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Mike Arnoldy is a solutions architect at TopDown Consulting, the preferred Hyperion/EPM solution partner for many of the largest and best performing Global 2000 companies. Mike has over 20 years of experience in all phases of design, development and implementation of financial applications. He specializes in financial consolidation applications that include complex calculations, foreign currency translation, inter-company/equity eliminations and varied reporting requirements to satisfy both external management reporting needs.

Ed Deiss is a Richmond, Virg.-based management and IT consultant with comprehensive experience encompassing a diverse range of complex business and technology projects in both the private and public sector, including healthcare, defense, manufacturing, financial services, media and communications, non-profit, and federal and state government. Mr. Deiss is a Six Sigma Green Belt and can be reached via LinkedIn or by email at deissman@comcast.net.

Ramon Chen is the VP of Marketing at Reltio, a provider of modern data management and enterprise data-driven applications.� Mr. Chen is a widely read blogger and guest author on the topics of MDM, Big Data and Cloud Computing, and is also a frequent industry speaker and panelist.� A former software engineer, he has spent over 25 years developing and marketing Enterprise Software, and now Cloud and Big Data technologies.� Most recently, prior to Reltio, Mr. Chen was VP Product Marketing at Veeva Systems, and before that he was part of the core team at Siperian, a market-leading MDM platform acquired by Informatica.� He received his Bachelors in Computer Science from the University of Essex.

Matthew Hoying is the Director of Information Delivery, Management, and Architecture within Stanford University�s Financial Management, Consulting, and Support department. Matthew is responsible for the strategic rearchitecture of Stanford�s reporting ecosystem and the evolution of the organization�s data management practices. Prior to this role, he has designed and implemented data governance programs for Stanford University and UPS. He has over a decade of experience in data governance, data architecture, business intelligence and master data management.

Baba Piprani has over 30 years of experience in enterprise aspects of Information Technology. Mr. Piprani's extensive involvement in enterprise-related Information Architecture covers a wide range of topics including model-driven architecture, MDM, data quality firewalls, SOA (service-oriented architecture) implementations, and Cloud computing projects. For the past 32 years, he has been one of the principal Canadian delegates and a world expert representing Canada in the development of ISO Database Language SQL, ISO Metadata Standards, ISO SOA and Cloud Computing standards, and is currently involved in DW redesign using MDM at CIDA. Previously, Mr. Piprani has experience as Information Architect at Transport Canada (TC), Office of Superintendent of Financial Systems (OSFI), Migration Architect at Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), and was Senior Architect at Department of National Defence (DND).

As Global Product Marketing Manager at SAS, Fiona McNeill oversees product marketing of SAS Unstructred Analytics. During her 14-year tenure, she has helped organizations derive tangible benefits from their strategic use of technology. In addition to working with a wide range of industries, McNeill has defined marketing strategy and corporate relationships at SAS, received multiple innovation awards, and was identified as a Pioneer and one of the Most Influential People by CRMPower in 2000.

James Latham James is the Chief Marketing Officer for Open Text Corporation. You can read more about his thoughts on marketing and social media at his blog – the CMO Zone.

Nitin Kulkarni is currently working as a Principal Consultant with Consulting and Systems Integration unit in Infosys Ltd.