DAMA Melbourne Chapter

Latest Update: (last updated 03 June 2009)

DAMA  Melbourne – Meeting:  Wednesday 24^th June 2009@ 5:30pm

Hello fellow data managers

After a hiatus for the first half of 2009, we have a good line up of speakers for the 2nd half of the year. This meeting will have 2 agenda items.

1. Starting with Eva Gardyn who will speak about the Master Data Management journey at Australia Post.
2. A quick vote on a DAMA special resolution. Click here for more about the special resolution

The event is limited to 20 people so the first 20 people to respond to this email will be reserved a place.

This presentation is a free event brought to you by DAMA Melbourne.

Topic:    The MDM Journey at Australia Post

Speaker:   Eva Gardyn

When:        Wednesday 24^th June 2009:   5:30pm – 7:30pm

Where:       NB. NEW VENUE

Mezzanine Room
Emirates Building
Level 1
257 Collins Street (between Swanston and Elizabeth St) Melbourne 3000

Cost:           FREE  ( Nb.   Finger food and drinks will also be provided)

RSVP:          Roger Tall (damamelbourne@gmail.com) by 
                     COB Tuesday 23rd June  2009

The topic:

The MDM Journey at Australia Post

The business has recognised the issues around master data and its impact on the business. Australia Post are committed to supporting a major MDM initiative to improve the management and quality of important business data.

Learnings

• How we approached MDM
• What we believe are pre-requisites for success
• Tools & techniques used

The Presenter:

Eva is currently working as an Principal Information Architect at Australia Post. She has been working as an IT professional for over 20 years with major “Blue Chip” organisations with a key focus on Data Architectures and Data Management. Her practical work has been supplemented by strong interests in research on the topic and presentations at national and international conferences. Previous presentations have included IQ Conference at MIT, Australian Data base conference and SAP User Group.
Eva completed a Masters in Computer Science with a thesis on Managing Data Quality for a Data Warehouse.

Future Topics: 

We are in the process of having more speakers lined up for 2009.  If you or a colleague wishes to present at a DAMA meeting, please feel free to contact any of the committee members of DAMA Melbourne.    Refreshments will be served and there will be an opportunity to network with your fellow data managers and the Melbourne DAMA Committee.

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