DAMA's CDMP: A Way of Differentiating Yourself Professionally
Patricia Cupoli
ICCP Liaison
DAMA International
Monday, April 24, 2019
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Level: Introductory

DAMA International’s Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) program is for the experienced data professional. DAMA has been collaborating with the ICCP to develop vendor and product neutral data exams for this certification program. Available data exams include Data Management, DBA, and Data Warehousing. The CDMP credential is awarded to those who qualify based on a combination of criteria including education, experience and test-based examination of professional level knowledge. This credential is offered at the Mastery or Practitioner level. To maintain certified status and continued use of the credential, an annual recertification fee along with a 3-year cycle of continuing education and professional activity is required.

This presentation covers:
  • Process of becoming a CDMP
  • Benefits to the data professional
  • Exam preparation process
  • Review of outline subject coverage for CDMP exams
  • Discussion of Data Management exam topics and sample questions
Patricia Cupoli, CCP, CDMP, CBIP, has been an IT professional for over twenty years, concentrating in the areas of Data Management, Data Warehousing, Metadata Solutions and Repositories, Enterprise Modeling (business process and data) for Business Re-engineering, Project Management, IT Strategic Planning, IT Course Development and Training, and Librarianship / Information Science. She has presented at many DAMA and TDWI conferences, and has published professionally. Pat is the DAMA International ICCP Liaison, the Project Manager for the Data Exams Development, ICCP Board President, and a past president of DAMA International, DAMA Chicago, and DAMA Philadelphia / Delaware Valley.