Biography of Bill Inmon     

Bill Inmon is recognized as the "father of data warehousing." He is co-creator of the Corporate Information Factory and more recently, creator of the Government Information Factory. He has over 35 years of experience in database technology management and data warehouse design.

Bill's mission is to educate professionals and decision makers about data warehousing and the Corporate and Government Information Factories.  In light of this mission, Bill has authored close to 700 technical papers about building, using and maintaining enterprise-level data warehouses and operational data stores and how they integrate into a total Corporate or Government Information Factory.  In addition to the technical papers Bill has authored at least 46 books translated into nine languages.   

Bill is one of the most sought-after speakers for every major computing association, industry conference, seminar, and tradeshow around the world as well as doing private speaking and seminar engagements with businesses throughout all industries.

                                                            

 

Biography of John Zachman 

John Zachman is known throughout the industry as the "father of enterprise architecture." an integrative framework for managing change throughout an Enterprise.  John has authored numerous articles on the subject of the architectural framework and how it is to be used.  He has also authored the book "Framework for Information Systems Architecture". John travels globally abroad providing seminars and workshops structured around the use of the Zachman Framework and frequently facilitates executive team planning sessions. He is popular as a conference speaker and is known for his light speaking style and highly motivated messages around information issues.

John is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Data Administration Management Association (DAMA) a member of the International Information Resource Management Advisory Council of Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC; and on the Board of Directors of the Repository/Architecture/Development Users Group.

                                                  

 

Biography of Dan Meers 

Dan Meers is a business partner with Bill Inmon and President of a collaborative partnership called Inmon-Meers Group (IMG) that began in 1998. Dan has implemented solutions to retail, finance and telecommunication enterprise information challenges for over 20 years. He has co-authored two books and numerous articles and has done many presentations for industry publications and portals. Dan is the creator of the "Warehouse to Web" strategy for Inmon Seminars.  He collaborated with Bill Inmon on extensions in the Corporate Information Factory (CIF) and is currently teamed up again with Bill Inmon and others on a forthcoming book from John Wiley & Sons.   He speaks to public and private groups on topics including e-business, data warehousing and customer centricity. Dan also has numerous industry and educational training certifications and regularly engages in continuing education.

                                                  

 

Biography of Claudia Imhoff  

Claudia Imhoff is a popular speaker and internationally recognized expert on Customer Relationship Management and the infrastructure to support this initiative - the Corporate Information Factory. Dr. Imhoff has co-authored four books on these subjects. She also writes monthly columns for DM Review magazine and contributes to many other journals and publications. She has served on the Board of Advisors for DAMA International and is an advisor and a faculty member for The Data Warehousing Institute. She won the 1999 Individual Achievement Award from DAMA International and is an advisor for several technology and commercial companies.  She has given keynote addresses at conferences sponsored by many software companies and their user groups, The Data Warehousing Institute, The Economist as well as many international organizations. She has appeared on World Business Report with Casper Weinberger, Microsoft's Getting Results programs, and web casts given by DM Review, Better Management, and many technology vendors. 

Dr. Imhoff founded and is the President of Intelligent Solutions, Inc. a well respected Business Intelligence and CRM consulting and training firm in 1992. Her company has successfully implemented over 150 Corporate Information Factory architectures in all industry areas. Dr. Imhoff obtained her Doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge, her Master's degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder and her Bachelor's degree from Duke University, Durham, NC.

Biography of Larrisa Moss 

Larissa Moss is Founder and President of Method Focus Inc., a company specializing in improving the quality of business information systems. She has more than 20 years of IT experience with information asset management. Moss is coauthor of three books: Data Warehouse Project Management (Addison-Wesley, 2000), Impossible Data Warehouse Situations (Addison-Wesley, 2002) and Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Project Lifecycle for Decision- Support Applications (Addison-Wesley, 2003). Larissa Moss is also a contributor to the Business Intelligence Advisory Service. 

                                                             

Biography of Bonnie O'Neil 

Bonnie is an internationally recognized expert on data warehousing and business rules, a regular speaker at many Oracle conferences and the Business Rules Forum.  She is a founder of the standards body known as the Business Rules Group and the ODTUG Business Rules Symposium. 

Bonnie's unique business rules approach to data warehouse development and expansion identifies the rules implicit in the data and helps businesses fix their processes in less time and with greater accuracy. Her approach establishes a feedback loop that helps businesses resolve problems caused by faulty business rules.  In addition, this approach establishes an audit trail and ensures traceability of the business rules, which is critical for most compliance programs, especially Sarbanes-Oxley.   Sarbanes-Oxley forces the CEO to sign-off on the accuracy of the reports generated from that data. Bonnie believes her approach is the fastest, safest, and surest path between here and de facto Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. She is the author of two database books including Oracle Data Warehousing Unleashed, as well as over 40 articles and technical white papers.

                                                                                               

 

Biography of Larry English 

Larry P. English, president and principal of INFORMATION IMPACT International, Inc., Brentwood, TN, is an internationally recognized speaker, teacher, consultant, and author in information quality improvement.  He has provided consulting and education in 28 countries on five continents.  He was featured as one of the "21 Voices for the 21st Century" in the January, 2000 issue of Quality Progress.  DAMA awarded him the 1998 "Individual Achievement Award" for his contributions to the field of information resource management.  He has organized and chaired 12 Information Quality Conferences in the US and Europe. 

Mr. English's methodology for information quality improvement - Total Information Quality Management (TIQM) - has been implemented in several organizations worldwide.  His "Plain English about Information Quality" column in DM Review, is now in its 7^th year.  Mr. English's widely acclaimed book Improving Data Warehouse and Business Information Quality.