Robert Rich
Founder & President
DataQualityFirst Inc.

Robert Rich’s vision for innovative data integration, quality and governance solutions that positively impact business performance is at the heart of DataQualityFirst Inc. Known for his enthusiastic presentations and subject matter expertise, Mr. Rich is a recognized expert in data quality, data integration and managing master data in complex heterogeneous environments.

His real world understanding of how to drive business value out of technology deployments comes from 20+ years of experience as an IT professional, consultant and in various marketing and product roles for enterprise application software vendors. Most recently, Mr. Rich led Worldwide Product Marketing for IBM’s Master Data Management solutions and before that was Director of Product Marketing responsible for the data quality offerings at Ascential Software. Prior to Ascential, he held leadership positions at Syskoplan Consulting, Siebel, Vality Technology and Technology Solutions Corporation. Mr. Rich started his career as an applications programmer after earning a B.B.A. in marketing from Hofstra University.