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Patrick Genyn holds the position of Senior Director Drug Development Information Governance at Janssen Research & Development, LLC, one of the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson. Mr. Genyn has 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He joined the Janssen Research Foundation in Beerse, Belgium in 1987 and has moved through different positions and responsibilities in Information Technology and Clinical Development. Mr. Genyn also taught Clinical Data Management as part of the Quality Assurance/Regulatory Affairs graduate program at Temple University for several years. Currently, based in Titusville, New Jersey, he is leading an initiative for implementing and operating a Master Data Governance and Management capability across the drug development organizations. Mr. Genyn received his Masters in Business from Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Peg Farthing is currently serving as the Chief Data Steward for BMI’s Enterprise Data Governance Program. As a founding member. Ms.Farthing has gained the support and trust of the senior management team through the development of a sustainable and metrics driven Data Governance Council. The key mission of this council is to ensure consistency between Business and IT and focus on our most valuable asset; data. She comes from a strong operational business background which has allowed her to become well versed in the operational use of data including the importance of accuracy, consistency and completeness. Ms. Farthing’s work in Strategic Operations has equipped her with the understanding of the solutions and processes to complete the lifecycle of data across BMI. She brings fifteen years experience with BMI in Operational as well as Program/Project Management in the end-to-end BMI business landscape. Her history in the company and coordination across resources will help to drive a steady program of success and enhance BMI’s overall Data Governance program. She has held positions as Associate Director of Music Works as well as Director of Strategic Operations at BMI and was previously in the concert promotion and touring industry. Ms. Farthing received her Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Music Business from Belmont University.

Erica Gooch has worked in various capacities at Janssen Research & Development, LLC, one of the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, both in product safety evaluation and in master data governance. Upon the completion of her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Hampton University, she completed a fellowship in Pharmaceutical Benefit Risk Management at Johnson & Johnson and has remained at the Company for 6 years. She is currently a Drug Development Information Governance Lead, and is responsible for defining, obtaining approval, and managing business definitions; designing, building, and maintaining the Compound Master Data Domain; and acting as an advisor to resolve data quality and compliance issues. Erica is based in Titusville, NJ.

Carl Caruso is responsible for the vision, strategy and execution of master data management across the thirteen US operating companies that comprise the Consumer Sector of Johnson & Johnson. He manages a newly formed business department which has responsibility for all data which defines the Customers, Vendors, Materials and Supply Chains for the companies. Mr. Caruso’s strategy for MDM was formed from earlier experiences in his 20 year career as a mechanical and process engineer within the world of high speed manufacturing. Mr. Caruso’s experience implementing Six Sigma and Lean methodologies on high speed manufacturing processes proved to be invaluable when looking at data creation processes. From design engineering and R&D, Mr. Caruso went into supply chain management where he had success managing portions of the Johnson & Johnson portfolio of products. In this arena, Mr. Caruso managed various domestic and international supply chains with direct responsibility for customer service, cost, quality and compliance. His drive toward standardized process in business management landed him in a leading role in the design and implementation of supply chain processes within the initial SAP implementation that is now running all of J&J US Consumer. His broad knowledge of the SAP design as well as deep understanding of the master data within the system has led him to his current position. Mr. Caruso holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.

Michele Goetz serves enterprise and data architect professionals. Ms. Goetz is a leading expert on data quality, data integration, metadata management, MDM, and data governance. She helps enterprises leverage data assets more effectively by improving the availability and accuracy of the information that businesses use in processes and analytics.Prior to joining Forrester, Ms. Goetz managed the business intelligence and data management programs at PTC. During her tenure, she developed and led the global consolidation of customer data across multiple CRM platforms to support a single view of the customer and manage enterprise-wide data quality. In addition, she established data governance and data quality teams and programs to support a center of excellence for data management.Ms. Goetz also held an executive position at Trillium Software, a provider of data quality solutions and services, introducing thought leadership and recommendations on how organizations can improve data quality and governance programs. She holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics, with a minor in computer science, from Framingham State College.

Ivan Trauernicht serves as the Director of Product Data and Configuration at WMS Gaming. He has been in that role for about 1.5 years. Mr. Trauernicht joined the WMS family in December of 2002. Prior to his current position, he was the Director of the Product Configuration and Engineering Change Management organization. Through his leadership and direction, WMS established a rigorous business process and governance around controlling product hardware engineering changes and broadened the scope and quality of the WMS product configure to order process. Mr. Trauernicht also has an extensive background in quality technology. He was an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer and a ISO 9000 Auditor while at AT&T. Further, he helped develop and teach one of the first Process Quality Management courses in the Switching Division at AT&T. Mr. Trauernicht has over 30 years’ experience across the Telecom and Gaming industries. Mr. Trauernicht has obtained an Associate Degree in Mechanical Design, a Bachelor degree in Business Management with a minor in Computer Science, and a Master’s certificate in Program Management.

In his current role at IBM, Rick Clements is responsible for global product strategy and marketing for IBM InfoSphere MDM and IBM InfoSphere Information Server including positioning, messaging and pricing. Prior to joining IBM through acquisition, he served in a similar capacity at Initiate Systems from 2006, and was Senior Director of Strategic Marketing at webMethods and Senior Director of Product Marketing for SeeBeyond. Mr Clements has 14 years experience in the software industry and deep understanding in the areas of big data, enterprise application integration, business to business integration, business process management, service oriented architecture, web services, data quality and integration, master data management and big data technologies.