Presented by Todd Harbour and Kathy Rondon on August 21, 2019

Bio:

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.

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.