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Publish Date
20 April 2009
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Author(s)
- Nagraj Alur
- Alex Baryudin
- Mike Carney
- Priyanka Deswal
- Tim Davis
- Elizabeth Dial
- Norbert Eschle
- Clive Hannah
- Patrick Owen
- Barry Rosen
- Torben Skov
Nagraj Alur is a Project Leader with the IBM ITSO, San Jose Center. He has more than 33 years of experience in database management systems (DBMSs), and has been a programmer, systems analyst, project leader, independent consultant, and researcher. His areas of expertise include DBMSs, data warehousing, distributed systems management, database performance, information integration, and client/server and Internet computing. He has written extensively on these subjects and has taught classes and presented at conferences all around the world. Before joining the ITSO in November 2001, he was on a two-year assignment from the Software Group to the IBM Almaden Research Center, where he worked on Data Links solutions and an eSourcing prototype. He holds a master's degree in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, India.
Alex Baryudin is currently serving as a Technical Architect on the InfoSphere WW Competency Team, with a specialization in IBM InfoSphere QualityStage. His past roles have included being the Technical Architect for InfoSphere Worldwide Center of Excellence, Data Quality Solution Architect, and Principal Consultant. Alex now has over 15 years experience in designing and implementing Data Quality projects that have included integration of QualityStage with IBM MDM Server, as well as other enterprise applications such as SAP and Siebel.
Mike Carney is an Executive Architect within the IBM Software Group, and the lead architect and development team lead for RDP DataStage Jobs. He has over 20 years of experience with Software application development and data warehousing, including 10 years with IBM Advanced Consulting Group for DataStage, where he has contributed to many innovations to the Information Server Product. Mike holds a BA in Mathematics from Boston College.
Priyanka Deswal is a Senior IT Specialist with the IBM Software group in India. She has more than nine years of experience in Information Management. She is currently working as a Technical Pre-Sales specialist for Information Platform and Solutions. She is an advanced cluster certified DB2 Expert. Her areas of expertise include DB2, InfoSphere Information Server, InfoSphere MDM Server, DB2 Content Manager. She holds a bachelors degree in computer science and engineering.
Tim Davis is an Executive Director within the IBM Software Group, with a mission to drive the Trusted Information Agenda through the advancement of industry leading architectures for IBM customers worldwide. He is also one of the leading content contributors for IBM curriculums, best practices, and methodologies. Tim is the founder of the IBM Center of Excellence for Data Integration, and recently led the development and launch of the IBM Information Grid, MDM Server Rapid Deployment, and the IBM SAP deployment accelerators. He has over 25 years of professional experience in large-scale systems integration, high performance computing, SOA, MDM, ERP/SAP, CRM, Data Warehousing, Analytics, Banking Risk Management & Compliance. Tim has published numerous papers and holds an MSEE/CS from USC and a BSEE/CS from Clarkson University.
Elizabeth Dial is a Technical Architect with the IBM Software Group. She is currently part of the Trusted Information Agenda team, supporting the advancement of industry leading architectures for IBM customers worldwide. As a member of the InfoSphere Worldwide Center of Excellence, Elizabeth has created and contributed to best practices pertaining to data quality and the iterations methodology, and has participated in the design of data quality components to support the InfoSphere suite of products. Elizabeth has 10 years of professional experience designing and implementing data integration projects that include data warehousing, SOA, and the integration of QualityStage with IBM MDM Serve and other enterprise applications.
Norbert Eschle is an experienced consultant and sales engineer with broad technical experience in Information Management. He has worked as a consultant with both structured and unstructured information management, specializing in data integration, data, and metadata management. More recently, he has worked as a sales engineer for IBM Software Group, specializing in InfoSphere Information Server.
Clive Hannah is currently serving as a Global Technical Architect in the InfoSphere Worldwide Center of Excellence with a specialization in IBM MDM Server with IBM Canada. His past roles included being the Chief Architect for Professional Services in IBM MDM Server. Clive has over 10 years experience in designing, managing, and implementing multiple large-scale projects that included IBM MDM Server and its integration with other enterprise applications. As part of his past role as Chief Architect, he reviewed and oversaw the implementation of many MDM Servers worldwide. Clive brings his technical expertise in performance tuning, data quality, and enterprise integration along with his business expertise from working on projects within the banking, insurance, telecom, and manufacturing industries. He holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from the University of Western Ontario.
Patrick Owen began his IT career at Acxiom Corporation, one of the world's largest Data Service Providers specializing in personal identification and name/address hygiene. After his experiences there with the Orchestrate Parallel Framework, he moved to Ascential Software and now holds the position of world-wide InfoSphere Information Server Architect, specializing in performance, High-Availability, and Grid. Patrick has worked on projects spanning many industries (including: insurance, package delivery, mortgage, utilities, retail, and entertainment rental). He holds a BS in Computer Science from the University Of Arkansas at Little Rock where he published several papers on Optical Character Recognition, and Water Vapor Mapping Systems for Extra-Terrestrial Landers.
Barry Rosen is currently serving as Executive Global Architect in the InfoSphere Worldwide Center of Excellence and is an advocate for Data Profiling, Data Quality, and Metadata at IBM. His past roles include Director of Best Practices and Data, Director of Enterprise Architecture/Data Warehousing, Technical Architect and Principal Consultant. Barry has designed, managed, and implemented multiple highly available, large scale transaction, data warehousing/mining, and business intelligence solutions in various vertical market segments worldwide including financial, telecom, insurance, pharmaceutical, and retail sectors. Barry brings over 25 years of technical architecture and customer-focused information management expertise. He has provided technical leadership for business system architecture and applications including ERP, CRM, and data warehousing. Barry has consulted on various complex, high-risk, time-sensitive systems for companies such as Epsilon Data Management, Fidelity Investments, Wellington Management Company, Investors Bank & Trust, and Harte-Hanks Data Technologies. He holds a Masters degree in Engineering Management and Computer Information Systems from Northeastern University.
Torben Skov holds a position as IT Specialist within the Information-On-Demand department of IBM Denmark. His current area of interest is the IBM InfoSphere Information Server product suite focusing on QualityStage and DataStage. Torben has 10 years of experience in ETL and application development using the SAS System. For the past three years, Torben has been working for IBM within the Business Intelligence/Information on Demand area. Customer assignments include some of the largest companies within the telecommunication and agricultural sectors of Denmark. During these assignments Torben has worked in the area of Data Quality, ranging from data profiling and data cleaning strategies to standardization of product data. Torben holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Southern Denmark, specializing in Organizational Theory and Operations Research.
ISBN
0738432636
IBM Form Number
SG24-7704-00