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Lisa Baughman is North America Data Governance Leader at Dun and Bradstreet, focusing on governance practices, policies, procedures, regulatory obligations, and meeting internal customer needs around data. She also ensures that data governance is coordinated with her counterparts in UK/Europe and Asia. Part of her role includes organizing a large data steward network that is spread out across the business and which liaises with the central Data Governance Office. Lisa is also responsible for the pipeline of cases that come to data governance from across the business. These cases consist of diverse requests from needs to understand data, to requests to acquire new data from outside sources. Lisa's background is in the business, which gives her a unique understanding of the viewpoint of data consumers and their needs. More recently, Lisa has been involved in the implementation of tooling to support the data governance function. Session: |
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Scott Buckles is responsible for sales and customer satisfaction of IBM's Information Integration and Governance solutions in North America where he leads a team of sales specialists and SME's focused on helping customers transform their raw data into business ready data that they leverage to drive more revenue, competitively differentiate themselves, reduce cost, and ensure compliance. Scott is passionate about focusing on delivering meaningful and sustained business value. He is the Voice of the Customer into IBM's Offer Management and Development teams and has a key influence on bringing cognitive capabilities to the DGIQ community. Session:
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Anne Buff is Advisory Business Solutions Manager and Thought Leader for SAS Best Practices, a thought leadership organization at SAS institute. As a speaker and author she specializes in the topics of data governance, MDM, data integration and data monetization. Anne has been a specialist in the world of data for almost 20 years and serves as a VP on board for the Data Governance Professionals Organization (DGPO). In her current role, she leverages her training and consulting experience and her data-savviness to lead best practices workshops and facilitate intra-team dialogs to help companies realize their “data potential”. Sessions: |
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Peter Carr is a CapTech Principal and Data & Analytics thought leader. With over 25 years of data management experience with an expertise in data integration solutions, Mr. Carr has a constant focus on continually learning and evolving organizational data architectures. Mr. Carr regularly meets with current and prospective clients, vendors, and industry analysts to discuss current business challenges as well as approaches to solving these challenges. Mr. Carr's core skills include strategic planning, solution design, data architecture, data integration, and data governance. Prior to joining CapTech, Mr. Carr's career included work at McKinsey & Company, Exxon Mobil, Informatica, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, and Serco. He even co-founded a China-based start-up company that operated in Shanghai, China. Mr. Carr holds both BS and MS degrees from the University of Virginia. Session: |
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Malcolm Chisholm has over 25 years of 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 Chief innovation Officer with First San Francisco Partners where he specializes 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. Session: |
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Robert Class is the Director of the Regulatory Information Management's Data Standards, Governance and Operations group for Janssen R&D. In this role, Bob is responsible for overseeing data integration activities, analytics activities and the IDMP Compliance program. Bob has more than 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in varying roles within Clinical, Regulatory Affairs and IT. Bob is a Certified Professional in Business Intelligence from Villanova University, and has completed several leadership courses at the Harvard School of Business. Session: |
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Matt Crittenden is a governance specialist and architect for IBM's North America Information Governance organization. He has 30+ years of data integration, quality and governance experience across many industries, specializing in information quality and metadata assessments to help clients understand the scope of data issues facing their organization. Session:
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Ted Curran leads the development, build-out and implementation of data governance, information asset management and business intelligence activities across UPMC Insurance Services Division. He has deep management accounting experience and has managed the finances and business operations of the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon. Ted serves as an expert advisor and consultant in Business Intelligence, Dashboards, Financial Operations, and Data Governance to the higher ed, healthcare and government industries. Sessions: |
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Barbara Deemer has recently assumed the role of VP of Financial Systems and has retained her responsibilities as Chief Data Steward at Navient. In that role she leads the Data Governance Council which is comprised of representatives from all Lines of Business. Barbara has 30 years of experience in the Accounting, Finance and Servicing areas. 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 at Navient focusing on Data Governance and Data Quality and managing the Financial Systems for the corporation. Barbara graduated in 1982 from George Washington University with a BA in Accounting. Session: |
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Erik Ferrone is currently responsible for the development and implementation of sustainable, business-led, data governance and data management practices and capabilities at TIAA. Taking into account diverse business needs and challenges, Mr. Ferrone assists business area sponsors in developing proper data governance capabilities wherever they are required, including budgeting/planning applications, transactional systems, data warehouse and analytics platforms, or financial models. Mr. Ferrone also participates in the Finance & Actuarial Division's, Data Governance Committee, as well as the company's Enterprise Data Governance Council. Session: |
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Shannon Fuller is the Director of Data Governance for the Carolinas Health Care System. He leads the Data Governance Office which is charged with ensuring data is treated as a corporate asset that is owned, managed and controlled leading to trusted, high quality data and accurate reporting across Carolinas HealthCare System. His primary responsibility is to design and implement a Data Governance Program for Carolinas Healthcare System. Session: |
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Caitlin Halferty brings more than ten years of industry experience to her current role as a client engagement executive in IBM’s Global Chief Data Office. Caitlin has played a key role in establishing IBM’s first Global Chief Data Office, an 850+ person organization tasked with delivering IBM’s data strategy and driving transformation to become a cognitive business. Caitlin leads all external client engagement for the office, helping clients realize the value of data and analytics across their enterprises. She has held several leadership roles at IBM, including analyst and influencer relations for IBM’s analytics business, and led cross-functional global IT and business teams to deliver organizational change, infrastructure systems, and enterprise-wide technology platforms. Caitlin has extensive experience collaborating with global teams, having completed international assignments in South Africa and India, as well as managing projects across several continents. She has published thought leadership on diverse topics such as Power of Partnership (shifts in outsourcing), Innovation in Africa, and Chief Data Officers. Session:
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Virginia Hambric, Project Manager, Enterprise Portfolio Management Office, Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget Virginia has managed a variety of IT projects in both the private and public sectors for the past 35 years. During the past 7 years, she has managed State of Michigan enterprise projects that require even more than the usual amount of communication, collaboration, and executive sponsorship to succeed. Virginia’s current challenge is managing the initial EIM project to establish a foundation for ongoing operations. Session: |
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Derek Hardison is a Technical Pre-Sales Support Manager at SAS. He supports customers with all aspects of software from install/configure through developing jobs and services. Derek specializes in helping customers with data management projects including big data, streaming data, metadata, ETL/ELT, data governance and quality. Session:
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Mark Hensley is a Specialist with IBM's North America Information Governance Practice. With over 25 years experience in a variety of roles in the Data Integration, Data Quality, Business Intelligence and Analytics space, Mark has broad and deep understanding of governance challenges, and how they can be overcome, across many industries. Session:
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Ralph Hodgson is a co-founder and CTO at TopQuadrant, Inc, a US-based company that specializes in semantic standards-based enterprise data governance and information management solutions. He combines expertise in semantic technologies and other emerging technologies for intelligent systems with over 25 years of experience in business application development and deployment, consulting, software development and strategic planning. Prior to co-founding TopQuadrant, Ralph has held executive consulting positions at IBM Global Services and was the founder of Interactive Development Environments in the UK, an international CASE tools vendor. Session:
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Maggie Hubble is responsible for Enterprise Data Governance at Quicken Loans. Maggie is currently Director of Data Governance for Quicken Loans, driving data as a strategic priority which will transform the way the company creates, governs, and consumes its critical data assets. Maggie is extremely passionate about implementing Enterprise Data Governance and driving the enterprise data strategy. In her present role, she provides leadership for the Quicken Loans Data Council and the Quicken Loans Advisory Board. Maggie is working swiftly to implement and operationalize Enterprise Data Governance. Maggie is working closely with the Business Data Domain Leaders to support data issues, data quality concerns, and decisions related to data management. Maggie has over twenty years of experience in a variety of Information Management, Data Leadership and business transformation roles. Sessions: |
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Parul Kalve is a Data Governance Evangelist who established the Data Governance program at Enbridge (North America’s largest energy distribution company) and led it for the last five years. She has recently taken a similar role with the Strathcona County in Alberta, Canada to design, lead and position their Enterprise Data Management program for supporting initiatives such as Open Government and Smart City. Prior to Enbridge, she worked in the data space within other industries like Finance, Telecom and Insurance. She has a Masters degree in MIS and certifications in Data Management & Governance (CDMP), Project Management, Business Analysis, Data Analysis and Insurance. She leverages her diverse industrial experience, her strong academic knowledge and her ability to turn concepts into actionable data governance strategies and engagement plans that engage all levels within IT and business groups. She has been providing training to the Data Governance professionals in the industry on how to carve a Data Governance Strategy to suit their organization’s needs and culture. Session: |
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Jennifer Kish is a Homeland Security professional and her responsibility includes leadership oversight for the DHS Standards and Departmental Enterprise glossary development initiative. A critical component in Ms. Kish’s work includes providing hands-on guidance and direction to a data community of individuals who have elected to be members supporting department-wide data quality improvement and information sharing. Ms. Kish’s vision and Data Stewardship Framework applied methodology is widely known to be the most mature framework developed to-date in the Department. This business SME driven support mechanism is the tactical component that works tirelessly within DHS promoting the understanding that information collected, stored, shared, and analyzed needs to be the highest quality possible to promote true management information system decision support. Session: |
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Michele Koch is the Director of Enterprise Data Intelligence and the Data Governance Office at Navient. Michele was responsible for the successful design and implementation of the enterprise Data Governance and Data Quality Programs at Navient. Their Data Governance Program won The Data Warehouse Institute’s (TDWI) 2010 Best Practices Award for the Data Governance category and the 2011 Data Governance Best Practice Award. She is also responsible for the data modeling team who provides support to development teams and the business user community, the enterprise data warehouse team, and the business analytics team. Her 35 years of experience include applying structured analysis and design methods for process and data modeling, managing client/server and mainframe DBAs, and consulting at Fortune 500 companies. Michele received dual masters’ degrees in MIS and Computer Systems Applications from The American University and a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University. Session: |
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John Ladley is a business technology thought leader and recognized authority in all aspects of Enterprise Information Management (EIM). John has 35 years’ experience in planning, project management, improving IT organizations and successful implementation of information systems, and is President of First San Francisco Partners. John is widely published, co-authoring a well-known data warehouse methodology and a trademarked process for data strategy planning. His books, Making EIM Work for Business – A Guide to Understanding Information as an Asset and Data Governance – How to Design, Deploy and Sustain a Effective Data Governance Program, are recognized as authoritative sources in the EIM field. His information management experience is balanced between strategic technology planning, project management and practical application of technology to business problems. Sessions: |
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Kristi Lahti-Johnson was appointed as the first Hennepin County Data Governance Officer by the County Board in May 2014. Ms. Lahti-Johnson leverages her 20+-year career at Hennepin County, the largest county in Minnesota - in the county Attorney's Office, Human Services Administration, and the Human Services and Public Health Department - building upon relationships with county leaders and securing ongoing support for a data governance program from all levels of the organization. In just three-year's time, she has led a team of six staff to develop and implement an organizational-wide data governance infrastructure. By establishing a philosophy of "relaxed awareness", the team has built a culture in which staff view data as an asset while still recognizing the risks that are often associated with data. That philosophy, along with ingenious creativity, has resulted in awareness and ownership of data practices responsibilities at all levels, producing tangible outcomes countywide in the areas of data practices, records management and disposal, and training and communication. Ms. Lahti-Johnson is a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional and holds a Master's degree in Public Affairs and an undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice. Session: |
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Evan Levy is an acknowledged speaker, writer, and advisor in the areas of Enterprise Data Strategy, Data Management, and Systems Integration. Evan’s current role is VP of Data Management Services at SAS – Evan is responsible for the Presales Engineers and Management Consulting teams within the Data Management organization. Business is experiencing exponential growth in data volumes, sources, and systems; Evan advises clients on strategies to address business challenges using their existing data and technology assets coupled with new and creative methods and practices. As an executive, he has led high-profile systems integration projects for Fortune 500 customers in the financial services, retail, telecommunications, manufacturing, health/life sciences, and insurance industries. He’s also been retained as a strategic advisor to various software vendors and startup companies and continues to counsel the investment community in the use of applying advanced technologies to key business initiatives. Evan has been published in a wide array of industry magazines and has spoken about a range of project and technology experiences at leading industry events. In addition to being a featured speaker at vendor events, he has presented at Enterprise Data World, Gartner’s Data & Analytics Conference, Hadoop Summit, MDM Summit, Strata, and TDWI. Session: |
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Don Loden is a Director in the Data and Analytics practice at Protiviti. He has full life cycle data warehouse, information management, and information governance experience in multiple verticals and technology platforms. He publishes, speaks globally, and mentors clients of all sizes on data warehousing, MDM, governance, ETL, SAP HANA, and data quality best practices. He is the author of three books and twelve articles on data management topics. Session: |
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David Loshin is the President of Knowledge Integrity, Inc, (www.knowledge-integrity.com), a consulting company focusing on information management solutions (information quality, business intelligence, metadata, and data governance). David is among Knowledge Integrity’s recognized experts in information management, contributing to Intelligent Enterprise and DM Review, and is a channel expert for the Business Intelligence network (www.b-eye-network.com). David's books include "The Practitioner's Guide to Data Quality Improvement" and "Master Data Management,” and his book, "Business Intelligence: The Savvy Manager’s Guide" (June 2003) has been hailed as a resource allowing readers to "gain an understanding of business intelligence, business management disciplines, data warehousing, and how all of the pieces work together." David has created courses for TDWI, DATAVERSITY, and any other number of venues, and is often asked to provide thought leadership to the Information Management Community. Sessions: |
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Mark Lynch joined IBM's Unified Governance Practice in 2015. Prior to that he held senior finance roles in the property casualty insurance industry with a concentration in operations and technology. Mr. Lynch works with clients across all industries to leverage his extensive experience to assess people, process and technologies necessary to drive business value and his experience includes working with some of the largest U.S. insurers. Mr. Lynch holds an MBA and is a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU). He lives on the North Shore of Massachusetts with his wife and two daughters. Session: |
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Miah Manns is a Risk Manager for Enterprise Data Governance at Ally Bank. Her skill-set includes in-depth analysis of business processes, implementing data standards and providing training and guidance on Data Governance. She is responsible for defining and implementing data management objectives that add value to the organization. Prior to her current role, she worked as an Internal Auditor at Ally Financial and Wachovia/Wells Fargo. Session: |
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Best known as the world’s foremost authority on metadata management, David Marco is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of data management, data governance, and business intelligence. In 2004 David Marco was named the “Melvil Dewey of Metadata” by Crain’s Chicago Business as he was selected to their very prestigious “Top 40 Under 40” list and was named by DePaul University as one of their “Top 14 Alumni Under 40”. In 2008 David Marco earned the DAMA Data Management Professional Achievement Award. He is the president of DataManagementU.com and is their lead contributor. David Marco is the author of the widely acclaimed, 2 top-selling books in metadata management history, “Universal Meta Data Models” and “Building and Managing the Meta Data Repository” (available in multiple languages). In addition, he is a coauthor for multiple books and published hundreds of articles some of which have been translated into Mandarin, Russian, Portuguese and others. Sessions: |
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Brian Mayer has worked within the Analytics division of IBM for over two years where he interacts with a wide variety of clients on data integration, governance and analytics projects helping to get their data “business ready”. Brian applies his line-of-business experience and his knowledge of how to leverage and interpret data to help simplify data complexities and allow clients to unlock their data to find new insights and create better outcomes. Prior to IBM, Brian has worked in Brand Management and Consumer Insights at Abbott Nutrition, Wendy’s and Red Roof Inns. He enjoys exercising, playing baseball, golf and hanging out with his 3 daughters. Session: |
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Danette McGilvray is president and principal of Granite Falls Consulting, Inc., a firm that helps organizations increase their success by addressing the data governance and information quality aspects of their business efforts. Focusing on bottom-line results, Granite Falls' strength is in helping clients connect their business strategy to practical steps for implementation. Data quality and governance are always tied to an organization's goals, issues, and opportunities. She also emphasizes communication and the human aspects of data quality and governance. Danette is the author of Executing Data Quality Projects: Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information™. An internationally respected expert, her Ten Steps™ approach has been embraced as a proven method for creating, improving, and managing data quality in all types of organizations. Her Fortune 500 clients and thousands of workshop attendees in countries around the world have benefited from her approach. Session: |
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Michael McNea is a business professional that discovered his why and moved to IT to begin connecting two worlds through metadata. After successfully navigating a seasoned background with Project Management, Business Process Analyst, Data Analyst, Certified Supply Chain Professional and Toastmasters alum, a new challenge of metadata management is providing the latest adventure. Session: |
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Gary Mesick is the manager of the Analytics Data Warehouse and Data Governance for Boeing Global Services Analytics. He also teaches a Business Analysis certificate course at the University of Washington. He has worked on many initiatives during his business career, including ERP, Lean, eBusiness, Process Management, and Data Governance. He has also published several poems in literary journals. He has a B.S. from West Point and a Ph.D. from Harvard. Sessions: |
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Dr. Arka Mukherjee, the founder and CEO of Global IDs Inc., is an expert in global data management, with extensive experience in creating new technologies to assist businesses in the U.S. and around the world. Under his leadership, Global IDs has developed Master Data Management and Data Governance products and solutions for a myriad of Fortune 2000 companies across multiple vertical industries. Prior to Global IDs, as the principal of IBM Global Services, he was the practice leader in business intelligence services and was responsible for building and growing this e-business practice. He received a Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry from Princeton University. Session:
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David Plotkin is the Director of Metadata Services at MUFG, directing metadata activity in support of data management, including applications such as Collibra Data Governance Center. He was formerly the Data Governance Competency Center Manager for Wells Fargo, working heavily in Data Stewardship and Metadata. He was also Global Head of Data Stewardship for AIG, where he was responsible for rolling out data stewardship as part of an overall Data Governance and Data Management effort. He has previously been a consultant for EMC, working on data quality, data governance and master data management engagements at client companies. He has also previously managed Data Governance at an insurance company and managed data quality at two large banks. He has been working with data governance, data modeling, metadata and data quality for nearly 30 years. He is a popular speaker at DAMA chapters and conferences, and serves as a subject matter expert on many topics around metadata, data governance, business rules, and data quality. He also is the author of the book “Data Stewardship, an actionable guide to effective Data Management and Data Governance”. Session:
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Wayne Radue has worked for Micron Technology, Inc for 23 years in a variety of roles bouncing between business and IT. During a stint in Cost Accounting, his interest in data and databases began to take hold. Managing Excel spreadsheets and Access databases that ran an entire division melded into SAP Production Planning configuration where he learned to understand data and data issues at an enterprise level. A move into Internal Audit allowed him to write hundreds of data validations that supported various audits and the Sarbanes-Oxley program still used 10 years later. This was followed by Manager roles in Financial Controls and Credit & Collections finally landing him into his current Data Governance Program Manager role. The past 2 years has been an exciting exercise in understanding Data Management concepts with focus in the areas of Master Data, Metadata, and Data Governance. His primary goal in this role is to transition Micron’s current Data Governance model into a highly productive, best practice Enterprise Data Governance model. Session: |
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Jeraldyn Rivest is the Director of Customer Data Strategy in U.S. Bank's Enterprise Data Governance group. She brings extensive knowledge and insight in establishing data management and data governance best practices in major financial institutions. Under Jeraldyn's leadership, U.S. Bank is undertaking its first enterprise-wide approach to managing customer data, establishing customer data as a governed domain and building out a multi-year strategy to achieve one view of the customer. Prior to joining U.S. Bank, Jeraldyn spent 20 years working in the finance industry within the U.S. and Canada. She currently is President for Altrusa International of Charlotte; an international service organization. She also served as an external advisor on Walden University's Advisory Committee for the School of Management and Information Technology. Raised in Canada, Jeraldyn earned her business degree from the University of Ottawa and resides in Charlotte, NC with her husband and two sons. Session: |
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Curtis Ross is a lead data management resource within the Department of Homeland Security where he serves as a Management Program Analyst. Curtis has 20+ years of experience in monitoring analysis, BI framework development, project management, information system management, and training & development. From 2007 to 2010, Curtis was the lead technical expert responsible for the development of the E-Verify program baseline for system fraud, misuse, and abuse behavioral detection algorithms and associated detection analysis framework. From 2010 to 2016, Curtis supported the USCIS Transformation program e-filing initiative. Curtis holds a bachelor’s degree from DeVry University with a Computer Information Systems focus. Session: |
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Mark Rowan is responsible for global sales across all practices of Prolifics. Mark has over 30 years of experience within the IT industry, holding progressively more senior roles within various segments of the consulting industry. Most recently he served in the role of Prolifics Head of Information Management & Analytics Practice, after joining Prolifics as part of the acquisition of Stream Integration. At Stream Integration, Mark served as President and CEO and was instrumental in building and managing one of IBM's premier partners in Information Management and Analytics. Prior to the founding of Stream Integration, Mark was the Director of IP&S Service at IBM where he managed an IBM Software Group consulting business in the US Eastern region and Canada. Session:
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Danny Sandwell is an IT industry veteran with 30 years of experience. As a senior product marketing manager for erwin, Inc., he is responsible for the development and delivery of the company’s data modelling and governances solutions to meet evolving customer needs. During Danny’s 16 years with the company, he also has worked in presales consulting, business development and business strategy roles – all giving him deep insight into a broad range of issues facing organizations as they plan, develop and manage their data architectures. His goal is to help enterprises unlock the value of their data assets to produce results against strategic business objectives. Session:
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Jo Sannes is a lead advisor in data governance at JLL, currently driving initiatives related to data quality, standards, and stewardship. Jo's nearly 20 year career has spanned multiple industries including real estate services, e-commerce, software, and finance, with a primary focus on technology and project management. Session: |
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Pete Seliga is the Associate Director of the Regulatory Information Management's Data Standards, Governance and Operations group for Janssen R&D. In this role, Pete is responsible for establishing data governance processes, implementing data standards and maintaining data term and asset glossaries. Pete has 30 years of system development and data management experience. He has been with Johnson & Johnson for 15 years in various roles within Regulatory Affairs and IT. Pete holds a BS in Computer Science degree from Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Session: |
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Peter Serff is a Partner of Centennial Data Group with ten years of progressively responsible experience in leveraging systems and data to improve business processes, increase efficiency, and provide key business performance insight. Peter specializes in building sustainable programs through strategic design and continuous process improvement; solving business problems utilizing tactical expertise in data extraction, modification, and analysis. Peter lives in Highlands Ranch, CO with his wife and daughter. Session: |
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Len Silverston is a best-selling author, consultant, and speaker with over 30 years of experience helping organizations in data governance and data management. Mr. Silverston is an internationally acclaimed expert and thought leader in data governance, data modeling, data management, and in the human dynamics of integrating information. He has helped many organizations successfully implement data governance programs, for example, from 2010 through 2012, he provided data governance consulting for his client who won the 2012 Data Governance Best Practice Award. He is the author of the best-selling, 'The Data Model Resource Book' (Volumes 1, 2, and 3 and winner of the DAMA International Professional Achievement Award and the International Community Award. He received the highest speaker rating at several international conferences. His company www.universaldatamodels.com, provides consulting, training, publications and software. He is also a fully ordained Zen priest www.zenwithlen.com. Sessions:
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Sunil Soares is the Founder and Managing Partner of Information Asset, a consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations build out their data governance programs. Prior to this role, Sunil was the Director of Information Governance at IBM. He is the author of eight books on data governance. Sessions: |
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Maggi Sowko is a Director of Product Management at DATUM. Her primary focused is continued development of the Information Value Management® solution and ensuring proper alignment in addressing our customers most important problems. Maggi engages closely with IVM’s core users to understand new use cases and market trends. Prior to joining DATUM’s Solution Management team, Maggi was a Director within the Advisory Services Group. Maggi is a certified SAP consultant with 8 years of global ERP implementation experience. She has held many roles as a functional Order-to-Cash implementation lead. Over the last 4 years, her primary concentration has been in the area of master data conversion, governance, and design. Prior to joining DATUM, Maggi developed strong industry knowledge in the Pharmaceutical and Life Science space. Outside the office, Maggi enjoys traveling to warm places, practicing yoga, and spending time with family and friends. Maggi earned a B.S. in Supply Chain & Information Systems from The Pennsylvania State University. Session: |
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Russ Starck is a driven Data Management professional with over 17 years of experience, exploring all aspects of Data Management from end to end. He is an adept strategist and leader implementing solutions in data acquisition and analysis, data quality, reporting and delivery. Russ always has the end goal of providing valuable business intelligence and analytic insights to guide the business in a dynamic and evolving marketplace, improving operational efficiencies, enhancing market insight, shortening decision times and reducing costs and increasing profits. Session: |
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Jonathan Stevens is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Centennial Data Group. Jonathan is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company, and continues to serve as an on-account consultant. Prior to founding Centennial Data Group, Jonathan served in a variety of technical and consultative roles across various industries including Oil & Gas, Retail, Telecommunications, Content Delivery and Real Estate. Jonathan’s expertise is focused around helping organizations leverage technology to build optimal solutions which drive efficiency and create competitive advantages. Jonathan has a BA in Economics from Pepperdine University, and lives in Denver, CO with his wife and 2 children. Session: |
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Rob Surber has more than 25 years experience in developing and providing enterprise shared IT solutions for the State of Michigan. His office provides project and portfolio management services for all State of Michigan Information Technology projects and is responsible for ensuring that enterprise data management services are effectively used. Rob has extensive experience with many Enterprise Information Management IT services including Database as a Service, Business Intelligence services, Data Warehouse services, Enterprise Geographic Information Services and other IT shared solutions. He is a sponsor of the EIM implementation project and is an active participant on the EIM steering committee. Session: |
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Robert G. Thomas is the Director of Energy Market Analysis and Integrated Resource Planning within the Business Planning and Market Analysis Department. His responsibilities include energy commodity fundamental analysis and price forecasting; Dominion Energy Virginia load and sales forecasting; and demand-side and integrated resource planning. He is also a certified Six Sigma Green Belt. Mr. Thomas started his career with the Company in 1981 as an Engineer in the Procurement Services Department and has held various positions. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981, a Master of Materials Science degree from the University of Virginia in 1988 and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Richmond in 2000. Mr. Thomas has testified on numerous occasions before the State Corporation Commission of Virginia. Session: |
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Gwen Thomas is a Data Governance pioneer, helping to define and evangelize the field. Founder of the Data Governance Institute (DGI) and primary author of the framework and guidance materials found at www.datagovernance.com, she has influenced hundreds of programs around the globe. In the spring of 2013, Gwen joined the International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank Group, as their Corporate Data Advocate. Earlier in her career, Gwen spent a dozen years working in the trenches and in management roles as a systems integration consultant and Knowledge Manager. Information-Management.com has named her one of "17 Women in Technology You Should be Following on Twitter " (she's @gwenthomasdgi) and has included her in their Data Governance Gurus list. Session: |
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As VP of Solution Management, Tyler Warden drives the market facing initiatives and direction for all BackOffice software including developing and supporting the go to market strategy, field sales efforts, customer and prospect needs, as well as overall market direction of the BackOffice software portfolio as a part of the Strategic and Product leadership teams. In his time at BackOffice, Tyler has worked in all areas of R&D as well as at customer sites giving him a unique perspective on the needs of the Information Governance market and the current and future needs of customers. Session: |
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Susan Yamin is a CPA and Risk Management Director for Enterprise Data Governance (EDG) at Ally Bank. Susan has over 25 years of Data Management and Governance experience and a current focus of integrating Data Governance successfully with Big Data and Analytics. Previously, Susan built out a complete Enterprise Data Governance structure for Ally Bank creating a team of professionals to support the culture shift to data management and ownership. Data Governance includes the development of a Business Glossary, End to End Lineage and Data Quality testing on a re-occurring basis. Prior to her role at Ally, Susan was an Internal Audit Executive with a Fortune 500 Company and within the Health Care industry focused on converting corporate culture through value added integrated audit approaches, instituted data mining, constructed audit methodologies and infrastructure reporting mechanisms to improve the internal audit function. Sessions: |
