Danette McGilvray is an experienced trainer, consultant and author of Executing Data Quality Projects: Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information™ 2nd Ed. (Elsevier/Academic Press, 2021). An internationally respected expert, her Ten Steps™ approach to information quality has been embraced as a proven method for creating, improving, and managing the quality of all types of data for any kind of organization. Her book is used as a textbook in university graduate programs.

Rick van der Lans is a highly-respected independent analyst, consultant, author, and internationally acclaimed lecturer specializing in data architectures, data warehousing, business intelligence, big data, data virtualization, and database technology. He works for R20/Consultancy, which he founded in 1987. In 2018 he was selected the sixth most influential BI analyst worldwide by onalytica.com. He has presented countless seminars, webinars, and keynotes at industry-leading conferences. For many years, he served as the chairman of the annual European Enterprise Data and Business Intelligence Conference in London and the annual Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Summit in The Netherlands. He presents seminars, keynotes, and inhouse sessions on the following topics: Modern data architectures Big data and analytics Data virtualization The logical data warehouse Data warehousing and business intelligence Rick helps clients worldwide to design their data warehouse, big data, business intelligence, and streaming architectures and solutions and assists them with selecting the right products. He is ambassador of Axians Business Analytics Laren (formerly Kadenza), an international consultancy company specializing in business intelligence, data management, big data, data warehousing, data virtualization, and analytics. He is the author of several books on computing. Some of these books are available in different languages. Books such as the popular "Introduction to SQL" is available in English, Dutch, Italian, Chinese, and German and is sold worldwide. He was the author of the first available book on SQL, entitled including Introduction to SQL, which has been translated into several languages with more than 100,000 copies sold. More recently, he published two books on Data Virtualization: Selected Writings and Data Virtualization for Business Intelligence Systems.

Dr. Barry Devlin is a founder of the data warehousing industry, defining its first architecture in 1985. A foremost authority on business intelligence (BI), big data and beyond, he is respected worldwide as a visionary and thought-leader in the evolving industry. Barry has authored two ground-breaking books: the classic "Data Warehouse--from Architecture to Implementation" and “Business unIntelligence--Insight and Innovation Beyond Analytics and Big Data” in 2013 (http://bit.ly/BunI-TP2). Barry has over 30 years of experience in the IT industry, previously with IBM, as a consultant, manager and distinguished engineer. As founder and principal of 9sight Consulting (http://www.9sight.com) in 2008, Barry provides strategic consulting and thought-leadership to buyers and vendors of BI and Big Data solutions. Customer offerings include Readiness Assessments for Digital Transformation and all information-driven undertakings, Evaluations of Data Warehouse and Data Lake implementations, strategic and architectural recommendations. Vendor offerings run from webinars and keynotes to blogs and white papers. He is an associate editor of TDWI's Journal of Business Intelligence, and a regular keynote speaker, teacher and writer on all aspects of information creation and use. Barry operates worldwide from St Ives, Cornwall, UK. Specialties: Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing / Data Lakes, Data architecture, IT Strategy, Data management products, Consulting

Christopher Bradley has spent 39 years in the forefront of the Information Management field, working for International organisations in Information Management Strategy, Data Governance, Data Quality, Information Assurance, Master Data Management, Metadata Management, Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence. Chris is an Information Strategist and a recognised thought leader. He advises clients including, Alinma Bank, American Express, ANZ, British Gas, Bank of England, BP, Celgene, Cigna Insurance, EDP, Emirates NBD, Enterprise Oil, ExxonMobil, GSK, HSBC, NAB, National Grid, Riyad Bank, SABB, SAMA, Saudi NIC, Saudi Aramco, Shell, Statoil, and TOTAL. He is VP of Professional Development for DAMA-International, the inaugural Fellow of DAMA CDMP, past president of DAMA UK. He is an author of the DMBoK 2 and author and examiner for professional certifications. In 2016 Chris received the lifetime achievement award from DAMA International for exceptional services to furthering Data Management education & to the International Data Management community. Chris guides Global organizations on Information Strategy, Data Governance, Information Management best practice and how organisations can genuinely manage Information as a critical corporate asset. Frequently he is engaged to evangelise the Information Management and Data Governance message to Executive management, introduce data governance and new business processes for Information Management and to deliver training and mentoring. Chris is Director of the E&P standards committee “DMBoard”, sits on several International Data Standards committees, teaches at several Master’s Degree University Classes Internationally. He authored “Data Modelling for the Business”, is a primary author of DMBoK 2.0, a member of the Meta Data Professionals Organisation (MPO) and a holder at “Fellow” level of CDMP and examiner for several professional certifications. Chris is an acknowledged thought leader in Data Governance, author of several papers and books, and an expert judge on the annual Data Governance best practice awards.

I'm an information management consultant, practitioner and thought leader with over 20 years experience, gained in large organisations, both in the UK and elsewhere. Specialising in data governance and data quality I am a passionate advocate for keeping IM as simple and business focused as possible. I believe a key role of IM professionals is to help business people relate IM to real business benefits. Much of my consultancy work has been to enable organisations do this, helping them to produce IM business cases, data governance processes and structures that complement existing business models, and demonstrating & delivering the benefits of improved data quality and data exploitation.

Mike Ferguson is CEO of Intelligent Business Strategists. An independent IT industry analyst and consultant, specialising in BI/analytics and data management. With over 40 years of experience, Mike has consulted for dozens of companies on BI/analytics, data strategy, technology selection, enterprise architecture, and data management. Mike is also conference chairman of Big Data LDN, and a member of the EDM Council CDMC Executive Advisory Board. He has spoken at events all over the world and written numerous articles. Formerly, a principal and co-founder of Codd and Date – the inventors of the Relational Model that caused the birth of relational databases and SQL, and Chief Architect at Teradata on the Teradata DBMS. He teaches master classes in Data Strategy, Data Catalogs, Data Warehouse Modernisation, Practical Guidelines for Implementing a Data Mesh, Big Data Fundamentals, How to Govern Data Across a Distributed Data Landscape, and Embedded Analytics, Intelligent Apps & AI Automation

Adrian Reed is a true advocate of the analysis profession. In his day job, he acts as Principal Consultant at Blackmetric Business Solutions where he provides business analysis consultancy and training solutions to a range of clients in varying industries. He is editor-in-chief of the quarterly open-access magazine BA Digest, and he speaks internationally on topics relating to business analysis and business change. Adrian wrote the 2016 book ‘Be a Great Problem Solver… Now’ and the 2018 book ‘Business Analyst’ You can read Adrian’s blog at http://www.adrianreed.co.uk and connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianreed/

Roger is the president of Process Renewal Consulting Group Inc. He is also co-founder of BPTrends Associates; the services firm of the world-leading BPTrends.com knowledge portal. He started the pioneering Process Renewal Group (PRG) in 1993 and was at the forefront of process-centric ways of running businesses. He is regarded globally as a thought leader and dynamic practitioner who brings reason, clarity, and practicality to complex business architecture and business change. Roger's insights can be found in his acclaimed book: Business Process Management: Profiting from Process, the Business Process Manifesto, the Handbook on Business Process Management and numerous other publications including his articles featured on BPTrends.com. Roger chairs several of the largest and most influential Business Architecture and BPM conferences in the world and is a sought after speaker dealing with the tough issues of business change in a thought provoking and entertaining manner. A seasoned practitioner, Roger has conducted over 200 in depth consulting engagements with companies around the world and offers a pragmatic approach to helping clients to help themselves through supporting their strategy, architecture and transformation efforts. Roger is also a lecturer for senior year programs at the University of Toronto - Industrial Engineering faculty. Specialties: business case, business process, change management, customer relations, customer satisfaction, drivers, financial services, government, human resources, information technology, innovative, management consulting, marketing, organizational skills, performance management, process engineering, process management, statistics, strategic, strategic planning, telecommunications, workshops,

40 years of international consulting experience helping clients achieve organisational change, improve or transform their business processes, improve their data initiatives through effective, business-friendly concept modelling (conceptual data modelling,) and specify requirements for purchased or custom-built systems to support those processes. Particular strengths in group facilitation, and helping parties with conflicting priorities and objectives reach alignment on major initiatives. Globally recognized as an expert in practical techniques for business process change, process modelling and analysis, and data modelling (or concept modelling, if you prefer.) Also widely recognized for expertise in requirements definition (use cases, scenarios, service specifications) and group facilitation. Deliver top-rated workshops globally on topics such as Working With Business Processes, Advanced Business Process Management, introductory and advanced Data Modelling, and Requirements Modelling with Use Cases and Service Specs. Author of "Workflow Modeling, Second Edition" (Artech, 2009) a top-selling title on process modeling, analysis, and redesign. Widely used in industry, by consulting firms, and as an MBA text. The second edition was a complete rewrite, and has received many (unsolicited!) five star ratings on Amazon.com. Specialties: All major industry sectors, but currently specialising in Higher Education Business Process Redesign, Process Scope and Workflow Modelling, Business-oriented Data Modelling, Requirements Modelling, Use Cases, Service Specification (requirements modelling for SOA environment), Group techniques - Session facilitation + presentations + education + seminars