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This week, I'm very pleased that Janani Dumbleton agreed to be interviewed for my blog. I always enjoy discussing all things Data Governance with her, as she obviously shares my enthusiam for the topic. Janani describes herself as as the perennial consultant, but I'll hand over to her to explain more in her own words...
Read MoreI'm delighted that Richard Lee agreed to be the subject of my next Data Governance Interview. Richard is the Managing Partner of IMECS, LLC, an executive consulting firm that works with Senior Executive Teams in the domains of Business Transformation, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Advanced Analytics and Business Informatics.
Read MoreThis week I am reposting an updated version of a blog, which I originally posted last February. The reason for the repost is that now Solvency II timescales are confirmed, the topic is very much back on the agenda. So much so that I have been asked to repeat the Solvency II Data Quality Course I originally did last year.
Read MoreI am pleased to welcome Guy Harvey as a guest blogger to my site this week. Guy is an independent consultant with over 18 years of Information Management and Data Warehousing experience under his belt. Having worked with some of the UK largest companies, he has had the opportunity to view data management from many angles and experienced both success and failure along the way. Guy firmly believes data management starts, and remains as the responsibility of those who are involved with its creation and IT as an integral partner to deliver a quality service. Following this approach has delivered the successes but fully understands that each company brings challenges rarely seen anywhere else.
Read MoreI am really pleased that Gary Alleman has kindly agreed to post a guest blog on my site this week. I enjoy reading Gary's blogs and I'm sure you will too.
Read MoreIn this blog I interview Patrick Dewald. Patrick is a Data Governance Architect and founding partner in Diaku. He has a wealth of experience designing Master Data Management and Data Governance solutions for financial institutions. Patrick has been heading up Data Governance initiatives, designing and implementing group-wide data services from the ground up for the best part of 15 years. Patrick is recognised by his peers as a leader in the field of Data Governance.
Read MoreFor this Data Governance Interview I am delighted that Sunil Soares agreed to answer my questions. Sunil is the founder and managing partner of Information Asset, LLC, www.information-asset.com 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, and worked with clients across six continents and multiple industries. Sunil is the author of multiple books including The IBM Data Governance Unified Process, Selling Information Governance to the Business and Big Data Governance.
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Nicola Askham, The Data Governance Coach, has over 19 years of experience managing and implementing data governance. She is passionate about helping people advance and be successful with their Data Governance initiatives.
Nicola is the leading data governance training provider in the UK. She holds a unique level of experience in the Data Governance field, and has experience in training and coaching major organisations to help them implement full data governance frameworks.
Nicola has developed a powerful methodology for implementing data governance based on over 13 years of experience and research into best practices. Her methodology breaks down the data governance initiative into logical steps, which ensures that businesses design and implement a data governance framework that is right for them.
Nicola is a Director and Committee Member of DAMA UK, she sits on the Expert Panel of Dataqualitypro.com, and regularly writes and presents internationally on data governance best practice.
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