Understanding the Many Faces of Data Stewards

Martha Dember
Director BI and Data Delivery
RCG Information Technology

Thursday 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Level: Basic/Introductory

Many organizations have embarked upon stewardship and governance programs to resolve data quality and integrity issues and re-establish credibility in IT's ability to manage its company's data. However, there is a distinction between data quality and data usability that is sometimes is overlooked. Just because the data is clean and accurate does not mean it is usable or serves the correct need (contextual interpretation)of the end user. To appropriately establish both quality and integrity (usability) of the data, there are varying perspectives that must be looked at and addressed to ensure the Right Data is provided to the Right Person at the Right Time (the 3 R's). This presentation will talk about:

1. the Data Governance Framework (Roles and Responsibilities of data stewards and data governors as well as the Executive Committee) and the partnership between business and IT, to implement a Data Governance program.
2. the role of data architecture, including roles and responsibilities that are a part of a data governance program.
3. essential artifacts (e.g. business data dictionary, data distribution model).
4. what NOT to do, when beginning a data governance program.

Martha Dember is RCG IT’s Director of Business Intelligence and Data Delivery, based in the New York City office. She has more than 20 years experience in information technology and consulting services in the computer, retail, distribution, import and export, insurance, banking, utilities, healthcare, and entertainment and hospitality industries. Ms. Dember has lectured worldwide on the subject of Data Governance, authored the Advanced Methodologies for attaining Data Governance whitepaper and originated the Data Governance Maturity Model. She evaluates organizations success and level of maturity against best practices and criterion of each stage of the maturity model, vendors and market trends and helps clients develop plans for maximizing data quality and integrity. Ms. Dember passionately believes that data quality and integrity is a critical success factor for successful implementations of Business Intelligence (BI), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) initiatives. She has worked for more than 15 years with top executives to use business information to improve business operations and results. Ms. Dember has an MBA with a specialization in the Management of Information Technology, is a Certified Business Intelligence Practitioner (CBIP) and is a frequent lecturer at industry and user group conferences.