The State of Data Quality – Results of the Latest TDWI Maturity Model Assessment
Webinar Speaker: Fern Halper, TDWI VP Research, Senior Research Director for Advanced Analytics
Date: Monday, May 20, 2024
Time: 9:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. ET
Data is a critical foundation of modern business. Organizations rely on trustworthy data for diverse applications, including decision support, advanced analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
In TDWI’s research, data quality management is often at the top of the list of enterprise strategic priorities. Keeping data of high quality is fundamental to unlocking its value. Users require that this precious resource remain fit for every possible use, where fitness refers to its trustworthiness, accuracy, completeness, reliability, and relevance.
Please join TDWI’s Fern Halper as she presents the results of TDWI’s most recent maturity assessment on the state of data quality in the enterprise. Halper will also engage invited subject matter experts from Alteryx, Erwin/Quest, Precisely, and SAP. Discussion topics will include:
- How mature are enterprises’ data quality management practices?
- What is the level of organizational commitment to data quality in today’s business world?
- How should organizations staff the technical and business roles necessary to maintain robust data quality?
- What are the most important metrics of data quality and how should organizations collect and report them to stakeholders?
- What platforms, tools, and infrastructure should organizations implement in order to scale, automate, and govern data quality?
- How should organizations incorporate data quality management discussions into their data literacy training programs?
- How should organizations address responsible concerns—such as data privacy, data ethics, and data bias mitigation—in their data quality management practices?
Guest Speakers
Heather Harris
Field Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Alteryx
Heather Harris is the field chief data & analytics officer at Alteryx, where she brings deep expertise in delivering innovative and outcome-driven data science, advanced analytics, and data technology solutions for globally recognized brands. Heather's journey to leadership in data and analytics began as an electrical and computer engineer designing supercomputer and networking computer chips in Silicon Valley. After completing her graduate studies in data science and information management, Heather made the pivot into data and advanced analytics.
At Alteryx, Heather is passionate about driving customer-centric solutions and propelling organizations to achieve their data-driven goals.
Danny Sandwell
Senior Solutions Marketing Manager
Quest
Danny is an IT industry veteran who has spent his 35+ year career focused on mitigating the risks and maximizing value of data.
As a senior solutions marketing manager at Quest, he is responsible for communicating the capabilities, use cases, and business impact of the company’s data empowerment solutions.
Danny’s 25+ years with the erwin brand—working in consulting, solution architecture, product management, business development, and strategy roles—has allowed him to engage over time with data stakeholders across a wide array of industries as they plan, develop, govern, and deliver enterprise data architectures to unlock the value and maximize the impact of data across the enterprise.
Jeffery Brown
Senior Director, Product Management
Precisely
Jeff is a passionate software professional specializing in delivering creative customer-focused solutions and driving strategic product direction at Precisely.
Colin Dover
Business Technology Platform, Center of Excellence
SAP
As part of the SAP Business Technology Platform Center of Excellence, Colin represents a breadth of solutions within the SAP portfolio; he is an evangelist for the SAP digital transformation strategy and vision as well as a passionate advocate for the value and best practices of corporate customer data strategy and analytics capability maturity. He has held a variety of technical and strategic consulting roles at a number of market-leading enterprise software vendors gaining extensive experience over a 24-year period, working with many of the world’s leading corporations.
Fern Halper, Ph.D.