Establishing Data Services in an IT World
Mehmet Orun
Principal Architect, Enterprise Data Services
Genentech, Inc.
Danette McGilvray
President and Principal
Granite Falls Consulting, Inc.
March 6, 2007
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM
Level: Introductory/All Levels
While enterprise technologies such as SOA, Search,
and Content Management are bringing renewed focus to knowledge and information
management, many companies still struggle to maintain or expand the
benefits strong Data Management can offer. Today's environment does
provide many specific opportunities to make the traditional data modeling,
quality, and governance best practices relevant and add business value
to both IT departments and companies as a whole.
This presentation is based on how a Data Services Center of Excellence was formed at Genentech to support both IT projects and the business, as part of the IT organization's scaling to meet the growth needs of Genentech.
Key topics include:
This presentation is based on how a Data Services Center of Excellence was formed at Genentech to support both IT projects and the business, as part of the IT organization's scaling to meet the growth needs of Genentech.
Key topics include:
- Overview of today's technology landscape
- How data management can benefit it
- Specific steps on how to position these benefits to management
- How to make a Data Management Center of Excellence work effectively
Mehmet Orun is the Principal Architect for Data Services
in the Enterprise Architecture group of Genentech responsible for data
architecture and data services infrastructure projects. He was previously
a management consultant specializing in integration, migration, and
data warehousing projects, and also worked in academic and healthcare
IT. His interest and expertise includes data and meta data driven solutions
to improve data quality, maintainability, and utility while bridging
the gap across applications, processes, and structured and unstructured
data sources. Towards this end, Mehmet has earned a double MBA in Management
and Management Information Systems, with post graduate studies in Computer
Science. Mehmet is the Program Director for the San Francisco chapter
of DAMA.
Danette McGilvray is President and Principal of Granite Falls Consulting, Inc., a firm specializing in information quality management. Projects include enterprise data stewardship and governance and information quality initiatives in support of data integration, data warehousing strategies, and large-scale ERP data migrations for Fortune 200 organizations. An accomplished program manager and facilitator, she is a respected expert on data profiling, metrics, data stewardship, and tool acquisition and implementation. Danette is an invited speaker at conferences throughout the US and Europe. She is a member of DMReview.com’s Ask the Expert panel and is co-facilitator of the IAIDQ Book Club. She has been profiled in PC Week and HP Measure Magazine and was an invited delegate to the People's Republic of China to discuss roles and opportunities for women in the computer field.
Danette McGilvray is President and Principal of Granite Falls Consulting, Inc., a firm specializing in information quality management. Projects include enterprise data stewardship and governance and information quality initiatives in support of data integration, data warehousing strategies, and large-scale ERP data migrations for Fortune 200 organizations. An accomplished program manager and facilitator, she is a respected expert on data profiling, metrics, data stewardship, and tool acquisition and implementation. Danette is an invited speaker at conferences throughout the US and Europe. She is a member of DMReview.com’s Ask the Expert panel and is co-facilitator of the IAIDQ Book Club. She has been profiled in PC Week and HP Measure Magazine and was an invited delegate to the People's Republic of China to discuss roles and opportunities for women in the computer field.