DAMA Session February 13, 2025 – New Year, New Trends in Data Management
Location: Nationwide Insurance and online 18700 North Hayden Road Scottsdale, 85255 Webex details will be sent the night before the session to registrants. |
Date: Thursday; February 13, 2025 8:30 – 9:00 Meet & Greet and Light Breakfast 9:00 – 9:10 Welcome / President’s Message 9:10 – 10:10 Data Management Panel Discussion 10:15 – 10:30 Questions for Panelists 10:30 – 11:15 Open Discussion (Data Predictions for the New Year) 11:15 – 11:30 Closing Comments & Raffle |
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SESSION SUMMARY
As organizations continue to generate and rely on vast amounts of data, the landscape of data management is rapidly evolving. Emerging technologies, regulatory changes, and shifting business priorities are shaping the way that data is collected, stored, analyzed and secured. This panel discussion will explore the latest trends in data management for the new year. Experts from diverse industries will share actionable insights into best practices, challenges and strategies on how to embrace these trends while mitigating risk and maximizing ROI, creating and sustaining a competitive advantage in a digital economy.
PANELISTS
Blaire Cano is a seasoned leader with 15 years of experience driving successful data transformation initiatives in complex organizations. She specializes in bridging the gap between data governance, data engineering, reporting, and analytics, enabling organizations to fully leverage their data assets. Her expertise spans from laying the foundational groundwork for data governance to ensuring advanced analytics readiness, empowering teams to unlock actionable insights at scale. Throughout her career, Blaire has led cross-functional teams in transforming data strategies and systems, driving efficiencies, enhancing data quality, and fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making. She is passionate about helping organizations navigate the evolving landscape of data, ensuring that governance and engineering frameworks are seamlessly integrated with analytics processes to create sustainable and impactful data ecosystems.
Mayur Patel has nearly two decades of dedicated experience in IT delivery and business technology solutions, Mayur has a diverse set of experiences in business development, account management, client relationship management, and IT consulting. His expertise spans multiple industries including Banking, Financial Services, Software & Technology, and Healthcare, primarily within the United States. Previously at American Express, Mayur is the Director of Engineering, focusing on Data and AI, at GoDaddy.
Solomon Williams is a trusted partner in delivering business strategies and transformations by developing innovative approaches driven by data, analytics, predictive and generative AI, AI/ML solutions. For over 25 years, this focus has established a record of accomplishment in multiple industries including Insurance, Banking, Captial Markets, Financial Services, Oil & Gas, Transportation & Logistics, Manufacturing, Hospitality & Gaming, and Telecom. Solomon has extensive experience with Data-driven Transformation Initiatives, Data value/strategy creation, and implementation, Enterprise Architecture, Master and Reference Data Management, Data Governance and Data & Analytics factory customization and implementation. Solomon is also a DAMA CDMP Fellow, and has published numerous articles in the Data space, along with speaking at conferences.