Modern Data Leader’s Summit: Data Governance

Prerequisite: None

Darren Pedroza

Senior Director, Head of Enterprise Data and Analytics

Western Alliance Bank

This session is a case study in how Western Alliance Bank is setting the course of its data transformation journey. Western Alliance Bank is known for innovative banking products and services. As the Bank grows, the need to govern and scale the management and use of enterprise data is an essential component to the Bank’s strategy.

This case study includes the basis for a strong data governance operating model that aligns with risk management yet fuels the data modernization implementation. Together, data governance and data modernization pave the way to increase the value of data and set the foundation to advance the enterprise analytics capabilities.

What You Will Learn:

• The importance of setting your anchor. Why choose data governance?
• Data governance is critical to the data supply chain. Why data product delivery needs data governance.
• The partnership between the enterprise data steward and the data product manager is essential to maximizing the delivery of data products.
• Data governance and architectural guardrails accelerate the delivery of business value.
• Storytelling with “progress payments” catalyzes long-term stakeholder engagement.