Chief Executive Officers and Directors
Chief Operations Officer
Chief Data Officers
Chief Compliance Officers
Chief Procurement Officers
Chief Information Officers
Chief Financial Officers
Information is critical to every business, yet many are
still a long way from being able to rely on access to
timely, relevant and accurate information. This briefing
presents fundamental concepts, standards and best
practices that can be used to create practical sustainable
data governance strategies for managing data quality in
order to deliver actionable trusted information.
Dr. Walid el Abed, Founder and CEO of Global Data Excellence (GDE), is a worldwide renowned expert and visionary in Data Governance, Data Quality, and
Master Data Management. He is responsible for the vision, the execution strategy and the implementation plan to govern and get value out of data for multiple
global organizations including Bacardi, Michelin, Givaudan, Firmenich, Electricité de France (EDF), BNP Paribas and Swiss governments (the canton of Geneva,
the canton of Valais and the canton of Fribourg).
Mr. Peter R. Benson, Founder and Executive Director of ECCMA, is the project leader for ISO 8000 the international standard for Information and Data Quality.
Peter is leading a major localization project in Saudi Arabia that is driving new requirement that dramatically enhance supply chain data. Peter is also leading
projects in the USA and in South America that are driving down the cost of cleansing master data while at the same time improving the quality of the data so it
can be used to improve the requisition to order process and reduce inventory.
Mr. Justin Magruder, Founder and President of Noetic Partners, is a pioneer and subject matter expert in data analytics, data mining, master data systems,
and financial data management including secure high-speed transactional data architectures. Justin has developed revolutionary new platforms and processes
for a number of major global financial institutions, including Freddie Mac, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, UBS, Merrill Lynch, Thomson Financial, Grupo Bursatil
Mexicano, Citicorp and Citimortgage.
Ms. Diane Schmidt, Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director of Noetic Partners, is a thought leader in information management and governance, with more
than 20 years of experience in financial services operations, technology, analytics, and business data strategy formation. Diane has developed new systems,
processes, data governance processes and controls, and implementation plans for major global financial institutions including the U.S. Treasury, Freddie Mac,
Grupo Bursatil Mexicano, and CitiMortgage. She led creation and development for the initial Data Strategy and Roadmap, and Human Capital Plan for the
Office of Financial Research in the U.S. Department of Treasury.
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30
Morning Presentations: Data Governance and Data Modeling Fundamental Principles Underlying Accurate Information
10:30-11:00 Morning Break
11:00-12:00 Discussion
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Afternoon presentations: Leveraging ISO 8000 to Improve the Speed and Reduce the Cost of Acquiring Quality Data
2:30-3:00 Afternoon Break and Discussion