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Letter from the President Mark your calendar
Ray Coffman, President, DAMA Chicago DAMA Chicago Meeting
Wednesday,
Happy 2012!! This New Year is bringing about a February 15th, 2012
few changes for me and for DAMA Chicago. Nielsen,
I celebrated my birthday this past weekend with Schaumburg
friends and family – the Big 64. There were Details on Page 2 & 3
moments recalling events and people who have Location map on Page 4
been a part of my life that had me grateful
beyond description. I was also reminded to be EDW Conference
thankful for each day as the stories we recounted April 29-May 3, 2012
included wonderful people who are no longer Omni Hotel at CNN
present in this life. Center, Atlanta, GA
And as with every New Year, ‘things are a changing’ and there Member discount info on
are a few changes for DAMA Chicago. I would like to welcome Page 5
and introduce Dan Murphy, our new VP of Online Services. Dan,
a recent college graduate, interned at Discover Financial Services It’s that time of
(DFS) the summer of 2010 and joined DFS in May 2011 as a Data the year again!
Analyst. Dan was also webmaster for his business fraternity. Dan
will be teaming up with Mike Miller to update and revamp the Renew your DAMA
DAMA Chicago website. Mike, a long-time DAMA board member
membership today
and the new VP of Information Services – will provide website
requirements and other support. Individual - $50
Corporate - $200
Dan has hit the ground running full speed. Inspired by Karen
Membership benefits on
Lopez’s presentation on social media, DAMA Chicago will have
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Twitter and FaceBook offerings soon. Our revamped website will
have a more cost-effective, hosting platform with easier updating
capabilities. Look to future newsletter articles detailing the website DAMA Chicago on
changes and links to Twitter, FaceBook and LinkedIn. We will also LinkedIn
have presentations posted for the past two years. Have you visited us lately on
LinkedIn? Sign up now and
Also, welcome back to other officers who continue their support join the DAMA Chicago
and provide the outstanding leadership and service that makes group. The latest
DAMA Chicago an exceptional chapter. information about future
Ray Coffman meetings and other offers
are posted here.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
2012 DAMA Chicago Meetings...............................................................................................Page 2
February 15th Meeting Details.................................................................................................Page 3
Meeting Location Map.............................................................................................................Page 4
Enterprise Data World..............................................................................................................Page 5
About DAMA Chicago.............................................................................................................Page 6
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2012 DAMA CHICAGO MEETINGS
AGENDA
DAMA Chicago Chapter Meeting 8:30 a.m. Refreshments
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 9:00 a.m. Business Meeting
9:30 a.m. Break
8:30 A.M. to 3:30 P.M
9:45 a.m. Dimensional Modeling while Partnering
with the Business Community
LOCATION - Laura Reeves
11:15 a.m. Information Exchange
11:45 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. EDW Conference Preview - Peter Aiken,
President, DAMA International
1:45 p.m. Mergers & Acquisitions: Data
Nielsen
Management Strategies that Support
150 N. Martingale Rd. Business Growth - Rick Buglio
Schaumburg, IL 2:45 p.m. Door Prize Drawings
3:00 p.m. Adjournment
MORE EVENTS IN 2012
DATE LOCATION TOPIC & PRESENTER
Wednesday, TBD Under the Hood of a Metadata Repository - Saad Yacu
April 18th, 2012
Big Data and Analytics - Krish Krishnan
April 29th to Omni Hotel at CNN Enterprise Data World 2012
May 3rd, 2012 Center The business world’s most comprehensive educational
100 CNN Center event for data and information management. Offering
Atlanta, GA more than 200 hours of programming over five days, the
conference includes sessions on every aspect of the
world of data management, with specialized tracks that
enable you to focus on the topics most vital to your
organization. More on Page 5
Wednesday Allstate TBD
June 20th, 2012
Wednesday, IBM TBD
August 15th, 2012
EDW Conference Preview at February Meeting
There will be a video conference with two of the speakers at our DAMA meeting in February. This will provide an
insight into the types of presentations being offered by 100 great speakers giving Workshops, Tutorials, Conference
Presentations, Panel Discussions, Keynotes, Vendor Demonstrations, and Roundtable Discussions.
This is too good to miss!
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FEBRUARY 15TH, 2012 DAMA CHICAGO MEETING
Morning Presentation
Dimensional Modeling while Partnering with the Business Community
- Laura Reeves, Author of A Manager’s Guide to Data Warehousing
About Laura Reeves Synopsis
Laura Reeves, author of A Manager’s Guide to Data The key to successful dimensional
Warehousing and co-author of the first edition of The Data modeling is to capture the business
Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit, has 26 years of experience in perspective. This can be done by working
end-to-end data warehouse / business intelligence system together to develop and refine the model.
development focused on developing comprehensive project A design and documentation approach,
plans, collecting business requirements, developing business called Business Dimensional Modeling will
dimensional models, designing databases (star/snowflake and be introduced that provides a vehicle to
entity-relationship designs), and development of enterprise build a strong partnership between the
data warehouse strategies and data architecture. As StarSoft business and IT. This proven design
Solutions co- founder, Laura has implemented data approach is easily understood by the
warehouses for many business functions for private and business and includes the detail needed for
public industry. implementation.
Afternoon Presentation
Mergers & Acquisitions: Data Management Strategies that Support Business
Growth
- Rick Buglio, Technical Product Manager, Optim Solutions
Synopsis About Rick Buglio
While mergers and acquisitions (M&As) represent business Rick Buglio is the product manager
growth and new opportunities, one thing remains certain: every responsible for managing IBM’s
merger and acquisition increases the size of the IT infrastructure "InfoSphere Optim" solutions which
that must be managed and maintained to support the new are an integral part of IBM's
organization. The total data management responsibility is Information Governance portfolio.
enormous. Without an effective strategy and early IT involvement Prior to joining the Optim team he
to plan for integration challenges, the merger or acquisition may be was the product manager for IBM’s
doomed to failure. "Data Studio" solution and was
instrumental in releasing "IBM Data
In this session, you will learn how implementing a data
Studio" to market.
management strategy can help you:
Rick has over thirty years of
• Gain insight into how an effective data management strategy experience in the Information
and essential early IT involvement can help in planning for Technology industry in a vast
integration challenges and support the success of the new number of roles and has spent the
organization. last 15 years as a product manager
• Identify the IT integration issues you should consider and specializing in the design and
how data management can support IT integration initiatives. delivery of database management
• Determine the benefits that data management can deliver, as solutions for various industry leading
well as what to look for in an complete data management database management software
solution. companies.
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DIRECTIONS TO THE FEBRUARY 15TH, 2012 DAMA CHICAGO MEETING
Nielsen
150 N. Martingale Rd. Upon arrival please register at
Schaumburg, IL the desk to receive your badge
www.nielsen.com
Maps are informational only
Street-level
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ENTERPRISE DATA WORLD 2012
http://edw2012.wilshireconferences.com/
Enterprise Data World, formerly the DAMA International Symposium & Wilshire Meta-Data Conference,
is the business world’s most comprehensive educational event about data and information management.
Over the course of five days, EDW presents a diverse schedule of programming that addresses every level of
proficiency, including keynotes, workshops, tutorials, case studies, and discussions. The conference includes
over 200 hours of cutting-edge content in a vendor-neutral environment, with specialized tracks that allow
you to focus on the data management topics most pertinent to your needs, including all-new tracks on
Unstructured Data and Data-driven Business.
• Modeling • Data-driven Business (including Analytics, Business
• Master Data Management (MDM) Intelligence, Big Data and the Cloud)
• Data Architecture & Enterprise Information • Data & Application Integration
Management (EIM) • Metadata
• Data Governance & Data Quality • Management & Methods
• Unstructured • Stewardship
• NoSQL/ Non-relational Databases
In addition, take advantage of two days of exhibits offering up-to-date solutions to your pressing data
challenges from 30 of the premier companies in the field.
FEATURED SESSIONS
Monday, April 30, 2012 Tuesday, May 1, 2012 Thursday, May 3, 2012
08:30 AM - 11:45 AM 08:30 AM - 09:20 AM 01:15 PM - 04:30 PM
David N Plotkin Terry Milholland Krish Krishnan
Data Quality Manager Chief Technology President
Bank of America Officer Sixth Sense Advisors
IRS Inc
AM2: Data Governance: Starting The Transformation to a Data- S4: The New Data Warehouse-
from Scratch Driven Organization BIG Data, Real Time,
Unstructured, Smart Analytics,
Mobility Driven, Semantic Led...
DAMA Member discount at EDW 2012
DAMA members enjoy a discount of $250. Use code DAMA429. Plus there is another 20%
discount if you register 5 people from the same company.
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ABOUT DAMA CHICAGO Officers
DAMA Chicago was founded in the Fall of 1986 with the first meeting in
December of that year. DAMA Chicago holds six bimonthly meetings Chapter President
Ray Coffman
annually on topics pursuant to DAMA’s goals. These meetings include
informal round-table discussions, featured presenters, invaluable sharing Treasurer
through association with professionals in our field, two Special Interest Susan Earley
Groups, and much more. The Chicago Chapter has attained broad appeal in
Secretary
the Midwest as a resource for Information Resource Management. Olena Dikina
PURPOSE Co-Secretary
Alan D. Arico
The Data Management International (DAMA), Chicago Chapter is a non-
profit, vendor independent professional organization dedicated to the VP Membership
advancement of data asset management concepts. DAMA Chicago's mission John Grage
is to engage in activities that promote data asset management concepts and to
VP Programs
broaden the skills of professionals who work in this field. Cathy Nolan
GOALS AVP Programs
Lucy Hubrich
• To promote and develop data asset management concepts and practices.
• To be a focal point for issues relating to data asset management practices. Librarian
Michael Ryan
• To further the professional development of data asset management
professionals. VP Information Services
Michael Miller
• To enhance Corporate Management’s understanding of how data asset
management affects the bottom line. VP Online Services
Dan Murphy
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS VP Marketing
• Bi-monthly meetings Latha Nair
Come
• Member Newsletter join us Information Exchange
Coordinator
• Information Exchange Forums and Special Interest Groups for a Mike Smilg
• Heavily discounted training targeted to the DM Professional meeting
DAMA International
• Lending Library of top DRM books and Liaison
Cathy Nolan
• Corporate discount on dues see for
• Annual member directory yourself Past President
Jeff Lawyer
• Automatic membership in DAMA International
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