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Joel Jacob is a managing director in the FTI Technology practice based in the Chicago office; he is responsible for developing and delivering SaaS-based solutions for information management, e-discovery applications and leveraging cloud computing technologies to deliver cost-effective solutions. Prior to joining FTI, Joel has designed and implemented information management, global IT outsourcing, managed services, data center and application management solutions for corporations, law firms and government agencies with companies such as IBM Global Services, Intermedia Communications/DIGEX, and other system integrators.

At TTX, Carole Wittemann is keenly applying her 20+ years of business intelligence skills to the transportation industry.� As Manager Data Governance for the TTX Company, Wittemann's responsibilities include active participation in key business intelligence initiatives along with establishing and managing the enterprise Data Governance program.� Prior to TTX, she provided Business Intelligence consulting to Guggenheim, JP Morgan Chase, and MasterCard.� Wittemann received her bachelor’s degree from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.

Lloyd Mangnall has been architecting and implementing complex technology solutions across multiple industries for more than 20 years and is currently VP of Enterprise Architecture and Quality for VHA Inc. Currently, Mr. Mangnall directs the overall enterprise information technology strategy for VHA and Novation. Prior to his current position, he served in senior IT positions including Corporate Director of Applications at  Vanguard Health Systems, CTO at Aegis Software Inc. as well as senior roles in ERPO consulting at Computer Sciences Corporation and Ernst & Young. Mr. Mangnall has been a leading advocate for the use of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Model-Driven approaches to software architecture and implementation for the past 13 years.  His recent activities involve Big Data projects with Hadoop combined with semantic technologies. Mr. Mangnall attended Harvard Business School and is a CHIME certified healthcare CIO.

As Executive Vice President of Innovation, John Wollman is responsible for the overall coordination of our business and solution development. �Mr. Wollman is acknowledged as a pioneer and industry thought leader in MDM and Data Governance, especially regarding the pharmaceutical and life science industries.� Prior to joining HighPoint, he served as the EVP and CTO at Alliance Consulting/Alliance Life Sciences Consulting Group where he oversaw the company’s transformation into a full-service consultancy. Mr. Wollman has also previously held senior positions at PLATINUM Technology, Whittman-Hart, and Accenture’s FOUNDATION Software Organization. �He received a B.S. from Duke University with a dual concentration in Computer Science and Economics.

Cris Hadjez has worked with various products in the BI space for over 14 years and has covered multiple industries to include international clients. Currently, Mr. Hadjez �is the director of the BI Practice in North America for itelligence, a gold-level SAP partner based out of Cincinnati, OH. You can contact him at�Cris.Hadjez@itelligencegroup.com.

Christine McClary, Data Architect, has been a leader in the area of data management at National Instruments, spearheading NI's customer MDM program.� She has expertise in the areas of information requirements planning, master data management, data integration, data modeling, information quality improvement, and business metadata management.� Christine has over 20 years of experience in information systems development and implementation at high-tech companies such as NI, GMF Robotics, and Digital Equipment Corp and at food industry companies such as Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc and Whole Foods Market.

Shailender Vootla is the Master Data Management Lead at Associated Press, the world�s largest news media organization. He has successfully led the enterprise wide Data Governance, Data Quality and Master Data Management program at AP. Shailender has vast experience in implementing full life cycle MDM projects in enterprises with complex environments and specializes in SAP. His expertise lies in Customer Data Management and Integration, Product Information Management, Data Analytics and Data Architecture. Shailender worked as a Senior Consultant at Accenture where he was responsible for developing vision, strategy, execution and governance of Enterprise Information Management programs for various clients in Finance, Retail and other industries. He holds a Master�s degree in Computer Science from George Mason University.

Mathieu Blandin, Enterprise Data Governance Officer at Essilor of America, has more than 15 years of experience in Enterprise Information Management.Mathieu holds many different positions/responsibilities within IT (head of BI/EDW) & business (Supply chain, strategic sourcing & Procurement, Distribution Center, Finance) Mathieu’s passion is to help organizations gain a key competitive advantage by leveraging their data asset. Mr. Blandin is lean six-sigma certified & received his M.B.A. in Business management & Information from the University of Paris 12, France.

Wally is with the Tax Technology unit at United Technologies Corp. (UTC). He is the Data Relationship Management lead supporting the UTC’s Tax Department. He has more than 15 years’ experience in various Information Management functions (business intelligence, data mining, data architecture and data integration) across multiple industries.