Featured Speakers
Aaron Zornes
Chief Research Officer
The MDM Institute
Aaron Zornes is the founder and chief research officer of The MDM Institute. Mr. Zornes is a noted speaker and author on Global 2000 enterprise IT issues and is the most quoted industry analyst on the topics of customer data integration' (CDI), master data management (MDM), and data governance.
Jim Ericson
Editorial Director
Information Management
Editorial Director, Information Management Magazine.
Jim Ericson is responsible for identifying and aligning all areas of editorial content for Information Management and for ensuring that the magazine maintains its position as a market leader in the data warehousing and information management arena. He is a primary contributor of features, interviews and editorial comment for the publication.
John Gairhan
Director of MDM Product Marketing
IBM Software Group
John Gairhan is responsible for product marketing for IBM's Master Data Management group of products and has been with IBM since 2005. Prior to joining IBM, John worked at DWL Inc., and was Director of Strategy for DWL Customer, a leading CDI hub. John also spent 5 years at Acxiom Corporation working on marketing and recognition solutions and spent 9 years working in software development for Alltel Information Services/Systematics. He received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville and spent several years working as a software engineer.
Mary-Jane Jarvis-Haig
MDM Principle
Xenex
Mary-Jane Jarvis is a seasoned Information Management Professional. She is a practitioner, mentor and educator. Her career has focused on improving productivity of Information Technology Organizations and the Lines of Business they support. Mary-Jane thrives on the challenge to exploit information for business growth and profitability. She has a winning formula for building core competency and sustaining success. From Data Warehousing basics of “how to start” through to defining and driving Business Intelligence strategies for growth, Mary-Jane brings a wealth of practical experience and undeniable passion. Most recently, Mary-Jane’s research efforts have focused on Master Data Management practices in Canadian businesses.
Susan Kirk
Senior MDM Consultant
Integre8 MDM Services
Susan Kirk is a Senior MDM Consultant and President of Integre8 MDM Services with a proven track record of successful Customer Data Integration and Master Data Management implementations. As one of the initial members of DWL Inc. and Principal Consultant with IBM Software Group, Susan has spent the last 10+ years working with clients on MDM deployments in the financial services, retail and manufacturing industries."
Peter Lamb
MDM Data Architect
Peter J. Lamb and Associates
Peter Lamb has over twenty years of experience in information systems consulting with a focus on data warehouse development and MDM. He has been the primary architect for a number of maser data and data warehouse implementations in Canada, the United States and Belgium. These master data solutions have integrated and supported master data from Oracle ERP, SAP, Manugistics, and legacy applications as well as data warehouses and operational reporting, planning and target setting systems. Mr. Lamb is a noted expert in the Kalido MDM realm across multiple MDM use cases in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) domain. He received his degree in Philosophy, Math and Computer Science from the University of Toronto.
Krasen Paskalev
Senior Solutions Consultant
Ataccama Corp.
Krasen Paskalev has over 15 years of IT experience, and has held leadership roles for large scale international Data Warehousing initiatives, primarily as a lead Data Warehouse Architect, Business Consulting Lead, Data Architect, and Designer. He has extensive experience designing and implementing MDM and Data Quality solutions in various industries and hold a Masters of Computer Science from Sofia University.
Donald Pilkey, CPIM
MDM & Data Governance Practice Lead
Broadstreet Data
Donald Pilkey is a seasoned project manager with 20+ years experience in large-scale systems projects for major Canadian CPG/Food and Bio-Pharma corporations. His recent focus has been on supply chain, business intelligence, master data management and SAP lifecycle. Mr. Pilkey received his technical degree from the University of Waterloo.
Matt Siomra
Director
The Massey Crawford Group
Matt Siomra has been a pragmatic voice in the enterprise IT industry for over ten years through his work with Fortune 500 companies which seek to understand, plan for, and implement solutions that deliver measurable value. Focused exclusively on MDM solutions since 2004, Mr. Siomra has represented two of the industry’s leading vendors through phases of rapid growth in the United State, Canada, Europe and Asia. He currently heads up The Massey Crawford Group’s MDM advisory practice where he provides services to teams that are in the early stages of their MDM journey or have realized that they need extra help to get value from their current approach.
Eric Sun
Sr. Solution Architect - Team Lead
TELUS
Eric Sun has 11 years of IT practice, specialized in high performance data integration and flexible business intelligence. He is currently focusing on BI/DW solutions based on Informatica, Microsoft, Cognos, Trillium, and MicroStrategy technology.
