Building and Growing a Successful IQ Function

C. Lwanga Yonke, IAIDQ Charter Member and Advisor
Manager, Information Quality
Aera Energy LLC

Tuesday 8:30am - 5:00pm

Level: All Levels

Successfully tackling the tough challenges caused by poor data quality often seems like an overwhelming and thankless task. Moreover, as awareness about the importance of information quality grows, information quality (IQ) practitioners are increasingly called to tackle a myriad of complex IQ problems. To be successful in the short and long terms, the IQ practitioner must be equipped with a robust foundation deeply rooted in proven best practices and applicable to various IQ efforts such as from CDI, MDM, compliance, governance, data integration, business intelligence, etc. Drawing from lessons learned at the frontline, this tutorial describes the fundamental components of successful IQ functions and provides practical guidelines on getting started and remaining successful. Several hands-on exercises are used to facilitate learning and promote mastery. This workshop will be beneficial to those implementing new information quality programs and to those seeking to re-energize or re-focus existing ones. Participants will leave with tangible solutions to many of their toughest IQ implementation challenges.
Topics addressed include:

• The fundamental activities of Information quality management and improvement
• Developing an Information Quality strategy
• The best home on the org. chart
• Tools and methodologies
• Measuring IQ Costs and Benefits
• Building a company-wide IQ culture
• Aligning Business and IT for IQ success
• The CXO Perspective
• The attributes of the successful IQ Leader

C. Lwanga Yonke works as Manager, Information Quality at Aera Energy LLC, where he leads the company’s highly successful information quality process. His previous positions include Manager of BI, Data Warehousing, Data Architecture, and various petroleum engineering and operations assignments. An ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Lwanga earned an MBA from California State University and holds a BS degree in petroleum engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a founding member of IAIDQ and currently serves as an Advisor to the IAIDQ Board.