Presented by Peter Aiken, PhD and Micheline Casey on September 13, 2016

Bio:

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.

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.