Building Trusted Data and AI Governance in a Regulated World
Webinar Speaker: Fern Halper, TDWI VP Research, Senior Research Director for Advanced Analytics
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. ET
As global regulations continue to evolve, becoming more complex, organizations face rising pressure to build more resilient, transparent, and accountable data and AI practices. From the EU AI Act, CSRD, and DORA to CPRA, today’s compliance landscape reaches across borders and industries—demanding that companies not only safeguard sensitive data but also govern the full AI life cycle. This means ensuring high-quality, trusted data that is traceable, explainable, and responsibly used, whether for analytics or generative AI.
Join TDWI VP of research and thought leader Fern Halper and experts from Informatica as they explore how organizations can navigate today’s compliance requirements while strengthening their data governance and AI oversight. The session will highlight practical steps for addressing new regulatory expectations, improving data quality, managing metadata and lineage, and implementing end-to-end governance for both data and AI. Topics include:
- An overview of recent regulations and the impact of data management for compliance
- Seven considerations for building trusted data and AI governance
- Embedding responsible governance practices into data and AI initiatives
Guest Speakers
Paul McCormack
Director, Product Management
Informatica
Paul McCormack serves as Director of Product Management at Informatica, leading global product development initiatives in privacy, AI governance, and security within the company's R&D Data Governance & Privacy product function. This role followed Informatica's acquisition of Privitar in August 2023, which had previously acquired Kormoon, the privacy compliance software company Paul founded in 2017.
Nearly 20 years leading privacy, AI governance and cybersecurity advisory and product development across global markets. Former privacy leader at Saudi Aramco and HSBC. Begun his career at DLA Piper. Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales and Attorney of the Supreme Court of New York. IAPP certified. Based in Dubai, UAE.
Steven Totman
Chief Architect, EMEA & LATAM
Informatica
Steering Informatica's Field CTO Office as a Chief Architect, my focus lies in harnessing the power of Data to craft strategic solutions that resonate with our customer's needs. At the core of my role is the adept application of 24 years of Data experience across multiple vendors to drive Informatica's market leading position.
My journey as the Chief Product then Strategy Officer at Privitar a data privacy startup puchased by Informatica in 2023 honed my strategic acumen, enabling me to bring forth data products that redefine industry standards. The products my team developed significantly impacted the data privacy and security management landscape, demonstrating my commitment to driving innovation and ethical data utilization.
Prior to that I spent 6 years leading the Financial Services vertical globally at Cloudera a pioneer in the Big Data / Hadoop space and 18 years leading Strategy / Product teams at Precisely (Syncsort), IBM, Ascential, Informix, Ardent leading products like DataStage, Watson Knowledge Catalog (Business Glossary / Metadata Workbench) QualityStage, Information Analyzer etc...
Fern Halper, Ph.D.