1. CAREER history
2015 - present Optimity Matrix. London, UK
Senior Leadership Manager, Information Management
Optimity Matrix provides advisory, consultancy, transformation and data services
2008 – 2015 Pearson plc. London, UK
Director, Semantic Platforms & Metadata, Head of Data Architecture & Standards, Director Content
Standards. Delivered:
 Curriculum Management Tool  Learning Objectives Management Tool
 Enterprise Vocabulary  Linked Data and the Content Services Program
 The Standards Committee  6 global metadata standards
 Content lifecycle policy  Pearson Learning Metadata Standard
 Data governance  The Asset Enrichment Pipeline
2007 - 2008 Moved to London. Independent Metadata and Taxonomy consultant. Client list on request
2002 – 2007 The Walt Disney Company, New Technology & Media, Los Angeles, California
Corporate Nomenclature Taxonomist
 Developed media taxonomy and ontology within a SOA media asset management solution. Adopted
by Disney/Universal.
1999 – 2002 Accompanied husband to Bristol, UK, where he was Chief Editor of Chicken Run (animated feature
film). Had baby.
1996 – 1999 The Getty Center, Research Institute. Los Angeles, California.
Project Associate, Network Initiatives, Standards & Vocabularies
1990 – 1996 The Eli Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica, California
Curatorial Assistant
 Curatorial support and visual archivist for three world renowned contemporary art collections
owned by Eli and Edythe Broad
M a d i
W e l a n d
S o l o m o n
London, UK
(44 +0) 772 662 8153
madi.w.solomon@gmail.com
Linked In
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Creative content
technology strategist
possessing extensive
expertise in implementing
new innovative products,
processes, and data driven
business solutions for global
enterprises.
Expertise
 Semantic technology
 Metadata
 Negotiating between
technical networks and social
constructs
Publications
W3C Digital Publishing Interest Group,
Metadata Taskforce Report, 2015
Open Education Handbook 2014,
LinkedUp Project, contributor, the
Open Education Working Group
W3C Interview: Pearson Publishing On
Digital Learning, January 2013
Metamedia, or, How I gave up control
and learned to love the sandbox,
Journal of Digital Asset Management,
Oct 2010
Transformational metadata and the
future of content management — An
interview with Madi Solomon of
Pearson PLC, Journal of Digital Asset
Management, 2009
Metadata and the Meaning of Life,
DAM Busters Podcast, November 2009
Influence
 University of British Columbia, DAM Advisory Board, 2015
 Information Industry Network UK (SIIA Europe), Board Member, 2014 - p
 W3C Metadata Taskforce of the DigiPub Working Group, Co-Chair, 2014 -2015
 W3C Open Linked Education Data Community Group, Co-Chair, 2013- p
 Journal of Digital Asset Management Editorial Board, 2010 – p
 W3C Digital Publishing Working Group, Co-Chair, 2013 – 2014
 Digital Asset Management Foundation, Charter Board Member, 2011 – 2014
 Learning Resource Metadata Initiative, Pearson Launch Partner, 2011 – 2014
 International Association for Privacy Professionals, 2011 – 2013
 Linked Content Coalition, European Publisher’s Council, 2011 – 2014
 International Society for Knowledge Organization, UK (ISKO-UK), 2007 - 2012
 International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA), 2007 – 2009
 Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries International (FOCAL), 2007 –
2009
 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) 2003 – 200

2. RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
June 25,26, 2014, London
DAM Europe
Leading a Global DAM implementation
November 13, 2014, London
UK Creative Content Industries:
Research & Development Workshop
Invited delegate
May 3, 4, 2013. New York
The Art and Practice of Managing
Digital Media, DAM Symposium Europe
Keynote Panel
April 23, 24, 2013. London
W3C & ODI Open Data on the Web
Workshop
Open Linked Education Data, Pearson’s
Asset Enrichment Process
Sept 20, 2012. London
Semantic Technology & Business
Conference
Linked Data at Pearson: the proof of the
pudding is in the eating
June 25, 26, 2012. London
Digital Asset Management EU Conference
Keynote: Immersion By Design
Sept 22, 2011. London
Semantic Technology & Business
conference
Smart Content: Semantics in Publishing
May 5, 2011. New York City
BISG’s Making Information Pay 2011
Smart Content: the importance of
semantics in publishing
April 25, 26, 2010. Berlin
Publisher’s Forum 2010
Rights standards and the international
discussion
Jan 14 - 16, 2010. Singapore
2010 Global Leaders of Information
Invited delegate. Meta: The Rise and
Governance of Information about
Information
Education
BACHELOR OF FINEARTS, Boston University • College of Fine Arts
 Open Data in Practice: Open Data Institute, London (2015)
 TOGAF-9 Certification: Architecting the Enterprise (2013)
 CIPP & CIPP/US Certified International Privacy Professional (2011-2012)
 Prosci Change Management Certification (2011)
Other stuff
 Married 20 years with 1 daughter
 American resident of the UK
 Musician of 6 instruments
Interests: jazz, bluegrass, classical music, contemporary art, literature, cooking, roller blading,
singing, wild swimming, choir director

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