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avatar for John AdlerJohn Adler

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avatar for Peter Aiken, PhDPeter Aiken, PhD

Peter Aiken, an acknowledged Data Management (DM) authority, is an Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, past President DAMA International, and Associate Director of the MIT International Society of Chief Data Officers. For more than 35 years, Peter has learned from working with hundreds of data management practices in 30 countries including some of the world's most important. Among his 10 books are the first on CDOs (the case for data leadership), the first describing the monetization data for profit/good, and the first on modern strategic data thinking. International recognition has resulted in an intensive schedule of events worldwide. Peter also hosts the longest running DM webinar series (hosted by dataversity.net). From 1999 (before Google, before data was big, and before data science), he founded Data Blueprint, a consulting firm that helped more than 150 organizations leverage data for profit, improvement, competitive advantage and operational efficiencies. His latest venture is Anything Awesome.

avatar for Karen AkensKaren Akens

Karen is a data management consultant with Data Blueprint. As a Certified Data Management Professional, she has data management practice and solution development experience for numerous government and commercial clients. Her skill-set includes in-depth analysis of clients' business processes, analysis of data and data sources, and development and communication of data-centric tailored solutions that add business value. Her expertise focuses on eliciting business and technical requirements and facilitating communication between the business users and technical experts, including all levels of management. She has helped clients improve data flow logistics, develop data quality programs, implement data governance programs, and utilize data visualization for effective decision making. She is also a board member of DAMA-Central Virginia.

avatar for Ken AllgoodKen Allgood

A proven leader with demonstrated experience delivering technical innovation, strategic planning, enterprise transformation, and digital service design to internal and external customers. Ken’s breadth of experience at all organizational levels, provides a unique perspective which contextually aligns strategic and tactical initiatives to immediate and long term operational outcomes, empowering development and implementation of innovative, data-driven solutions that enhance user experience, operational resilience, and reliability.

avatar for Brent AubleBrent Auble

Brent Auble is a data scientist at LMI, working with the Advanced Data Analytics group. His focus is on helping others in LMI along with its customers take advantage of “big data” and advanced analytics capabilities. In addition, he has run several internal data science competitions for LMI. He serves as LMI’s representative to the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s Big Data and Analytics Committee. Much of his career has been focused on how to help organizations improve their HR decision-making through designing better HR processes and systems, and using workforce analytics to understand what is going on in the organization. He has a BS in computer science from Lafayette College, an MA in interdisciplinary studies, with a concentration in computational social science, from George Mason University, and is currently pursuing a PhD, also in computational social science, from George Mason University.

avatar for Dr. Malek Ben SalemDr. Malek Ben Salem

Dr. Malek Ben Salem is the Americas Cybersecurity R&D lead for Accenture. She has over 20 years of experience developing technology solutions and offerings. Her work lies at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security and has been featured in DARKReading, NetworkWorld, and the New York Times, among others.

Malek was a NewAmerica Cyber Security fellow and is a regular guest with the CyberWire podcast. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from Columbia University in New York and a Diploma of Electrical Engineering from the University of Hanover, GERMANY.

avatar for Dave BeulkeDave Beulke

David Beulke is an internationally recognized consultant, author, and teacher. He is known for his strategic expertise in database performance, data warehouses, and internet applications. He provides data management strategies, architectures, design, and system consulting and writes a weekly blog at www.davebeulke.com. He is currently a member of the IBM DB2 Gold Consultant program, an IBM Information Champion, co-author of the IBM and z/OS DB2 Certification exams, co-author of the Business Intelligence Certification exam, past president of the International DB2 Users Group (IDUG), former columnist for DB2 Magazine and former instructor for The Data Warehouse Institute (TDWI). Dave helps his clients improve their strategic direction, dramatically improve performance, and reduce their CPU demand saving millions in their systems, databases and application areas within their mainframe, UNIX and Windows environments.

avatar for Aaron BlackAaron Black

Aaron Black is the chief data officer at the Inova Translational Medicine Institute (ITMI). ITMI was established in 2011 to provide precision medicine as part of Inova’s vision of being a destination health care provider in the greater Virginia and Washington, D.C. area. Previously, Aaron was the informatics manager and leader for the Biospecimen Core Resource at Nationwide Children’s Hospital for the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Genome Atlas project. He was co-architect for the flexible data model to store and access data from studies for more than 30 cancer subtypes and clinical data from biobanks and academic institutions across five continents.

avatar for Jason BloombergJason Bloomberg

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avatar for Joanne BoisjolieJoanne Boisjolie

Joanne Boisjolie is the Director of Global Data Management with gategroup, a Swiss firm which includes nine brands (the largest of which is Gate Gourmet). gategroup is "the leading independent global provider of products, services and solutions related to a passenger’s on-board experience" (six continents, thirty-five countries, over 170 facilities, 2012 revenues of 2.9B CHF). In this role, Joanne is responsible for the definition and implementation of global data strategies to optimize the value of gategroup’s data asset through data quality, governance and master data solutions.
Joanne has over twenty-five years of IT experience working in both the public and private sectors.The last fourteen years of her career have been focused on Enterprise Information Management including Business Intelligence, Data Architecture, Data Governance, Data Integration, Enterprise Data Warehousing, Hadoop, Knowledge Management and Master Data Management.

avatar for Shaun BradyShaun Brady

Over the last 35 years, Dr. Brady has been fortunate to play leadership roles helping some of the world's largest financial institutions deliver new products and services, efficiently meet evolving regulatory requirements, identify and monetize data, and implement a variety of technical solutions that balanced risk, innovation, and cost.

He spent the first 15 years of his career in the financial sector progressing through management roles in credit analysis, lending, and servicing which culminated in leading the mid-Atlantic and S.E. United States operations of one of the world's largest and oldest banks. Having experienced firsthand the value of helping bridge the "translation gap" between business and IT/Data executives, Dr. Brady spent the next 15 years building and running consulting practices and information sharing public-private partnerships focused on helping financial institutions find ways to strategically leverage technology and data to grow and protect their organizations. Over the last five years, his focus has been working with the government and private sector to build on the strengths each can bring to bear to protect the integrity and improve the resiliency of one of the nation's most critical infrastructures - the financial system.

Dr. Brady has a B.Sc. in International Finance from San Francisco State University, and a Masters in Management Information Systems and Doctorate in Risk Management from the University of Maryland. He is a frequent speaker and author on the topics of data monitization, regulatory policy, and risk management. He holds a US Patent on the collection, anonymization, and sharing of confidential data over the internet, and has a patent pending on a new method for managing the credit risk life cycle.

avatar for Niall BrennanNiall Brennan

Niall Brennan is the Director of the Office of Information Products and Data Analytics at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services where he oversees agency efforts on data analytics and dissemination, and information products. The goal of the Office is to maximize the utility and availability of CMS data for internal and external users. Specifically, the Office performs a variety of analyses on high profile issues on a quick turnaround basis, for the CMS administrator, senior leaders and other HHS department leaders. Additionally, the Office is also responsible for coordinating the agency’s strategies regarding data storage, analysis and dissemination.
He is a graduate of University College Dublin, and earned a master’s degree in Public Policy from Georgetown University.

avatar for Lewis BroomeLewis Broome

An innovative and practiced thought-leader in data management, Lewis Broome has more than 20 years of experience successfully designing, managing, implementing and leading global data management and information technology solutions. His successful track record is marked by strong leadership coupled with a passion for driving data and technology solutions from a clear business-value proposition. As an executive in the global financial industry, Lewis led the development of globally integrated data solutions for two of the largest banks in the world. He designed and delivered data solutions (conceptual, logical and physical) and was able to drive standards and deliver timely, cost-effective solutions that were aligned to business objectives. In his current role as CEO, Lewis, in partnership with Peter Aiken, Ph.D., has developed a tier-1 consulting organization that effectively combines data management, management consulting and technology into a unique professional services offering.

avatar for Sandra CannonSandra Cannon

San Cannon is Deputy Chief Data Officer at the Federal Reserve Board. Her office is responsible for the Board’s data governance program and she oversees the enterprise information management services provided by OCDO staff including data and metadata management, strategic metadata and taxonomy development, and data movement, integration, and dissemination. San is active in the international data community, especially the academic and central banking spheres, and works closely with US statistical and regulatory agencies on data and metadata issues. She has presented and published on topics that include metadata standards, copyright and licensing issues, and data dissemination challenges. San holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of California, Irvine, an M. Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics, and a Ph. D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

avatar for Micheline CaseyMicheline Casey

Micheline Casey is a senior executive with over 20 years experience helping organizations use data and information technology to grow and achieve strategic objectives. She is passionate about pushing boundaries with data, analytics, and tech, and applying design thinking to improve data product and service delivery. As principal at CDO, LLC, she works with a variety of organizations in multiple industries advising on the role of the chief data officer, data and analytics strategy, and organizational design considerations.

Ms. Casey was the first Chief Data Officer at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. She headed the Office of the Chief Data Officer (OCDO) and was responsible for the FRB enterprise data strategy and innovation; overseeing data governance policy development; transforming data management practices; and, integrating data architecture. Ms. Casey was the first state government Chief Data Officer in the country, and part of the Governor’s Office in the State of Colorado. Prior to her work in public service, Ms. Casey worked for several technology companies, including ChoicePoint (now LexisNexis), iXL Holdings, and IBM Global Services.

Ms. Casey has been profiled in several industry articles on the role of the chief data officer. She was named to DC’s Top 50 Women in Tech by FedScoop magazine and on the 2011 Top 25 Information Managers list by Information Management magazine.

avatar for Raul F. ChongRaul F. Chong

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avatar for Cort CoghillCort Coghill

Director of Education Operations for the FEAC Institute (a wholly owned subsidiary of Zachman International) and a consulting Enterprise Architect, Cort has over 25 years of witnessing and experiencing enterprise disorder and chaos. Working with John A. Zachman as an Enterprise Ontology evangelist, he speaks around the world providing education on the practical application of the Zachman Framework. His unfettered access to John A. Zachman has allowed him to develop a deep understanding and appreciation of the Zachman Enterprise Ontology and how it can be used in a practical manner to diagnose and develop solution alternatives to problems faced by enterprises. Cort has a dynamic approach to speaking and educating that includes the use of analogies, storytelling and humor to help to re-enforce learning objectives and keep audiences engaged.

avatar for Gus CreedonGus Creedon

Mr. Gus Creedon is a Program Manager for LMI's Logistic Technology Group. He is a career professional in the integration of logistics business systems, connecting the Department of Defense, military services, civilian agencies, and commercial logistics companies. He began his data management career building electronic data interchange (EDI) implementations for the General Services Administration (GSA), and the Defense transportation community. Using EDI, he architected transportation planning, purchasing, and payment interchanges among Defense and commercial systems. Using EDI and barcoding standards, he integrated Government procurement data with transportation data to enable medical, subsistence, and other vendors to seamlessly deliver their products into the Defense supply chain. Riding the 1990's XML wave, he delivered transportation data in electronic and print formats to our Military's host nations on the Pacific rim to clear customs faster for express shipments. Throughout his career, he has deciphered Government policy, debated it, and then encoded it into the business rules of eCommerce exchanges. Today, he is integrating Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) standards with Government policy to deliver a faster and smarter search of thousands of rules that govern the way the Government runs. As the product manager of OpenPolicy™, LMI's semantic search service, he is responsible for the day-to-day tactical direction of the semantic search software team, balancing the product and sprint backlogs, ensuring software quality, and governing system architecture and design.

avatar for Angsuman DuttaAngsuman Dutta

A. Dutta is an entrepreneur, investor and corporate strategist with experience in building software businesses that scale and drive value. He has provided information governance and data quality advisory services to several Fortune 500 company. He is a recognized thought leader and has published numerous articles on information governance.

He earned a Bachelor of Technology degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, an MS in computer science from the Illinois Institute of Technology and an MBA in Analytical Finance and Strategy from the University of Chicago, USA.

avatar for Andrea GibbonsAndrea Gibbons

Andrea Gibbons has over 20 years of experience focused on unlocking the power of data for streamlined solutions, informed decision-making and cost-effective spending. She takes a practical and tailored approach to document, describe, mature, and govern organizational data.  Andrea is ever mindful that evolving an organization’s data maturity is as much a practice in data architecture as organizational and cultural change management. Data is a strategic asset of the business and should be treated with attention and care, much like a company’s financial information. Andrea is a frequent conference and seminar speaker on transforming organization into data driven organization, how to decouple data from applications, and the monetization of data.

During her career Andrea, has worked with fortune 500 companies and Federal, state, and local government agencies where she led multiple initiatives in formulating strategy, architecting solutions, and establishing Chief Data Offices and Enterprise Data Governance Practices. She has deep technology background along with domain experience in several verticals including: Financial Services, Travel, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Defense, and Immigration. She regular speaker on Data Topics and is currently on the Board of Directors for the DAMA-NCR (National Capital Region) Chapter in Washington D.C.

avatar for Seth GrimesSeth Grimes

Seth Grimes is an analytics strategy consultant at Alta Plana Corporation. Seth is also a leading industry observer, focusing on business intelligence, text and content analytics, and decision support systems. He is a long-time InformationWeek contributing editor, text analytics channel expert at the TechTarget's BeyeNETWORK, and founding chair of the Text Analytics Summit and the Sentiment Analysis Symposium. Seth lives and works in Takoma Park, Maryland. You can follow Seth Grimes on his Twitter account, twitter.com/sethgrimes

Seth Grimes
grimes@altaplana.com
http://altaplana.com

avatar for Todd HarbourTodd Harbour

Todd is the Managing Director at Grist Mill Ventures, LLC in Reston, Virginia. Before this, Todd was the Chief Data Officer (CDO) for New York State, where he led work to establish a data management program for the Empire State. Todd's work included developing a data strategy, framework, establishing data governance, and producing a roadmap, defining an enterprise information architecture, realizing master data, coordinating data sharing, and create a state-wide data analytics community of practice. Todd has also has worked as a senior Federal Government official and led big data analytic efforts and worked to establish a data management program for a large federal agency. Todd's published work includes: Data Strategy and the Enterprise Data Executive: Ensuring that Business and IT are in Synch in the Post-Big Data Era (Data Literacy Book 1), The CDO Journey: Experiences and Insights from Data Leaders (Data Literacy Book 2) (Not Released) & Understanding the New Federal Data Law: More Than Just Open Data.

avatar for Nick HartNick Hart

Nick Hart is the director of Bipartisan Policy Center’s Evidence Project. Prior to joining BPC, he worked in the federal government for nearly a decade, most recently as the policy and research director for the U.S. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking. In that capacity, he oversaw the commission’s policy and research support team and led the drafting process for “The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking,” the commission’s final report and recommendations presented to the Congress and the president in September 2017. Hart has spoken widely about the history of evidence-building efforts and the need for organizational capacity to generate and use evidence to inform policymaking. He is also an adjunct professor of program evaluation at George Washington University. He chairs the American Evaluation Association’s Evaluation Policy Task Force.

avatar for Rupert HopkinsRupert Hopkins

As President of XSB, Inc., Rupert Hopkins is responsible for guiding the company’s strategic vision and business strategy. Rupert manages the company’s operations and ensures that XSB continues to meet the needs of its customers while driving technology innovation. Rupert is internationally known for his work in commercialization of defense technologies and industrial productivity. He has served as an adviser to the U.S. Secretary of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment, the Defense Standardization Program Office, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Soros Foundation and others. He is also the former Long Island Regional Director of Economic Development for New York State. Rupert has more than 30 years of management experience.

avatar for Kristi HortonKristi Horton

A little girl in pigtails, armed with advanced technology repeatedly foiled evil schemes of dangerous organized criminals.  This was the plot of Inspector Gadget, the favorite afternoon show, of a 5-year-old Kristi Horton.  The cartoon inspired a career in technology, opposing those who would abuse or harm others, steal money, valuables or information, or disrupt the lives and commerce of businesses and individuals.  Prior to her current roles, Kristi led the ISAC Analysis Team at FS-ISAC, led the cyber threat intelligence program at Capitol One, served as an adjunct instructor at George Mason University's Digital Forensics Masters’ Program, served as a lead information security analyst at Science Applications International Corporation, served as a forensic computer analysis at Paradigm Solutions, and served in the High Technology Investigative Unit of the US Department of Justice Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section

avatar for Ignatius HsuIgnatius Hsu

Ignatius is a member of the Digital Analytics Team at Capital One. He led the federation of web analytics, aligning tag implementations with the priorities of individual lines of businesses. After the mid-year mark, Ignatius moved from web analytics to mobile app analytics, where he enables its fledgling iOS and Android app teams to rapidly innovate on products with the support of quality data, and enhanced reporting and monitoring.

Ignatius governs over enterprise web and mobile analytics standards, crafting the data collection framework in concert with the core Digital Analytics Team. He promotes better interoperability of data within the larger digital analytics ecosystem, including data warehousing, activity logging, customer experience management, voice of customer and testing tools. Ignatius publishes articles to demystify complex processes and codify evolving standards, and works with other analytics product owners to minimize jargon and improve analytics reporting capabilities.

avatar for Karen HsuKaren Hsu

Karen Hsu is the Head of Growth at BlockCypher. With over 20 years of experience in software applications and infrastructure, Karen is co-inventor for five patents and worked in a variety of engineering, marketing, and sales roles. At Siebel Systems, Informatica, and Datameer, she has led teams to bring new products to market. She has also worked closely with standards organizations, such as SWIFT, NACHA, ACORD, and FpML.

avatar for Catherine IvesCatherine Ives

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avatar for Jeff JonasJeff Jonas

Jonas is an acclaimed Data Scientist who thrives on solving some of the world’s most complex business challenges. He has developed systems and applications (Non-Obvious Relationship Awareness - NORA) that tackle high-profile challenges including identifying potential terrorists, connecting loved ones after a natural disaster, and earlier detection of surprise asteroids, to name a few. His work in Las Vegas played a role in defeating notorious card count teams as depicted in the bestselling book by Ben Mezrich, “Bringing Down the House” and the movie “21”.
As an IBM Fellow and Chief Scientist of Context Computing, Jonas led a team focused on next-generation “context computing”, code-named “G2". In August of 2016, Jonas announced the launch of his start-up - www.senzing.com - which uses G2 to democratize Entity Resolution -- delivering affordable, accurate, real-time, Entity Resolution to the world at large.
He is a highly sought after speaker and his work is referenced in chapters of “Safe: The Race to Protect Ourselves in a Newly Dangerous World”, “The Numerati”, and “The Watchers”. Most recently Jonas was profiled as a Big Data innovator in a National Geographic profile entitled “Decoding Jeff Jonas, Wizard of Big Data.

avatar for Madina KassengaliyevaMadina Kassengaliyeva

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avatar for Hyon KimHyon Kim

Hyon Kim is the Program Director for Data.gov, the United States Government’s open data site, operated by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). Prior to GSA, Hyon was a Program Manager at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Her prior federal experience includes serving as Counsel to the 9/11 Commission and as Assistant General Counsel with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as well as on the staff of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

avatar for Michele KochMichele Koch

Michele Koch is the Director of Enterprise Data Management and the Data Governance Office at Sallie Mae, the leading “saving, planning, and paying for education” company in the US. 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 The Data Warehouse Institute’s (TDWI) 2010 Best Practices Award for the Data Governance category and the 2011 Data Governance Best Practice Award sponsored by DebTech International, Wilshire Conferences and TDAN.com. She is also responsible for the data modeling team who provides support to development teams and the business user community. Her 28 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.

Michele Koch
Director of Enterprise Data Management and the Data Governance
www.SallieMae.com

avatar for John LadleyJohn Ladley

John Ladley is an experienced practitioner who helps organizations define and transition to new business and data capabilities. His work and books enable alignment of business and data strategy, organizational change and practical application of data technology to business problems.

avatar for Doug LaneyDoug Laney

Doug Laney is a best-selling author and recognized authority on data and analytics strategy. He advises senior IT, business and data leaders on data monetization and valuation, data management and governance, alternative data, analytics best practices, and information innovation. Doug’s book, Infonomics: How to Monetize, Manage, and Measure Information for Competitive Advantage, was selected by CIO Magazine as the “Must-Read Book of the Year.”  
 
Now Principal Data Strategist with Caserta, previously Doug was a Distinguished Analyst with Gartner’s Chief Data Officer research and advisory team. He also launched and managed the Deloitte Analytics Institute, and has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and the Financial Times among other journals. Doug has guest-lectured at major business schools around the world and is now a visiting professor with the University of Illinois Gies College of Business where he teaches “Infonomics” and “Business Analytics Executive Overview” courses, also available online via Coursera. 
 
Follow and connect with Doug via Twitter @Doug_Laney and LinkedIn. #infonomics

avatar for Jeff LawtonJeff Lawton

Jeff Lawton is the Public Sector Director of Data Strategy and Management at Grant Thornton, based in Alexandria, VA. He has over 20 years of data management consulting experience for the Federal government, having implemented dozens of data warehouse, business intelligence, data architecture, and data quality projects. He is a frequent public speaker and author of numerous published articles on these topics, holds leadership positions in several IT professional organizations, including the chair of the CAM-I Data Management Working Group, the ACT-IAC Industry chair for Analytics, and the chair of the DC Informatica Users Group. Jeff received his MBA from the University of Georgia and BA from the University of Virginia and holds certifications as a Project Management Professional, Certified Business Intelligence Professional, Agile Scrum Master, SAFe Agilist, and IT Infrastructure Library.

avatar for David LoshinDavid Loshin

David Loshin is the president of Knowledge Integrity Inc., a consulting, training and development services company that works with clients on business intelligence, big data, data quality, data governance and master data management initiatives. Loshin writes for many industry publications, including several TechTarget websites; he also speaks frequently at conferences and creates and teaches courses for The Data Warehousing Institute and other educational organizations. In addition, Loshin is the author of numerous books, including "Master Data Management" and "The Practitioner's Guide to Data Quality Improvement". He can be reached via his website or by email at loshin@knowledge-integrity.com.

avatar for Mark MageeMark Magee

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avatar for Loretta Mahon SmithLoretta Mahon Smith

Loretta Mahon Smith is a visionary and influential data management professional known for her consistent awareness of developing industry trends. Her extensive experience in strategic data management includes significant depth for the financial services industry. Loretta is an executive managing consultant with IBM Global Business Services, supporting clients in North America. She is the Big Data and Emerging Technologies Capabilities leader and the Lead for the North America Data Governance Center of Excellence.

Loretta has been a member of DAMA for more than 15 years, with a lifetime membership to the DAMA National Capitol Region Chapter. As Past President of the chapter she has had the opportunity to help the Washington DC and Baltimore data management communities. She serves the world community by her involvement on the DAMA International Board as VP of Communications. She additionally volunteers her time to work ICCP Certification Counsel, having worked on more than six of the specialization examinations including Data Governance, Data Quality, and Data Warehousing.

She earned Certified Computing Professional (CCP), Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP), and Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)

Additional information about Loretta is available through her LinkedIn profile (Public Profile www.linkedin.com/in/lorettamahonsmith/. She resides in Phoenix, Maryland. Her twitter handle is @silverdata.

avatar for Geoffrey MalafskyGeoffrey Malafsky

Dr. Geoffrey Malafsky earned a PhD in Nanotechnology from The Pennsylvania State University. He was a research scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory before becoming a technology consultant in advanced system capabilities for numerous Government agencies and corporate clients. He has over thirty years of experience and is an expert in multiple fields including Nanotechnology, Knowledge Discovery and Dissemination, and information engineering. He founded and operated the technology consulting company TECHi2 prior to founding Phasic Systems Inc where he is the CEO.

Phasic Systems, Inc.
sales@phasicsystemsinc.com
888-735-1774
www.phasicsystemsinc.com

avatar for Robyne McReyRobyne McRey

Robyne McRey is an unabashed data geek currently instigating the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) internal data revolution. Throughout her 25+ years of experience in the federal government at NSF, the Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency, Robyne has enabled federal agencies exploit their data for strategic decision making.

avatar for Melanie MeccaMelanie Mecca

Ms. Mecca, CMMI Institute’s Director of Data Management Products and Services, has solved enterprise data challenges for 30+ years, and is the managing author of the Data Management Maturity (DMM) SM Model. She created a business-centric method for evaluating an organization’s data management capabilities, which delivers targeted, actionable results for organizations in multiple industries. Ms. Mecca’s led development of a series of courses and web-based learning leading to the Enterprise Data Management Expert (EDME) certification. She teaches seminars and presents at conferences and webinars, is a regular columnist for The Data Administration Newsletter, and a contributor to the Data Management Body of Knowledge 2.0. Ms. Mecca advocates measurement of data management capabilities as the quickest acceleration path for achieving business value, empowering governance, and advancing the organization’s data strategy.

avatar for Peter MeyerPeter Meyer

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avatar for Chris MoranChris Moran

Chris Moran is the CTO for IMSC and has more than 20 years in the IT industry. He is an innovator and pioneer for semantic technology and controlled natural language. His innovations include a semantic rule engine called rules4J, and a controlled natural language for building ontologies called Common.

He has designed and built semantic solutions for clients in the DoD and Intel communities. Most recently, he has been responsible for developing and teaching courses in semantic technology for the office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer(DCMO) for DoD. He is a frequent speaker at semantic technology conferences, such as SemTech and the DoD Semantic and SOA Symposium as well as the European Semantic Technology Conference.

avatar for Tim O'HaraTim O'Hara

Mr. O’Hara is a trusted advisor and problem solver enabling clients to end up in a better place. During his career he has worked with Global companies solving issues related to information opportunity and risk management. Tim recently has been working with clients on GDPR, CCAR, OATS, BCBS 239, COSO 2013 Internal Control, Privacy, Big Data, and Data Analytics projects to drive margin and better manage risk.

Tim holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Scranton and M.S. in Business Analytics and Forensic Accounting from Benedictine University with high honors. He is also certified in the COSO 2013 Internal Control and served with the AIPCA as Technical Advisor for the development of the AICPA Cybersecurity Risk Management Reporting Framework. During his career he has spoken on related topics to Institute of Internal Auditors, Institute of Management Accountants, IL Society of CPAs, ISACA, and published articles in trade journals including AICPA Go Beyond Disruption series, Electric Light and Power Being Smarter About Smart Meters, and Corporate Compliance Insights COSO Internal Control Framework.

avatar for Joe OatesJoe Oates

Joe Oates is an internationally known speaker, author, thought-leader and consultant on data warehousing, database design and object-oriented (OO) development. He has more than 30 years of experience in the successful management and technical development of business, real-time, OO and data warehouse applications for industry and government clients. His successful data warehouses include the following industries: banking, health care, credit card, telephone, distribution and life insurance.

avatar for Kshemendra PaulKshemendra Paul

Kshemendra Paul was appointed Executive Director for Data Governance and Analytics in the Office of Enterprise Integration on September 16, 2019. He serves as VA’s Chief Data Officer and is responsible for leading data governance, data analytics, and business intelligence capabilities to inform VA-wide decision making and providing an authoritative clearinghouse for the collection, analysis and dissemination of information about Veterans and VA programs.

Prior to this appointment, Mr. Paul served as the Cloud Action Officer for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and helped coordinate efforts to migrate information technology assets to cloud management platforms and optimize data centers. He also served as the Information Sharing and Services Office Deputy Director for Mission and Strategy within DHS’s Office of the Chief Information Officer.

From 2010-2016, Mr. Paul led information sharing environment efforts for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. In this role he was the U.S. government lead for advancing terrorism‐related information sharing. Mr. Paul worked closely with federal, state, local, tribal and territorial partners, as well as private sector and international allies, to balance the needs for information sharing and safeguarding to enhance national security and protect the American people.

Mr. Paul began his federal service in 2005 as the chief enterprise architect at the Department of Justice (DOJ) where he led the delivery of the National Information Exchange Model across public safety, law enforcement and homeland security sectors. From that position, he moved on to serve as the federal chief architect in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) where he led federal enterprise architecture activities. His tenure spanned two administrations, four budgets and an $80 billion portfolio. At OMB, Mr. Paul directed initiatives that promoted innovation and transparency within the government, including Data.gov.

Prior to joining the federal government, Mr. Paul has worked in a variety of other entrepreneurial, technology development and leadership roles. Mr. Paul received his Master of Science in electrical engineering (1987) and Bachelor of Science in both electrical engineering and mathematics (1984) from the University of Maryland, College Park.

avatar for James PerkinsJames Perkins

James serves as the Assistant Program Manager for the DoD Healthcare Management System Modernization (DHMSM) Program Management Office (PMO). In this role, he heads the Business Operations Department supporting the development, acquisition, testing, product improvements, fielding, and sustainment for MHS GENESIS®, the Department of Defense’s new electronic health record. Previously, James served as an IT Director for Navy Medicine overseeing the IM/IT budget development and execution. He drove IM/IT policy and strategic planning; as well as, cyber workforce strategy, planning, development, and support programs for IM/IT resources. He began his career enlisting in the United States Marine Corps. After his service, he provided contract support in various programmatic roles within the Military Health System, earned his MBA, and completed executive education at the Harvard Business School, General Management Program.

avatar for Theresa ResekTheresa Resek

Theresa Resek is the director of AIIM's Market Intelligence programs. She has worked in Information Management for 20 years, has her MBA, CIP, and is well versed in IIM, ECM, ERM, and BPM. As a project and program director at AIIM, Theresa has held positions as editor, writer, speaker, host, and producer. She works with the supplier community and with subject matter experts and has produced over 400 educational webinars for AIIM’s international audience.

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avatar for Kathy RondonKathy Rondon

Kathy Rondon has worked as a government employee and contractor in information management and data governance for over 25 years. Most of her career has focused on the proper handling, classifications, controls, and clearance of national security data, and she has recently applied this expertise to designing and delivering enterprise-level training on public sector data governance. She is currently the VP for Talent Management and Data Governance Lead for The Reports & Requirements Company (a wholly owned subsidiary of Buchanan & Edwards), which provides innovative operations and data-sharing solutions to U.S. government clients on sensitive data collections. She is a regular speaker at conferences on public sector data governance issues. Ms. Rondon holds Mastery-level Data Governance and Stewardship Professional (DGSP) certification and is a principal contributor to the ICCP-sponsored Public Sector Data Governance certification.

avatar for Jeffery SchneiderJeffery Schneider

Mr. Jeffrey Schneider is a Cyber Security SME at Knight Point Systems, with expertise in Networks. Jeff has spent nearly 2 decades managing a wide range of complex systems in large scale engineering programs, while running operation teams within federal agencies and the commercial space.  Jeff managed the DHS Security Engineering team in secure service delivery to the DHS Enterprise, ensuring compliance to Federal and DHS regulations within the IT Infrastructure. He led the engineering teams within the OneNet program at DHS with locations throughout CONUS and OCONUS which support over 50 critical applications and numerous enterprise-wide services including airlines, cargo with critical response times. Jeff continues to lead projects to modernize and improve services and applications across a range of environments, to include cloud services.

avatar for Michael Scofield, M.B.A.Michael Scofield, M.B.A.

Michael Scofield is an Assistant Clinical Professor at Loma Linda University. He is a frequent speaker and author in topics of data management, data quality, data visualization, and data warehousing. He has spoken in over 27 states, Canada, Australia, and the U.K. Audiences have included 24 DAMA chapters, 5 TDWI chapters, 14 ASQ sections and many accounting professional organizations. He also does guest lectures at several universities.
His career experience includes some time with a CPA firm, developing an accounting and general ledger system for a major California bank, as well as experience in government, manufacturing, finance, and software development. Now semi-retired, he still does pro bono data mining and data quality analysis for non-profit organizations. His greatest interest currently is data visualization, data quality assessment, and using graphic techniques to reveal business and economic behavior. He also has humor published in the Los Angeles Times, and other journals.

avatar for Kris ShafferKris Shaffer

Kris Shaffer, Ph.D., is a data scientist and web administrator whose work focuses on digital propaganda campaigns and user data agency. He works as an Instructional Technology Specialist and Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science and Digital Studies at the University of Mary Washington. At UMW, he is an administrator for the university’s Domain of One’s Own initiative, a platform that supports over 2500 student and faculty domains on the web. Through Domain of One’s Own, which was founded at UMW, students learn to take ownership of their data and digital identity, and think critically about the ways their data is propagated, mined, and used on the web. Kris also works as a data scientist with the volunteer collective, Data for Democracy, studying and publishing about online disinformation campaigns and internet-age political propaganda. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Slate, Bloomberg News, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Quartz. He holds a Ph.D. from Yale University.

avatar for Svetlana SicularSvetlana Sicular

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avatar for Michael SimcockMichael Simcock

Mike Simcock, DHS Chief Data Architect leads data governance, data management and data quality programs across the Department of Homeland Security. He leads the DHS Data Management Working Group where he supports data architects and subject matter experts from the DHS Component organizations -- CBP, ICE, TSA, USCIS, FEMA, USCG, USSS, NPPD, DNDO, and other homeland security missions. DHS has developed an extensive library of guidance documents and templates for improving data management and information sharing within DHS.

avatar for Apurva SinghApurva Singh

Apurva Singh has been leading IT and Security teams for the past two decades with enterprise and startup companies. His multi-disciplinary background includes building big data solutions and highly scalable systems the public cloud infrastructure, product management and software engineering.

avatar for Anne Marie SmithAnne Marie Smith

Anne Marie Smith, Ph.D. is a highly acclaimed consultant, author, and speaker in the fields of enterprise information management, data governance, and data architecture. She holds a doctorate in Management Information Systems and has earned the CDMP designation. She has consulted for numerous organizations on all aspects of enterprise data / information management and has performed numerous assessments of companies’ and governments' current state of data management maturity. Anne Marie received the DAMA International Professional Achievement Award in 2015 for her contributions to the field of data management and the education of data management professionals.

avatar for Elena SteinkeElena Steinke

Elena is a Cybersecurity Strategic & Tactical Architect, Geek, Cybersecurity Enthusiast, and its Champion of Diversity. She is a Director, on the National Board of Women’s Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC) & an industry recognized expert Security Technologist specializing in strategic direction, design, development and direction to worldwide cybersecurity operations and projects in multiple industries in the government and private sectors.
She established and directed multiple 24/7 Security Operation Centers (SOC), Network Operation Centers (NOC), Data Centers, management of virtualized storage technologies and elastic cloud environments. She specializes in multiple areas to include: Insider and Threat Intelligence, Hunting, Detection, & Response; Vulnerability Management; Secure Credential and Key Management; Information Assurance; and Governance, Compliance & Policy programs across industries.

avatar for Samra SulaimanSamra Sulaiman

Samra Sulaiman is an independent consultant providing information management and data analytics services to fortune 500 organizations. She led Global Delivery for Strevus, a SaaS company focused on Regulatory Compliance in Financial Services. Prior to that, Samra led the Enterprise Data Management program at Fannie, which included Enterprise Data Modeling, Meta Data and Master Data Management. Her background includes extensive experience in data analytics, system integration, enterprise architecture, system development, regulatory compliance, and operations. She is a former presenter at past EDW and DGIQ conferences.

avatar for Gwen ThomasGwen Thomas

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 DGI Data Governance 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 (IFC), the private-sector arm of the World Bank Group, as their Corporate Data Advocate. Her dual focus has been internal alignment of data-centric accountabilities across an IFC program involving dozens of IT systems and projects, and collaborating with counterparts across the World Bank Group as part of a re-aligned, federated model of data management and governance.

avatar for Costi TudanCosti Tudan

Costi Tudan is Deputy Chief Data Officer at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) leads the national effort to defend critical infrastructure against the threats of today, while working with partners across all levels of government and in the private sector to secure against the evolving risks of tomorrow. Mr. Tudan has extensive experience in all aspects of Data Management, Data Architecture, Business Transformation and Enterprise Semantic Integration.

avatar for Dr. Crystal WilliamsDr. Crystal Williams

Dr. Williams began her professional career in the IT field when she graduated from high school and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.  She is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Infinite Innovations, LLC, the Information Security Certification & Accreditation Manager for a Department of Defense (DoD) organization, the Southeast Regional Director for the Women's Society of Cyberjutsu (WSC), and an Adjunct Professor at Campbell University and Webster University (Fort Bragg campuses).  She has over 30 years of experience in the Information Technology field and over 15 years of experience specializing in Information Assurance (IA) / Cyber Security.  Dr. Williams has worked in various areas of Information Technology to include regulatory adherence, programming, user training and support, policy, implementation, acquisition, technical support, certification and accreditation (C&A), computer network defense (CND), and risk management.  Her education credentials included three Master's degrees and a Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Information Technology specializing in Information Assurance and Security from Capella University.  To supplement her degrees, Dr. Williams has obtained several certifications to include the Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), and EC-Council Certified Chief Information Security Officer (C|CISO).
Dr. Williams is described as an achievement and success-oriented individual with a superior work ethic. She believes in family, community, serving as a positive role model, teamwork, education, and maintaining a positive mental attitude in her personal and professional endeavors. 

avatar for John ZachmanJohn Zachman

John A. Zachman is the originator of the “Framework for Enterprise Architecture” (The Zachman Framework™) which has received broad acceptance around the world as an integrative framework, an ontology for descriptive representations for Enterprises. Mr. Zachman is not only known for this work on Enterprise Architecture, but is also known for his early contributions to IBM’s Information Strategy methodology (Business Systems Planning) as well as to their Executive team planning techniques (Intensive Planning).
He is Founder and Chairman of his own education and consulting business, Zachman International®. He is also the Executive Director of the Federated Enterprise Architecture Certification Institute (The FEAC® Institute) in Washington, D.C., as well as the Chairman of the Zachman Institute™, a non-profit organization devoted to leveraging Zachman International's vast network of professionals and resources to offer services to small businesses and non-profit organizations as they prepare for and experience growth.

avatar for Jay ZaidiJay Zaidi

Jay is AlyData’s founder and Managing Partner. He is a highly experienced data management practitioner who is passionate about developing data management and analytic solutions for clients.  He has assembled a team of world-class experts and partners that have an impressive list of active engagements with Fortune 500 firms and federal government clients.
 
Jay has over two decades of experience - thirteen at Fannie Mae (five of these reporting to the Chief Data Officer) and seven in Management Consulting with PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP and Commerce One Global Services. He is a prolific writer and is regularly invited to speak at leading data management conferences around the world. Click here for Jay's LinkedIn! profile.
 
In 2016, Jay published two books on data-driven leadership - Data-Driven Leaders Always Win and Data-Driven Leadership - A New Leadership Paradigm in the Digital Age.

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