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Carol E. Curtis is special reports editor at SourceMedia. She can be reached at carol.curtis@sourcemedia.com.

Nancy Northrup is the Vice President of Data Governance Quality and Process at Citigroup where there is a Chief Data Office (CDO) to oversee data governance and management. There will be more of these in the future. The CDO is not part of the business nor part of IT, but builds the bridges as a true data management organization. Leading the creation of policies and standards, the CDO provides the leadership required to create the data maturity model and the data roadmap for our 5 year plan to lead us to the highest data maturity level. The CDO also provides the leadership for the rollout of data quality projects and tracking to keep the company on target. The CDO is led by a Managing Director who reports indirectly to Don Callahan who in turn reports to Vikram Pandit, the CEO of all Citigroup. It is a high profile organization showing the commitment at Citi to data quality. Prior to joining Citi, Ms. Northrup was the Customer Master Data Governance Leader at Honeywell and consulted on data governance and quality management at various companies including Coca-Cola Enterprises and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield. She began her career as a member of the IT organizations at AT&T and Lucent Technologies. Ms. Northrup holds a Master's Certification in Project Management, is a graduate of Southern Methodist University (BA in English Literature) and The Chubb Institute (Technical degree in applications development), and has taken Advanced Management Training at Tufts University. Nancy is a Six Sigma Black Belt, a Lean Expert, and a Project Management Professional. She is an author and blogger on Data Quality and Management.

Bob Violino is a freelance technology and business writer who covers a variety of topics, including big data and analytics, cloud computing, information security and mobile technology.

Sam Nayak is a senior enterprise architecture consultant specializing in master data management and service-oriented architecture. He has 18 years of management and leadership experience in architecture, development and delivery of enterprise scale software products and information management solutions for large enterprises.

John McKenny is vice president of worldwide marketing for mainframe service management at BMC Software, where he leads global teams responsible for the product strategy, direction and marketing activities. McKenny joined BMC in 1995 as a member of the DB2 research and development team. He has also served as a director in research and development and as senior director of marketing and product management for MSM. Prior to joining BMC, McKenny spent 15 years in various IT roles.

Dr. Karen McGraw is the founder and CEO of Cognitive Technologies. She has extensive experience in technology-based performance improvement solutions, ranging from the design and implementation of computer-based learning and learning management systems, to expert systems, performance support systems, intelligent interfaces and knowledge management systems. Dr. McGraw is a co-developer of the Performance DNA toolkit for analyzing human performance to diagnose improvement opportunities. To reach Dr. McGraw directly, contact her at kmcgraw@cogtechinc.com.

Sanjeev Gupta is practice manager – Business Intelligence at SYSTIME. In his current role, he is responsible for driving various business initiatives and formulating strategy for the growth of Business Intelligence practice. Sanjeev has 24 years of rich and varied experience in the IT industry and project management. Prior to joining SYSTIME, he served in the Indian Army. He can be reached at sgupta@systime.net.

Robert Kearse is the Microsoft Office Operating Suite (MOSS)/Business Intelligence (BI) practice manager and senior architect for Robbins-Gioia’s Technology Solutions Group. He is responsible for all of Robbins-Gioia’s Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Business Intelligence offerings. Robert joined Robbins-Gioia in 1989, taking on technology-related positions to perform the implementation of project/program management practices that leverage technology to deliver end solutions for government and commercial clients. Robert holds a B.S. in marketing/economics from Shepherd College.

Tim Rinaman, a group vice president at Citizant, has more than 20 years of experience managing entrepreneurial IT organizations. His experience in the enterprise architecture arena began with the information engineering methodology and computer-aided software engineering tools in the mid-1980s. During his career, Rinaman led teams delivering services to defense and civilian government agencies, including the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security and Health and Human Services and multiple commands in the Department of Defense. Rinaman was commissioned into the U.S. Marine Corps and served as a combat engineering and logistics officer in the Fleet Marine Force, then managed officer promotions at Headquarters Marine Corps.