Dr. Irad Ben-Gal, Tel-Aviv University Dr. Ben-Gal is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering, Tel-Aviv University. He holds a Ph.D. degree from Boston University. Dr. Ben-Gal is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) and is the head of the Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) lab. He worked for several years in various industrial organisations, as a consultant and as a project manager. Simon Bradley-Goad, Reuters Limited Joined Reuters in 1990 and moved to the Fixed Income database group in 1992. In 1998 he took over responsibility for the Fixed Income QC team, which was subsequently transformed into a European QA group focused on the principles of Continuous Improvement. Simon is now involved in the development and implementation of a global and European-specific metrics programme. Dr.George Chynoweth, US Army Dr. Chynoweth holds a Ph.D. from Kansas State in Psychology & Computer Science Applications. He has advanced training in research design & multivariate statistics, network administration (Intel), SPSS, ColdFusion Development. Dr. Chynoweth also has extensive experience in scale design & survey research, complex data analysis, computer programming, and data-driven web sites. Larry P. English, INFORMATION IMPACT International, Inc. Mr. English is an internationally recognised consultant and author in information management and information quality improvement. He has provided consulting and education in more than 25 countries on five continents. He was profiled as one of the "21 Voices for the 21st Century" in the January, 2000 issue ofQuality Progress. DAMA awarded him the 1998 "Individual Achievement Award" for his contributions to the field of information resource management. Mr. English's methodology for information quality improvement - Total Quality data Management (TQdM®) - has been implemented in several organisations worldwide. He writes the "Plain English on Data Quality" column in the DM Review. Mr. English's bookImproving Data Warehouse and Business Information Qualityis widely acclaimed and is available in Japanese. Clive Finkelstein, Information Engineering Services Pty Ltd Mr. Finkelstein, the "Father" of Information Engineering (IE), is Managing Director of Information Engineering Services Pty Ltd in Australia. He is the Chief Scientist of Visible Systems Corporation and is a member of the International Advisory Board of DAMA International. He has written several IE books (1981, 1989 and 1992) and contributed to others. His latest book isBuilding Corporate Portals with XML, co-authored with Peter Aiken, McGraw-Hill (1999). Jim Harlan, Agilent Technologies Mr. Harlan has been developing information systems for use in business and manufacturing since 1981. His belief in the keep-it-simple principle and his ability to translate ideas into functional systems have earned the loyalty and trust of his customers. Kathy Hunter, One2One Ms. Hunter has been with One2One since before their launch in 1993. Currently she holds the role of Manager - Enterprise Information Quality, working to bridge the gap between the business and I.S. strategies. A passionate promoter of information quality at One2One, she is often found in the canteen preaching the sermon of information stewardship to all who will listen. Nonna Milmeister, AJILON Australia Ms. Milmeister is a Consulting Principal of AJILON Australia, specialising in information Quality management. Her background is in project management, engineering and I.T. Ms. Milmeister has developed a Project Management Approach to Information Quality and managed several information quality improvement projects which were completed within tight deadlines and fully achieved clients objectives. Ms. Milmeister developed and implemented the Business Impact Methodology to identify and quantify the cost of poor data quality. As a Consulting Principal, Ms. Milmeister was involved in strategic IQ management, IQ Assessment, IQ analysis, data correction and process improvement at a number of large public and private companies. Larissa Moss, Method Focus Ms. Moss is founder and president of Method Focus Inc., a company specialising in improving the quality of business information systems. She frequently speaks at data warehouse conferences in the United States and Europe on data administration topics, such as data quality and data modelling. She lectures worldwide on data warehousing, data modelling, as well as data warehouse audit and control. Her articles on data warehousing, project management, data management and data quality are regularly published in The Navigator and in DM Review. She is currently co-authoring a book on data warehouse project management, to be published by Addison Wesley in the summer of 2000. She also provides consulting services in data warehouse assessments, data warehouse methodologies, project management, data administration, data modelling, data quality assessment, data transformation and cleansing, as well as meta data capture and utilisation. Colin Rickard, Cedar PMPL Mr. Rickard is a leading light in Financial Services Data Warehousing and in the implementation of associated Customer Relationship Management (CRM) programmes. He has pioneered the development of Cedar PMPL's industry leading Data Model. His specialist areas of expertise are primarily Business Requirements Definition, Business Case Development. Data Discovery Exercises, Data Warehouse Architecture Design and Data Modelling. Mr. Rickard's expertise results from his ability to combine technical architecture knowledge with an in depth understanding of Financial Services issues on Banking, General Insurance and Life & Pensions. Roy Rolander, Telenor Mobil AS Mr. Rolander Data Quality Manager at Telenor Mobil. He is responsible for database management team Informasjonsgruppen AS (Business Directory). He is also the IT manager of DM Huset AS (Norway's leading Dialogue Marketing Company, both Business to business and Business to Consumer). Robert Rosko, Wingspan Bank Mr. Rosko is Vice President of Internet Development for Wingspan Bank. He is responsible for all online applications that exist on the Wingspan web site, and manages several development teams that utilise the latest Internet technology. Mr. Rosko previously managed online financial planning and applications software development for the Vanguard Group. During his tenure at Vanguard, the website was awarded a "Webby" for "Best in Financial Services" by the World Wide Web Organization. Lori Silverman, Partners for Progress Ms. Silverman is the co-author ofCritical SHIFT: The Future of Quality in Organizational Performance. Her firm, Partners for Progress, provides consulting services in strategic management, large-scale organisational change, and performance improvement to public and private sector organisations. She has been a speaker at over 90 conferences and association meetings. Steven Sparkes, Reuters Limited Mr. Sparkes joined Reuters in 1990. In 1996 he was tasked with setting up a QC function and a year later was appointed Manager of the Equities Quality Assurance Group for European Equities. In 1999 he was responsible for the merger of two Quality Groups to form a broad-based team focusing on the principles of Continuous Improvement in the European Information Management Group. The Business Performance Group is involved in various improvement activities relating to European financial data production, including Metrics, Process Improvement and Quality Awareness Training. Takaaki Tsubaki, Data Research Institute Mr. Tsubaki is chief consultant at Data Research Institute, Tokyo. He is a co-chair person of the Researching Committee on Data Warehouse and Data Quality at Data Research Institute. He is a regular speaker at Data Warehouse and Data Quality seminars held bimonthly at DRI. In 1995, he worked on a project that assured the quality of a data model consisting of 2,000 entities and 12,000 attributes. This helped achieve a 200% improvement in the application software development productivity. Mr. Tsubaki has extensive consulting experience in Enterprise Wide Data Modelling, Database Design, Repository Design, and Information Resource Management. He has written technical reports on Business Innovation Analysis and Quality Management in Very Large Data Models. Louis Walters, Montana Department of Corrections Mr. Walters is the Data Validity Officer for the Montana Department of Corrections. He began his career in 1974 as a sales representative for Wang Computers. A graduate of Montana State University, he holds degrees in Business Administration and Business Technology. His experience includes inventory control, business consulting and business management. Dr. John Woulds, Data Protection Act Registrar Dr. Woulds is Director of Operations at the Data Protection Act Registrar, the supervisory authority established in the United Kingdom under the 1998 Data Protection Act. He has been in the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (previously the Data Protection Registrar) since March 1985. As Director of Operations he is a member of the Commissioner's Management Board and has responsibility for all operational aspects of the work of the Commissioner's Office. This includes notification, assessment casework, investigations, compliance casework and policy advisory work in all sectors. He also has management responsibility for the Commissioner's role in freedom of information. Prior to his appointment with the Data Protection Commissioner, he worked for several years in computer management in scientific computing centres. Jane Young, Reuters Limited Ms. Young joined Reuters France in 1982 and transferred to the UK database division in 1988, where she worked on the archival of closing price history for European Equities. Appointed to the Global Strategic Data Quality Group from 1997 to 1999, where she was responsible for developing and managing a data quality audit programme. Transferred to the Business Performance Group in 1999, where she is now involved in process identification and improvement activities in the European data production environment. 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