 years of experience in process identification, management and improvement starting in the Aerospace Industry. Six years ago she joined Schlumberger as Management Consultant where she worked with multiple clients to improve internal processes for quality management of offshore capital asset development and content management of unstructured data. She continued process improvement with Schlumberger as a logistics manager in North America and is currently supporting process mapping in the Master Data domain. Her education includes a degree in Mathematics from the University of Florida and an MBA from Rice University. Session: |
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Mark Blanchette is an Application Architect at Citrix Systems Inc. Mr. Blanchette founded the Data Management Office (DMO) that is focused on helping business units within Citrix through Data Quality, Master Data Management Solutions and Data Governance. Prior to Citrix, Mr. Blanchette provided consulting to a large number of Fortune 500 companies for Data Management Initiatives. Mr. Blanchette has a BA in Economics from University of Washington and a MBA from Seattle University. He lives in Florida near West Palm Beach with his wife and daughter where he enjoys collecting and growing palms and cycads. Session: |
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Pat Branum has 20 years of experience developing and managing a full-scale data management and data quality operations. Ms Branum is currently employed by Capital One Financial where she has responsibility for the Enterprise Data Governance program. Work experience at Capital One includes maturing the data governance practice and the implementation of Metadata and Data quality tools and processes. At Express Scripts (formerly Medco Health Solutions), Ms. Branum served as Chief Data Steward responsible for the management of enterprise data domains to ensure the quality of data aligned with business requirements. In this capacity, she led the implementation of their award-winning Enterprise Data Governance program. Program accomplishments include significant cost avoidance and savings as well as leadership on all aspects of data input, standardization, cleansing, and matching. Ms. Branum’s other accomplishments include Master Data Management and CRM implementation, information product development and sales. 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 co-founder and operational director at Collibra (www.collibra.com), a Data Governance enterprise software company. Stan has a global responsibility for all technical pre sales, implementation and support activities. This allows him to have a front seat view on real customer demands, issues and implementation challenges. Prior to founding the company he was a senior researcher at the Vrije Universiteit of Brussels (STARLab), a leading semantic research center in Europe, performing application-oriented research in semantics. Stan participated actively in several international (ITEA, FP6, FP7) research projects and conferences (OTM, FIS, ESTC, ...). He has also published various articles in the field of ontology engineering. He is an active DAMA member and speaker at various events. Session:
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Kira Chuchom is responsible for building the framework and deployment strategy for Data Governance Offices world-wide for Microsoft, as well as developing and providing Data Governance and Compliancy services for Microsoft IT's Data Management Services (DMS) organization. Kira is a data management strategist and data evangelist, with experience across data-related disciplines such as Data Governance, Data Quality, Master Data Management (Customer and Product), Enterprise Data Warehouses, Business Intelligence, data modeling, data architecture, hierarchy management and metadata strategy. Previously, Kira headed up Data and Architecture Governance at Kaiser Permanente, Enterprise Data Quality and Data Governance at Cisco Systems, Product Data Management at eBay, Decision Support at Rainmaker Systems, metadata and data-based publishing solutions at CMP Media. Session: |
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When Lisa Cutler-Farwig started with Schlumberger seventeen years ago as an offshore geophysicist, the last thing she thought she would be involved with was the Master Data Program. However, over the years, her role in the company evolved. She moved into a business segment’s headquarters to support Personnel and Marketing functions at a time when an enterprise wide business intelligence (BI) tool was being implemented. So this new tool could display correct results for business decisions, she began developing and implementing global processes to capture data correctly. Even when the data was captured correctly, cross-functional reporting proved difficult due to the lack of a common language across the various enterprise systems. So, when the opportunity to join the master data team arose, she jumped at the chance. For the last year and a half, she has participated in projects to bring enterprise data together, including developing and piloting governance processes. Session: |
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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: |
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Rob DuMoulin is a hands-on IT and Business information strategist specializing in Enterprise Architecture (EA), Information Architecture (IA), Business Intelligence (BI), Data Administration (DA), Data Governance (DG), Master Data Management (MDM), Data Quality (DQ), and Database Administration (DBA). Has created and administered DG organizations, designed and developed Product and Customer MDM solutions, directed EA activities, championed quality best practices, and designed Enterprise-scale Reporting and BI Architecture for Fortune 2 down to startup companies in: Manufacturing, Transportation/Distribution, Wholesale/Retail, Oil/Gas Exploration, Energy (regulated & unregulated), Finance (credit & investment), Information Services, Government (DoD, State, City), Hospitality, E-Commerce, Telecomm, Insurance (Property/Casualty/Health), Entertainment, and Commercial Construction industries. Involved in all aspects of large-scale planning/deployment/administration of Oracle, MS SQL Server, DB2/UDB, and Teradata platforms. Served as Vice President/Director of Data Strategy and Governance, Enterprise Architect, BI Director, Principal/Solutions Architect/Consultant, DBA, Developer, and Unix Administrator. Session: |
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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. For more than 14 years, Walid has defined and implemented "Value Driven" data strategies within global organizations through data quality and data governance implementations to achieve business excellence. His frameworks and methodologies are unique, delivering tangible value from high quality data. He is also a recognized international speaker and delivers training, seminars and conferences on Data Excellence from vision to value generation. Prior to founding Global Data Excellence, Walid was Business Excellence Manager at Nestlé headquarters, based in Switzerland. Session: |
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Dan Everett is the Senior Director, Information Management at SAP Dan has extensive knowledge of data management technologies & analytic tools and applications. And he is passionate about understanding how technology fulfills business needs. Session:
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Rich Flynn is Vice President of Partner Relations at Global IDs. In this role, Rich works closely with Global ID's executive team and developers and its customers and partners. Prior to Global IDs, Rich was Senior Enterprise Architect at Dun & Bradstreet. He has more than 20 years of technology management experience and is a leading expert in designing, developing, and delivering global, large-scale enterprise architecture solutions that come in on time and within budget. He has deep understanding of project management, business architecture, business process improvement, systems integration, master data management, data governance, and other data management technologies. Rich has a Masters Degree in Information Systems from Fairleigh University and a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Pace University. Session:
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Geoff Harkness is a Managing Director at MorganFranklin and highly experienced management and technology consulting executive with a track record of successfully planning and delivering high return-on-investment (ROI) projects and transformational solutions. These solutions have included a wide range of enterprise information management, enterprise risk management (ERM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications and other enabling technologies. He is consistently recognized by clients for improving organizational effectiveness and efficiency through leadership that aligns the business processes, data strategies and IT infrastructure to realize cost savings, accelerate performance, reduce risk and sustain strategic flexibility. He has led complex projects across the commercial, government and nonprofit sectors including organizations that specialize in financial services, healthcare, education, manufacturing, and technology. Session: |
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Michele Hoffman is a Managing Director at MorganFranklin responsible for leading strategic system and business process re-engineering initiatives primarily in financial services. Michele has led the establishment and execution of corporate-level transformation programs through implementing program strategy, data management and organizational design as well as operations management. Session: |
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As Chief Marketing Officer, Jim Jarvie is responsible for GlobalIDs overall marketing strategy, branding, press & analyst relations and corporate communications. With twenty years of experience and an emphasis on enterprise data management software, Jim's expertise lies in successful product launches with an extensive strategic marketing and planning background. Prior to Global IDs Jim led corporate marketing initiatives for a number of industry-leading organizations, including Ataccama Corp., Informatica, IBM, Hyperion Solutions, and Intel Corp. Session: |
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Junadi Junadi has spent 10+ years in Global IT Operations since he started his career with Schlumberger. His exposure to the various Enterprise systems management technologies has formed a strong understanding of how complex the IT systems can be to integrate. In his recent role as Master Data Analyst in IT Business Systems in Schlumberger, he found that different data element definitions across the large scale Enterprise have created real and significant challenges when synchronizing Business Processes with their IT implementation. A big part of the Master Data Management implementation success is developing the fundamental understanding that it's all interrelated and the clear necessity to connect People, Process, and Technology. Junadi holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration from Oklahoma State University. Session: |
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Michele Koch is the Director of Enterprise Data Management and the Data Governance Office at Sallie Mae. Michele was responsible for the successful design and implementation of the enterprise Data Governance and Data Quality Programs at Sallie Mae. Their Data Governance Program won TDWI’s 2010 Best Practices Award for Data Governance and the international 2011 Data Governance Best Practice Award. Michele received dual masters’ degrees from The American University and a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University. Session: |
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Eileen Koski has worked in medical informatics and health information technology (HIT) for many years in both academic and commercial settings, currently as the Director of Data Governance at North Shore Long Island Jewish Health and Hospital System, where she is responsible for the Enterprise Data Governance program. Prior to this, Ms. Koski held the same role at Medco, now Express Scripts, as well as being responsible for a program that delivered population based data analysis to clients based on integrating large-scale data sets from multiple sources. As Director of Informatics Research at Quest Diagnostics, Ms. Koski applied data mining techniques to deliver numerous analyses of large-scale medical data sets that have been presented at peer-review scientific meetings as well as being responsible for graphical laboratory report design, innovative ideas for biosurveillance and pandemic preparedness; and representing the interests of the laboratory industry in numerous government initiatives, task forces and panels as a recognized subject matter expert, such as the ANSI HITSP Population Health Technical Committee, the NGA State Alliance for e-Health Health Care Practice Task Force and the AHIC Biosurveillance Data Steering Group. Prior to that, Ms. Koski worked at Columbia University where she was responsible for designing and developing medical database systems and reporting representations, as well as working as Director of Operations on a large multi-center NIH-sponsored clinical trial. Ms. Koski has a bachelor’s degree in Biology, and M.A. and M.Phil. degrees in Sociomedical Sciences, all from Columbia University. Session: |
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David Kowalski is a Senior Vice President and Senior Information Architect within Bank of America's Enterprise Data Management Information Architecture Group. He has spent more than twenty years within the Financial Services, Consumer Goods and Telecommunications industries where he has always been a strong proponent of doing things once, in the right place and leveraging these anchor points to create robust, efficient and tightly integrated data management practices. Session: |
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Bhaskar Kuppusamy is a Managing Partner at Aikya Incorporate with over 15 years of corporate experience focused extensively on delivering high quality data management services specifically data governance, data quality, data warehousing, business intelligence, data governance, and master data management to name a few. Business focus areas include governance, risk, and compliance including Basel I, II, and III. Session: |
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John Ladley is a Business Technology Thought Leader with 30 years experience in planning, project management, improving IT organizations and successful implementation of information systems. John Ladley is a recognized authority in the design and implementation of data strategies, business intelligence and Enterprise Information Management. He is author of “Making EIM Work for Business – A Guide to Managing Information as an Asset” and “Data Governance: How to Deploy and Sustain a Data Governance Program.” He frequently writes and speaks on a variety of technology and enterprise information management topics. His Information Management experience is balanced between strategic technology planning, project management and practical application of technology to business problems. John is President of IMCue Solutions, and can be reached via e-mail at jladley@imcue.com. Session:
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Lisa Loftis of SAS (formerly of Baseline Consulting Group) is a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Business Intelligence (BI) expert with 25 years of experience in assisting organizations to adopt a customer focus. Ms. Loftis has worked with numerous large organizations in North America, South America, Europe, and the United Kingdom on all aspects of successful BI and CRM. She specializes in combining the technology necessary to support true CRM and BI business strategies with the organizational structures, executive leadership, and cultural factors required to migrate an organization toward effective implementation of the enterprise strategies. Ms. Loftis has a strong background in the application of CRM and BI principles and cross-functional business strategies in the Banking, Investment, Insurance, Telecommunications, Retail, Utilities, Entertainment, Manufacturing and Distribution, and Automotive Roadside Assistance industries. Lisa speaks frequently at national and international conferences, and has co-authored the book Building the Customer-Centric Enterprise, (John Wiley & Sons, 2001). Ms. Loftis can be reached at. Lisa.loftis@sas.com Session:
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Kadima Lonji leads the E-Commerce initiative at Oakley and drives the Product Data Governance supporting over 60,000 product and 1,000,000 parts required to manage highly customizable sun glasses offering over the web. For over 4.5 years Kadima Lonji had been the Director of eCommerce Systems at J.Crew, a worldwide top 30 internet retailer in terms of volume, transactions and revenue. Prior to that he was Director of eCommerce at Saks Fifth Avenue; and part of the eCommerce technology teams at Barnes and Noble and Time Warner prior to that. He has spoken about technology and eCommerce at NRF, Oracle OpenWorld, Endeca Discover, Escalate Retail conferences. Session: |
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David Loshin is the President of Knowledge Integrity, Inc, (www.knowledge-integrity.com), a consulting company focusing on customized information management solutions including information quality consulting and training, business intelligence, metadata, and data standards management. David is among Knowledge Integrity’s recognized experts in information management, contributing to Intelligent Enterprise, DM Review, and The Data Administration Newsletter (www.tdan.com) and is a channel expert for the Business Intelligence network (www.b-eye-network.com). 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: |
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Jim Luisi is a creative and strategic manager with over thirty years of experience within business and IT, gaining a unique perspective that can contribute to the way business and IT collaborate to address the conditions that result from the cycles of acquisition and rapid expansion in ways that serve the customer, shareholder, and business and IT stakeholders. The foundation of Jim’s IT background rests upon large information systems, control systems, database technologies, artificial intelligence, operational workflow and most every discipline of enterprise architecture and infrastructure architecture. Jim views risk management with a comprehensive business framework that represents an information architecture driven BigData use case. This use case encompasses batch and real-time, multilingual, internal and external data from government agencies, industry groups, aggregators and data resellers globally. Jim’s greatest strength is his ability to leverage his experience across all domains to transform management vision into practical solutions. He strongly believes that architecture and IT exist to support business and any activity that does not protect the interest of the business and the firm’s stakeholders and/or does not provide a competitive edge need to be reevaluated and possibly abandoned. As a manager, Jim ensures that his teams subscribe to the same principles. Session: |
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Susan Majcher is a Senior Data Governance Analyst at UPMC and was one of the inaugural members of the newly formed Data Governance Office at UPMC. She has 9 years experience in Database Management. 1.5 years in Data Governance covering such specialties as Data Integrity, Data Profiling, Marketing and Communications, and Project Management. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and a member of the International Association for Information and Data Quality (IAIDQ). She can be reached at majchersm@upmc.edu. Session: |
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Before joining LaunchPoint Consulting, Tina McCoppin served as Engagement & Project Manager for Fortune 1000 companies throughout her tenure at leading IT services companies including HP, Knightsbridge, Forte, Seer, Pansophic and Accenture. With 25+ years of information technology integration experience, Tina has managed multiple delivery teams with 100+ members, coordinating and managing the efforts of client staff and consultants in locations both onshore and offshore. Tina’s business intelligence and data integration projects include: global “single customer view;” customer call center tracking; householding; campaign tracking and feedback; insurance cross-sell and up-sell data warehouse; data governance and stewardship framework. Tina graduated from Marshall University with a Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA), Georgia Institute of Technology and Notre Dame Master of Arts. Session: |
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Samir Mehta, VP Data Governance at Interactive Data, is a senior data management professional with more than twenty years of experience working as a consultant and within the financial services industry with focus on capital markets, finance and risk management. Led enterprise wide data strategy level initiatives at major securities and trading firms. Implemented data warehousing solutions, data governance programs, data quality, data management and data analytics platforms. Session: |
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Eric Michellod is the data governance Director at Groupe Mutuel Assurances, one of the largest insurance companies in Switzerland. He has over 20 years experience in managing business/IT projects specialized in insurance domain. He is a confirmed data architect and expert in data modeling. Currently heading a core team that implements a business value driven data governance at Groupe Mutuel Assurances with the main objective to drive customer satisfaction while complying with governmental and internal laws with a special focus in reducing risk exposure and quantifying opportunities for financial gains. Eric is regularly invited to speak on data governance in insurance in the US and Europe. He has a degree in Economics and IT from Geneva University. Session: |
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Kimberly Nevala is responsible for industry education, key client strategies, and market analysis in the areas of business intelligence and analytics, data governance, and master data management. She has over 15 years’ experience advising clients on the development and implementation of strategic customer and information management programs and managing mission-critical projects. She has tackled data strategy, BI and MDM for a variety of clients including Lowe’s, Apollo Group, Grange Insurance, Avaya, OSF Healthcare, and GlaxoSmithKline. Kimberly specializes in developing business and IT strategies, organizational alignment, program planning, design, and governance. A frequent speaker and writer, Kimberly is often consulted on the topics of business strategy and alignment. She is the co-author of the first eBook on data governance, The Data Governance eBook: Morals, Maps and Mechanics, as well as Planning Your BI Program: A Portfolio Management Approach and Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid When Launching a DG Program. Workshops taught by Kimberly include “Organizing your EIM/DM Team” and “Data Governance for BI Professionals.” Prior to joining SAS, Kimberly was a Principal Consultant with Baseline Consulting, the premier provider of specialty consulting for business analytics, data management, and data integration. The oldest of seven children, Kimberly has parlayed her experience communicating and negotiating truces between varied and often contradictory personalities from a young age into her work in the corporate world today. Session: |
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Henry Olson directs the product teams for database architecture and management at Embarcadero Technologies. He is a proven innovator with deep expertise across the enterprise solutions lifecycle and more than 20 years of leadership experience in products, technology and services across both startups and large companies. Mr. Olson’s consulting industry experience includes BI, DW and operational systems design and deployment in manufacturing, distribution, financial services and healthcare. He likes both boxes and arrows and once served as the night-shift DBA for a large retail bank. Session:
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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 Univ and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Sessions: |
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Marie-France Ouimet is a Data Governance professional with 15 years of experience as an agent of change in diverse aspects of IT solution development in banking and Media. As a data quality expert within the Data Governance team at National Bank of Canada, Marie-France supports the organization’s initiatives by applying her data quality management expertise. She led the development and implementation of the Data Governance Framework as well as the methodology for managing data quality as part of the project lifecycle. She is the currently working on expanding the data stewardship model at National Bank of Canada. Session: |
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Analise Polsky’s keen understanding of people in diverse cultures gives her a depth of insight into working with international companies of all sizes. She has developed and delivered workshops designed to help organizations assess their strengths and incumbent skills, driving strategic shifts in culture, policy, and governance. Analise has a Master of Public Health (MPH)-Global Health Policy from George Washington University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and a minor in Economics from Ohio State University. Her education led her on a series of research projects, collecting data and delivering statistical analyses for various anthopological studies amongst different cultures around the world, including a stint in the jungles of Brazil — all of which perfectly positioned her to understand corporate culture in the urban jungle. Analise has contributed to several academic journals, including Research in Economic Anthropology and the American Journal of Human Biology. She has developed “how to” workshops in the areas of data quality and data stewardship. She also teaches a popular workshop, “Data Stewardship in Action: Notes from the Field,” which she has delivered in six different countries. In addition to her international research, Analise has delivered technical training for a variety of corporations and government agencies, including Bayer, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the United States Air Force. At DataFlux, she developed and taught several core product courses, including the Data Management Studio Basic and Advanced sessions. Session: |
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Pablo Riboldi has worked of the past 7 years as the Solution Manager for Information Governance and Quality for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has presented many times at DAMA, Data Governance Conferences in the US and Europe. Pablo’s Data Governance program at the Church of Jesus Christ was awarded the 2013 Data Governance Best Practice Award. He has a PhD in Instructional Science and is an adjunct faculty for Argosy University teaching graduate courses on Information Management and Research Methodologies. He has a passion for teaching and sharing with others. Pablo is an animated presenter known for his ability to simplify difficult concepts and show them in practical, understandable ways. In his free time, Pablo enjoys running, biking, and sailing around the mountains and lakes of beautiful Utah while raising his eight children with his wife Heidi. Session: |
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Robert Rich leads MDM sales as a recognized expert in data quality, data governance, data integration and managing master data in complex heterogeneous environments. His real world understanding of how to drive business value out of technology deployments comes from 20+ years of experience as an IT professional, consultant and in various sales, marketing and product roles for enterprise application software vendors. Robert was responsible for Data Quality tools at Ascential software where he positioned data quality and MDM to help clients initialize SAP deployments and manage data warehouse environments. When IBM purchased Ascential Robert led product marketing for IBM MDM Solutions. Robert’s passion for data quality led him to start DataQualityFirst and bring to market a packaged solution to automatically identify “party” data across disparate sources. Most recently Robert led business development for MDM service specialist InfoTrellis working with blue chip clients across industry on complex large scale implementations to fully leverage master data across the enterprise. Session:
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Kelley Royer-Marek is the Director of Data Governance and Management for the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies (AMFC). For the past five years she has been responsible for data management with a more recent focus on implementing a formal data governance framework. With more than 25 years of healthcare experience in a variety of roles, she brings a business driven focus to AMFC data governance. Session: |
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Robert (Bob) S. Seiner is the President and Principal of KIK Consulting & Educational Services and the Publisher of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com). In 2012, TDAN.com celebrated its 15th anniversary and attracts close to 125K visitors every month. In 2012, KIK Consulting celebrated its 10th anniversary focusing on knowledge transfer and consultative mentoring. Bob was recently awarded the DAMA Professional Award for significant and demonstrable contributions to the data management industry and recently chaired the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Data Governance Best Practice Awards. Bob specializes in "non-invasive data governance", data stewardship, and meta-data management solutions and has successfully assisted and mentored many notable organizations. Sessions: |
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Natalie Sendele is the Manager of the Data Governance team. The Data Governance team at Artisan Partners is responsible for the accuracy, timeliness and consistency of security, portfolio and index level data that is used by the firm’s investment, client reporting and management reporting teams. As manager of the Data Governance team she has established enterprise data quality standards and led cross-functional project teams tasked with driving scalability and improving data management workflows. Ms. Sendele has over 10 years industry experience. She holds a BS, cum laude, in Finance from Northern Illinois University and an MBA from Marquette University. Session: |
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Tony Shaw is the Founder and CEO of DATAVERSITY (www.dataversity.net) and directs the overall subject matter of DATAVERSITY's educational services, including conferences, publications and webcasts. Prior to founding DATAVERSITY he started a dotcom in the identity management space (which went the way of most dotcoms), and was the president of Technology Transfer Institute (TTI). He still facilitates TTI's strategic technology forum for CTOs, called TTI/Vanguard (www.ttivanguard.com). Session: |
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Xinyue Shi has 8 years of experience in telecommunication system design and implementation, and 12 years of ERP system administration. As ERP system administrator and BI developer, he helped the company switching from standard costing to job costing. He joined Schlumberger a few months ago and focuses on data modeling in MDM team. Session: |
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Len Silverston is a best-selling author, consultant, and speaker with over 25 years of experience helping organizations integrate their information, systems, and people. Mr. Silverston is a thought leader in the fields of data modeling, data management and in the human dynamics of integrating information. He is well known for his work on "Universal Data Models", or in other words, re-usable models that help develop higher quality data models in less time. He is the author of The Data Model Resource Book series (Volumes 1, 2, and 3), which describe hundreds of reusable data models. The volume 1 book was rated #12 on the Computer Literacy Best Seller List and volumes 1 and 2 have been translated into Chinese. In 2009, he co-authored his latest work, “The Data Model Resource Book, Volume 3, Universal Patterns for Data Modeling”. Mr. Silverston has published many articles and has been a keynote speaker at many international conferences. He is the winner of the DAMA (Data Administration Management Association) International Professional Achievement Award for 2004 and the DAMA International Community Award for 2006. He received the highest speaker rating for the DAMA International 2009 conference for his talk on “What to Do When Data Professionals Disagree”. Mr. Silverston's company, Universal Data Models, provides consulting, training, publications, and software to enable information integration. Session: |
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Matthew M. Slavonic is a Lead Data Governance Analyst at UPMC and was one of the inaugural members of the newly formed Data Governance Office at UPMC. He has 10 years of experience in Internal Audit as an Information Technology Auditor. 1.5 years in Data Governance covering such specialties as Master Data Management, Data Profiling, Program Maturity, Policy Creation and Business Glossary. He has a Master's of Business Administration in Management Information Systems, Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and a member of the International Association for Information and Data Quality (IAIDQ). He can be reached at slavonicmm@upmc.edu. Session: |
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Sunil Soares is the founder and managing partner of Information Asset, LLC, a consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations build out their information governance programs. Prior to this role, Sunil was the Director of Information Governance at IBM, and worked with clients across six continents and multiple industries. Sunil's first book called The IBM Data Governance Unified Process that details the fourteen steps and almost one hundred sub-steps to implement an Information Governance program. Sunil's second book Selling Information Governance to the Business: Best Practices by Industry and Job Function reviews the best way to approach Information Governance by industry and function. Sunil's third book called Big Data Governance will review the importance of information governance for different types of big data. Sunil has also worked at the Financial Services Strategy Consulting Practice of Booz Allen & Hamilton and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago. Sessions: |
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Maria Villar drives SAP's internal master data governance program. She is responsible for driving the strategy, roadmap, processes and governance activities. Prior to joining SAP, Maria joined SAP in 2009, following a long career as a respected practitioner, author, trainer and consultant in helping major companies build and execute enterprise strategies in Enterprise Information Management. Session: |
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George Yuhasz is the Director of Data Process and Governance at HealthNow NY, which offers the Blue Cross Blue Shield plan of Western NY, joining the organization in 2010. As a consultant, he has evangelized information strategy and business analytics across a number of industry portfolios and verticals; including healthcare, military/defense, higher education, retail and manufacturing. Session: |
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Steve Zagoudis is the president and founder of MetaGovernance. Steve currently holds the VP Marketing Board position for Data Governance Professional Organization (DGPO). He is an Information Governance specialist with 20+ years' extensive business and technical experience. Steve has a proven track record resolving chronic data infrastructure 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, for improved operations and competitor position. Session: |
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Yvan Zermatten is responsible for the implementation of the data governance program at Group Mutuel Assurance, one of the largest health insurance companies in Switzerland. Yvan has more than 20 years of experience in the data domain such as data modeling and database management. He led the implementation and managed several data centric projects. He specialized in managing and tuning very large databases. For the last 5 years Yvan has led the implementations of data quality improvement programs. Yvan regularly shares his experience on data quality in various European conferences. Session: |
