ELEARNINGCURVE - Key Persons
Angelo Bobak is a seasoned data architecture professional and published author with over 20 years' experience in Business Intelligence, Data Architecture, Data Modeling, Master Data Management, and Data Quality. - More -
Angelo Bobak is a seasoned data architecture professional and published author with over 20 years' experience in Business Intelligence, Data Architecture, Data Modeling, Master Data Management, and Data Quality. Currently he is working at ATOS Origin NA as a Director/Senior Data Architect in the areas of Global Master Data Management, Data Integration and Data Quality. Past experience includes positions as an IT consultant, manager and data architect with companies such as Siemens, Praxair, Avaya, Pepsi and several financial institutions on Wall Street such as Merrill Lynch, Bankers Trust and International Securities Exchange (ISE).
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- Leader
- Director, Enterprise Solutions
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- Director
- Instructor
- Coach With CEOCI
- Columnist at Entrepreneur Magazine
Asha Saxena is a strategic, innovative leader with a proven track record of building successful tech businesses for the last 25 years. With a strong academic background, creative problem-solving skills, and an effective management style, she has been instrumental in building business models for success. - More -
Asha Saxena is a strategic, innovative leader with a proven track record of building successful tech businesses for the last 25 years. With a strong academic background, creative problem-solving skills, and an effective management style, she has been instrumental in building business models for success.
Asha Saxena is a CEO Coach with CEOCI, the leading coaching firm for growth-focused CEOs and entrepreneurs, where we follow a practical and proven methodology to help CEOs and their teams perform at their very best and achieve their business goals.
As a Board Advisor and an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, she teaches graduate classes on Management Consulting, Entrepreneurship and Big Data Analytics. She has served a four-year term as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Columbia Business School.
Published Author, Columnist at Entrepreneur Magazine, Asha Saxena is a well-known key-note speaker on Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Women in Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data.
Asha Saxena is a Board of Director for several for-profit companies. She served as CEO of ACULYST Corp. Healthcare Data Analytics Firm, built an eCommerce Company and served as a CEO of Future Technologies Inc., an international data management solutions firm for twenty years.
Asha Saxena has her Masters in Data Science and Machine Learning from Southern Methodist University, Texas and her undergraduate degree as a computer science engineer from Bangalore University in India. She has attended management programs at MIT and London Business School. In the area of operational excellence, she is certified as a Six Sigma Black Belt professional. She started her professional career in a New York-based IT firm and has enjoyed challenging, diverse assignments in the financial services industry.
Asha Saxena was invited to be a part of the World Economic Forum where Future Technologies Inc. was named "Global Growth Company 2007." Her entrepreneurial spirit has also enabled her to gain notable success as a restaurateur, real-estate developer, and movie studio producer.
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- Consultant
- Senior Executive
Colin Gibson is a senior executive and consultant with 30 years' experience in financial services. He specialises in architecture, data governance and data management, most recently as head of data architecture for the investment banking divisions of RBS and HSBC and as head of enterprise architecture for Willis Towers Watson... - More -
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- Instructor
- Chief Instructor for First Place Learning
David Haertzen is chief instructor for First Place Learning (first-place-learning.com), is webmaster of Infogoal.com, and has over 20 years of experience in the Information Technology field. David has provided training and consulting services to many organizations including... - More -
David Haertzen is chief instructor for First Place Learning (first-place-learning.com), is webmaster of Infogoal.com, and has over 20 years of experience in the Information Technology field. David has provided training and consulting services to many organizations including: 3M, The Mayo Clinic, Diversified Pharmaceuticals, Fluor Daniel and Glaxo Welcome. He has led and contributed to the success of over 50 projects such as:
Creating and Improving Data Strategies
Designing and Developing Data Warehouses and Data Marts
Developing Data Models
Improving Results from Business Processes
Implementing Manufacturing, Insurance, Financial and Human Resource Applications
Leading Pilot Projects
Conducting Training and Seminars
Working with a wide range of businesses and government agencies has given David insights into the practical application of data modeling in many environments. He has developed models covering subject areas such as: human resources, assets, customers, employees, products, services, organizations, locations, orders, inventory, processes, and projects using a variety of tools including: Erwin, Rational Rose, and Visio.
Communications and training skills are strengths of Mr. Haertzen who has presented and developed seminars with subjects ranging from Data Modeling to Creativity to Interpersonal Communication. He strongly believes that learning can be fun and that learning by doing is most effective. He presents seminars and key note speeches on numerous topics including:
Data Modeling
Data Warehousing
Data Modeling and Database Design
Data Resource Management
Data Dictionaries and Repositories
Project Management
Business Process Reengineering
Process Modeling
David earned a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree through studies at the University of St. Thomas and a Bachelor of Science in Business (BsB) at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management.
He has been active in professional organizations and has been a speaker for the Data Administration Management Association (DAMA) and other groups.
His home page is at: davidhaertzen.com
Mr. Haertzen can be reached at david@davidhaertzen.com
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- Consultant
- Instructor
- Teacher
- Director, Education
Dave Wells is a consultant, teacher, and practitioner in the field of Information Management. He brings to every endeavor a unique and balanced perspective about the relationships of business and technology. This perspective - refined through a career of more than thirty-five years that encompassed both business and technical roles - helps to align business and... - More -
Diana Ascher works at the intersection of information practice and policy.
She is the director of the IS Lab at UCLA and founder of the Information Ethics & Equity Institute, which bridges information studies research and praxis through accredited programming for data and information workers.
As Senior Advisor on Data Ethics & Responsible AI to the EDM Council, Dr. Ascher helps ensure the world's leading organizations develop ethical data management policies and practices.
Diondra Stubbs received her bachelor's in Applied Mathematics from the University of Rhode Island with an emphasis in data analytics, data science, and statistics....
Dr. Deanne Larson is an active practitioner and academic focusing on business intelligence and data warehousing with over 20 years of experience. Dr. Larson completed her doctorate in management in information technology leadership. Her doctoral dissertation research focused on a grounded theory qualitative study on establishing enterprise data strategy. - More -
Dr. Deanne Larson is an active practitioner and academic focusing on business intelligence and data warehousing with over 20 years of experience.
Dr. Larson completed her doctorate in management in information technology leadership. Her doctoral dissertation research focused on a grounded theory qualitative study on establishing enterprise data strategy. She holds project management professional (PMP) and certified business intelligence professional (CBIP) certifications.
Larson attended AT&T Executive Training at the Harvard Business School in 2001, focusing on IT leadership. She is a regular contributor to TDWI publications and presents several times a year at conferences. Dr. Larson is associate faculty at American Public University and University of Phoenix in the United States.
Dr. Larson can be contacted at larsonelink@aol.com
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- Instructor
- Director of the Steadward Centre for Personal & Physical Achievement
Dr. Jennifer Leo is the Director of The Steadward Centre for Personal & Physical Achievement, a teaching and research centre within the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She received her PhD from this Faculty with expertise in research methods, exercise, physical activity, and sport for people with and without disabilities.
With over 15 years of experience conducting research and evaluation in community based settings, Jennifer brings insight into what it means to conduct research beyond academia. She has completed graduate level training in quantitative and qualitative research methods including one-on-one interviews, focus group facilitation, statistical analysis, and survey development, testing and implementation. Additionally, Jennifer has worked with organizations in the healthcare, education, and not-for-profit sectors including, the Ontario Lung Association, Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability, University of Toronto, Athletics Canada, and Ever Active Schools as a research consult to provide evaluation and impact assessment services.
Jennifer has been involved in adult education for 15 years during which time she developed and delivered curriculum for in-person and online learning experiences. Her extensive post-secondary teaching experience spans across five post-secondary instructions, including the University of Alberta, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, and King's University College at Western University. Finally, Jennifer presents at national and international conferences each year to share knowledge and insights about research and data science.
Eric Siegel, Ph.D., is a seasoned consultant in data mining and analytics, an acclaimed industry instructor, and an award-winning teacher of graduate-level courses in these areas. He is the founding conference chair of Predictive Analytics World.... - More -
Eric Siegel, Ph.D., is a seasoned consultant in data mining and analytics, an acclaimed industry instructor, and an award-winning teacher of graduate-level courses in these areas. He is the founder of the Predictive Analytics World and Deep Learning World conference series, which have served more than 17,000 attendees since 2009.
He authored the bestselling Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die, which has been used in courses at more than 35 universities.
An expert in machine learning and predictive analytics, Dr. Siegel served as a computer science professor at Columbia University, where he won the engineering school's award for teaching undergraduate and graduate courses. Dr. Siegel also co-founded two New York City-based software companies for customer/user profiling and data mining.
Dr. Siegel is the acclaimed instructor of an in-person training workshop that served as the basis to form his eLearningCurve online course, "Fundamentals of Predictive Analytics". He has published over 20 papers and articles in machine learning research and computer science education and has served on 10 conference program committees.
Dr. Siegel joined eLearningCurve faculty in 2011. He can be reached at eric@predictionimpact.com.
Evan Levy is an acknowledged consultant and speaker in the areas of Enterprise Data Strategy, Data Management, and Systems Integration. Evan has spent his career leading both practitioners and executives in delivering a range of technology solutions, from software product development to industry-focused strategic consulting services to organizational leadership sessions. - More -
Evan Levy is an acknowledged consultant and speaker in the areas of Enterprise Data Strategy, Data Management, and Systems Integration.
Evan has spent his career leading both practitioners and executives in delivering a range of technology solutions, from software product development to industry-focused strategic consulting services to organizational leadership sessions. He has led high-profile systems integration projects for Fortune 500 customers in the financial services, retail, telecommunications, health/life sciences, government, and insurance industries. He's also been retained as a strategic advisor to various software vendors in the areas of product planning, and continues to counsel the investment community in the use of applying advanced technologies to key business initiatives.
Evan's prior positions include Sr. VP of Data Management at Envolve Benefit Options and VP, Data Management Services and Consulting at SAS. Evan was also the co-founder of a boutique consulting firm (Baseline Consulting) acquired by SAS.
As an executive, he has led high-profile data integration projects for Fortune 500 customers in the financial services, retail, telecommunications, health/life sciences, and insurance industries. As a consultant, Evan is often retained to "roll up his sleeves" and deliver services in a manner that mentors team members on best practices to improve their productivity.
Evan has been published in a wide array of industry magazines and is a featured speaker and instructor at industry events (Data Architecture Summit, Enterprise Data World, Gartner's Data & Analytics Conference, Hadoop Summit, MDM Summit, and Strata). He is a faculty member of The Data Warehousing Institute and is a Best Practices judge in areas of Analytics and Data Management.
Evan was the co-author of the book, Customer Data Integration: Reaching a Single Version of the Truth, which describes the business breakthroughs achieved with integrated customer data, and explains how to make Master Data Management work. The book features case studies from Royal Bank of Canada, Intuit, AARP, Overstock.com, and Amgen, among others
Evan has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Duke University.
Gary Cokins is an internationally recognized expert, speaker, and author in advanced cost management and performance improvement systems. He is the founder of Analytics-Based Performance Management, an advisory firm located in Cary, North Carolina at www.garycokins.com . Gary received a BS degree with honors in Industrial Engineering/Operations Research from Cornell University in 1971. He received his MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management in 1974.
Gary began his career as a strategic planner with FMC's Link-Belt Division and then served as Financial Controller and Operations Manager. In 1981 Gary began his management consulting career first with Deloitte Consulting. Then KPMG (1988), where he was trained on ABC by Harvard Business School Professors Robert S. Kaplan and Robin Cooper, and in 1992 Gary headed the National Cost Management Consulting Services for Electronic Data Systems (EDS) now part of HP. From 1997 until recently Gary was in business development with SAS, a leading provider of enterprise performance management and business analytics and intelligence software.
His three most recent books are Performance Management: Finding the Missing Pieces to Close the Intelligence Gap (ISBN 0-471-57690-5), Performance Management: Integrating Strategy Execution, Methodologies, Risk, and Analytics (ISBN 978-0-470-44998-1), and Predictive Business Analytics all published by John Wiley & Sons. Mr. Cokins can be contacted at gcokins@garycokins.com .
George Williams is a multi-disciplinary professional with nearly 30 years of experience as a Data Analyst, GIS Analyst, Geoscientist, and Project Manager. - More -
George Williams is a multi-disciplinary professional with nearly 30 years of experience as a Data Analyst, GIS Analyst, Geoscientist, and Project Manager. He currently works as a Data Program Manager with a prominent Marketing Data Management & Analytics firm in Seattle, WA. He has an educational background in Earth Sciences and Hazardous Materials Management along with 15 years of experience managing Geo-technical & Environmental Engineering projects. During this 15 year period, George worked as an Geo-Environmental Engineering consultant for oil companies and land developers in California and later as Environmental Program Manager at The Boeing Company in Washington State. It is through his Geo-science education and work experience that he was introduced to the discipline of geographic data visualization, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), fate & transport modeling, and database technology.
As his interest in computing, GIS, and database technology began to grow, George became interested in applying these skills for commercial business applications. In the early 2000s, he supplemented his Earth Sciences background with an MBA in Information Technology Management (emphasizing relational database technology and quantitative analysis) and gained GIS and Project Management certification. Over the last 15 years, George has applied his skills with GIS, Database technology, Data Warehousing, SQL programming, and project management for Ventura County government, Boeing, J. D. Power & Associates, and Microsoft among other technology firms in California and Washington State.
George has been a board member with The Data Warehousing Institute's (TDWI) northwest chapter since 2011, and he continues to strive to build his expertise in both Business Intelligence and Location Intelligence and advocates for the increased use of GIS technology in the B.I. industry. George Williams can be reached through his freelance Location Intelligence firm's website (Applied GeoData) at www.appgeodata.com and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/geowill2
Henrik Liliendahl Sørensen has over 30 years of experience in working with Master Data Management and Data Quality and is a charter member of the International Association of Information and Data Quality.
Currently Henrik works with Master Data Management at Tata Consulting Services and as Practice Manager at Omikron Data Quality besides writing on a well trafficked blog about data quality, master data management and the art of data matching. Henrik is the founder of the Data Matching and the Multi-Domain MDM groups on LinkedIn.
During his professional life Henrik has been involved in numerous implementations of master data management and data quality solutions embracing global wide enterprise data and external reference data. Henrik has taken part in implementing data matching solutions at Dun & Bradstreet, Experian and other party reference data service providers. Other engagements has been targeted at product master data management and related data quality issues.
As a data quality practitioner Henrik has covered the full range of roles from writing algorithms for data parsing and data matching, performing data analysis, doing workflow design, involved in business process management and managing projects. Henrik has been on the tool vendor side besides also practicing consultancy, working at end user organizations and being part of public regulatory bodies.
Henrik has been a speaker at a wide range of data management conferences and has also been engaged at the Danish School of Public Administration teaching Information Technology.
Henrik joined eLearningCurve faculty in 2011. He can be reached at liliendahl@orange.net.
Jake Dolezal has over 20 years experience in the Information Management field with expertise in business intelligence, analytics, data warehousing, statistics, data modeling and integration, data visualization, master data management, and data quality. Jake has experience across a broad array of industries, including: healthcare, education, government, manufacturing, engineering, hospitality and gaming.
Prior to joining MCG, Dr. Dolezal was the Senior Director of Information Management at the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma-the third largest Native American tribe in the United States with over 200,000 members worldwide. He championed and developed an enterprise-wide information management initiative from the ground up across the organization's commercial, government, healthcare, social service and education divisions. He was also involved with the organization's core CRM and ERP systems.
Jake earned his Doctorate in Information Management from Syracuse University-consistently the #1 ranked graduate school for information systems by U.S. News and World Report. He is also a Certified Business Intelligence Professional through TDWI with an emphasis in Data Analysis. In addition, he is a certified leadership coach and has helped clients accelerate their careers and earn several executive promotions.
Dr. Dolezal has a passion for teaching and learning as well. He taught as a university lecturer in physics and computer information systems for over a decade and published several articles in publications like Information Management. He is also the author of the book I Survived Stats: A Less Frustrating Approach To Help Students Survive and Pass a Statistics Course (forthcoming).
Jake Dolezal has over 16 years experience in the Information Management field with expertise in business intelligence, analytics, data warehousing, statistics, data modeling and integration, data visualization, master data management, and data quality. - More -
Jed Summerton is a senior practitioner of enterprise data strategy and improving business performance through data analytics. As a consultant he has served over 100 companies in 18 industries to develop and execute large-scale data programs and analytic ecosystems. - More -
Jed Summerton is a senior practitioner of enterprise data strategy and improving business performance through data analytics. As a consultant he has served over 100 companies in 18 industries to develop and execute large-scale data programs and analytic ecosystems. His expertise is grounded in his deep experience as an internal technical executive of best practices in large organizations, including GE, NASA, Level 3 Communications (now Lumen) and DaVita Healthcare Partners.
Jed teaches masters-level business analytics in the MBA and MSc programs at Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver, where he chairs the advisory board for the department of Business Information and Analytics. He has served as a faculty member of TDWI (Transforming Data With Intelligence), is a best-practices judge for numerous technical awards and is a frequent speaker at industry forums.
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- Instructor
- Business Technology Thought Leader
John Ladley is a Business Technology Thought Leader with 30 years experience in project management, improving IT organizations and successful implementation of information systems. John Ladley is a widely-known data warehouse pioneer and a recognized... - More -
John Singer has 4 decades of experience in a variety of data architecture-related roles. John's past accomplishments include implementing metadata management solutions, data modeling processes and governance... - More -
Kathy always says she has data in her blood. She started her interest in data when she was studying for her Summa Cum Laude Mathematics degree. In those days it was about numbers and logic and finding the correct solutions to problems. Her working career brought new aspects to information - spreadsheets, mainframes, actuarial analyses and even a short spell using Fortran - something that will not be repeated!
She moved from the US to the UK in the late 80's, having found romance on an early version of the internet (but that is another story!). Her love affair with data continued as well, and soon was responsible for the support of several relational databases. At the mobile telecoms company, One2One (now T-Mobile), she was Application Support Manager for their finance systems and their data warehouse, the unfortunately named ‘Pandora'. As was the case with most large databases in those days, all these systems had information quality problems that were costing the company vast amounts of money. She started looking for ways to overcome these issues and that is how she started her information quality journey, a voyage which continues to this day.
Twelve years ago she attended a training course in Information Quality Improvements and felt that she had finally found the way forward. Soon after, she instituted an Information Quality Division at One2One where, in their first three months of operation, she and her team managed to recover £10 million in lost annual earnings, thus providing a quick 800% return on investment against the team's two year budget and that was only the beginning.
Since then she has been building expertise in information management. Joining Harte-Hanks in 2002, she built an information management practice and, with her highly skilled team, was responsible for instituting their highly successful Global Data Management solution set which provided data management capabilities to multi-national organizations who wanted to build international databases with data from as many as 238 countries.
From information quality and data governance through to providing global data solutions and guidance she attained a reputation for expert knowledge and successful delivery in global information management to her clients - some of the largest companies in the world.
A popular speaker at information quality and international marketing events around the world, Kathy is known for her pragmatic approach to topics, providing helpful hints and practical examples in order to solve tough problems.
Kevin Petrie (Click to view Kevin Petrie's courses) Kevin's passion is to decipher what technology means to practitioners. He has invested more than 20 years in technology, as a strategy analyst, instructor, product marketer and services leader. A frequent public speaker and accomplished writer, Kevin has nearly a decade of experience in data management and analytics... - More - Tom Redman (Click to view Tom Redman's courses) Dr. Thomas C. Redman (the Data Doc) is an innovator, advisor, and teacher. He was first to extend quality principles to data and information, in the late 80s. Since then he has crystallized a body of tools, techniques, roadmaps, and organizational insights that help organizations .... - More -
Maria C. Villar is a leader, consultant, and writer in the fields of enterprise information management, IT management, and software development. She has held senior executive positions in both the technology and financial sectors. As a leader in enterprise information management... - More -
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- Practice and Process Management Expert for the EDM Council
Mark McQueen is the best practice and process management expert for the EDM Council. He joined the Council in 2016 and now leads the Best Practice Program to develop Data Management industry standard processes for executing the DCAM™ Capability Framework... - More -
Mark Peco is an experienced consultant, educator, practitioner and manager in the fields of Business Intelligence and Process Improvement. He provides vision and.... - More -
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- Instructor
- Professional and Instructor
Michele Valentini is a highly accomplished professional and instructor specializing in the field of data management. Holding a Ph.D. in Mathematics and a CDMP Master-level certification in Data Management by DAMA International, Michele possesses a strong academic background and extensive expertise in the subject matter. - More -
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- Director, Course Design & Production
Natasha Balac received her master's and PhD in computer science from Vanderbilt University with an emphasis in machine learning from large data sets. She's currently directing the Interdisciplinary Center for Data Science (ICData) at Calit2/Qualcomm Institute, and lectures in the area of big data and data science. - More -
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- Consultant
- Instructor
- Trainer
Steve Hoberman is a trainer, consultant, and writer in the field of data modeling. He balances the formality and precision of data modeling with the realities of building software systems with severe time, budget, and people constraints. Steve focuses on templates, tools, and guidelines to reap the benefits of data modeling... - More -
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- Vice President of Enterprise Information Management for VMware
Theresa Kushner is presently the Vice President of Enterprise Information Management for VMware, Palo Alto. She joined in October 2012 to help the fast growing software company develop a firm data foundation on which to build their future business. Before joining VMware she was the Director of Customer Intelligence within the Strategic Marketing organization of Cisco Systems in San Jose ... - More -
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- President of McKnight Consulting Group
William is president of McKnight Consulting Group, which includes service lines of Master Data Management, IT assessment, Data Warehousing, and Business Intelligence. He functions as Strategist, Lead Enterprise Information Architect, and Program Manager for sites worldwide. Many of his clients have gone public with their success stories ...