Top Data Priorities in 2023 (Panel)

As organizations continue to rely on data to drive business growth and innovation, the need for effective data management has never been greater. In 2023, data management leaders will face a myriad of opportunities and challenges, including:

• What new issues and considerations need to be accounted for in 2023 data strategies?
• Critical success factors today - staffing, skills, culture, literacy, agility, management, architecture, technology
• Justifying data management and governance as budgets get tighter: Where is the proof of ROI?
• Is data product management the new service paradigm?
• Leveraging emerging technologies, including generative AI, ChatGPT, Metaverse, Blockchain

Speakers:

Donna Burbank, Global Data Strategy, Ltd.

Donna Burbank is a recognized industry expert in information management with over 25 years of experience helping organizations enrich their business opportunities through data and information. She is currently the Managing Director of Global Data Strategy, Ltd., where she assists organizations around the globe in driving value from their data. She has worked with dozens of Fortune 500 companies worldwide in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa and speaks regularly at industry conferences. She has co-authored several books on Data Management and is a regular contributor to industry publications. She can be reached at [email protected], and you can follow her on Twitter at: @donnaburbank.

George Yuhasz, Fresenius Medical Care

George Yuhasz has 20 years of experience leading enterprise data initiatives in financial services, health care, manufacturing, government, military, and higher education. His expertise spans areas such as Business Intelligence, Data Governance, Data Architecture, and Strategy. Over the course of 2019, George designed and led the execution to stand up the Data Architecture, supporting analytics, and governance for Johnson & Johnson's global corporate functions. In January of 2020, George joined NewRez as the firm's first executive owner of Enterprise Data Technology. In April of 2022, George joined Fresenius Medical Care as Vice President, Head of Analytics Product & Solution Delivery.

John O'Brien, Radiant Advisors

John O’Brien is the Principal Advisor and Founder of Radiant Advisors. He has a unique perspective on enterprise data and analytics strategies and architecture gained from over 35 years of experience as a practitioner, vendor CTO, and industry analyst. As a recognized thought leader in data strategy and analytics, John has been publishing articles and presenting at conferences in North America and Europe for 20 years. His knowledge in designing, building, and evolving modern data platforms and teams brings real-world insights to each role and phase within a data program. Today, John provides advisory services and mentoring for CIOs/CDOs, and data architects to guide their companies in meeting the demands of next-generation information management, architecture, and emerging technologies.

Kimber Roshelle Pederson, DOI and USDA

Roshelle has 27 years of experience working with data in the federal government. Since 2004, she has been a data management leader within the complex interagency wildland fire community. This includes five federal agencies in two departments, 59 states and territories, and hundreds of county and city governments. In 2013, Roshelle was the business lead for the implementation of a data integration system for operational data that facilitated a cultural shift toward managing data instead of applications. Roshelle accepted the Associate Chief Data Officer position in 2019 and is formalizing the Wildland Fire Data Management Program, including full-time staff to implement and manage a semantic data governance tool. Roshelle’s approach focuses on using data to bridge the space between business needs and IT program implementation in a collaborative and sustainable way.

Kiran Kanetkar, Pendulum Therapeutics

Kiran Kanetkar is an accomplished Technology Executive Leader passionate about solving business problems that deliver business value. He has subject matter expertise in delivering business strategy that is powered by Data and Analytics (DNA). His hands-on approach ensures technical debt is retired using modern agile technology architecture that leverages cloud and microservices-based IT landscapes. Currently, Kiran works as VP of Application, Data, and Analytics at Pendulum Therapeutics. He has completed a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from VJTI, Mumbai, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from NITIE, Mumbai, and an MBA from Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Tony Shaw, DATAVERSITY

Tony is the Founder and CEO of DATAVERSITY. He directs the overall subject matter of DATAVERSITY's educational services, including conferences, publications, and training services, and is the co-chair of the annual Enterprise Data World educational program. Prior to founding DATAVERSITY, he started a dotcom in the identity management space (which went the way of most dotcoms) and was the president of Technology Transfer Institute (TTI) and the strategic technology forum for CTOs, called TTI/Vanguard.