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2023 CFP Editorial Board

Adita Karkera, Government & Public Services, Deloitte Consulting LLP

With more than 20 years' of industry experience, Karkera serves as the Chief Data Officer for Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Government and Public...

Douglas Laney, West Monroe

We all recognize that monetizing data creates advantage in a digital economy, yet few understand how to do that well. Doug does—in...

Dr. James Short, Ph.D., San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego

Jim Short is a Lead Scientist at San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego (SDSC). He is a data scientist interested...

Dr. Joe Perez, Dept of Health & Human Services / SolonTek Corporation

With advanced degrees in computer and secondary education, along with several IT certifications, Dr. Joe Perez brings almost forty years of experience...

Mark Ramsey, Ramsey International LLC

Dr. Mark Ramsey is a globally recognized expert in data analytics and optimization, with over 30 years of experience designing, developing, and...

Robert J. Abate, Info Immersrion LLC

Robert Abate is a global multi-industry data and analytics leader and experienced CDAO who delivers visionary solutions via strategic collaboration with partners...

Della Shea, Symcor Inc.

Della Shea is a recognized authority on privacy, digital ethics, data management security and data protection. With more than 20 years of...

Peter Aiken, VCU/Anything Awesome

Peter Aiken, PhD is an acknowledged Data Management authority, an Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, President of DAMA International, and Associate...

Randy Bean, Wavestone

Randy Bean is a business founder, CEO, industry thought leader, author, senior advisor, board director, and speaker in the field of data-driven...

Jean-Pascal Chauvet, Ab Initio

Jean-Pascal (JP) Chauvet is a Strategic Consultant with Ab Initio Software, helping clients solve the toughest data processing and data management challenges...

Salomon de Jager, PiLog Group

Dr Salomon de Jager completed his Hons. B-Eng. degree (Mech. Ind.) in 1978 at the University of Stellenbosch South Africa. During his...

Martha Dember

Ms. Dember is credited as one of the founding principles of Data Governance, having published the first Data Governance Maturity Model at...

Carl Gerber, KPMG

As US Chief Data Officer (CDO) and Audit & Assurance CDO, Carl leads the data strategy and operating model, safeguarding trust, enabling...

Saurabh Gupta, Thoughtworks

Saurabh Gupta currently is the Head of the Data Strategy & Governance practice at ThoughtWorks, a global technology consulting company. Through his career,...

Dr. Ningning Wu, University of Arkansas Little Rock

Dr. Ningning Wu is the professor of the Information Science Department of the Donaghey College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at...

Mark Johnson, New Era Technology

Mark I Johnson is Southwest Ohio Regional Vice President, and Strategic Data Management & Analytics Executive Leader at New Era Technology.  Mr....

Sara Jones, SAIC

Sara has been employed as a technology professional for over 22 year entering the industry as a Quality Assurance Engineer. From Quality...

Dr. Eric Nelson, SAIC

Eric Nelson is currently the Metrics and Data Scientist for SAIC’s corporate data operation. SAIC is a fortune 500 Information Technology Services...

Baz Khuti, Modak USA

Technology and business executive, Baz has held senior leadership positions at GE (CTO Cloud), Emerson Electric (EVP, Emerson Network Power; Chief Architect,...

Dr. Daniel Pullen, SAIC

Daniel Pullen is currently the Chief Data Architect and Data Scientist for SAIC’s corporate data operation. SAIC is a fortune 500 Information...

Christine Legner, University of Lausanne

Christine Legner is a Professor of Information Systems at the Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC), University of Lausanne. Her research fields are data management,...

Justin Magruder, SAIC

Dr. Magruder is the Chief Data Officer for SAIC, a fortune 500 Information Technology Services company based in Reston, Virginia. Justin is...

Vanessa Mahoney, Tribal III

Vanessa is a lifelong innovator and data whisperer, with >10 years experience in data sciences and ~ 7 years of digital innovation...

Kevin Petrie, Eckerson Group

Kevin is the VP of Research at Eckerson Group, where he manages the research agenda and writes about topics such as data...

Robert Seiner, KIK Consulting & Educational Services

Robert (Bob) S. Seiner is the President and Principal of KIK Consulting & Educational Services (KIKconsulting.com) and the Publisher of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com). Seiner...

Prashanth Southekal, DBP-Institute

Dr. Prashanth H Southekal is the Managing Principal of DBP-Institute, a Data Analytics Consulting and Education company. He brings over 25 years...

Derek Strauss, Gavroshe

Founder, CEO and Principal Consultant of Gavroshe. Former Chief Data Officer at TD Ameritrade for approximately 5 years; was responsible for Data Governance, Data Science...

John Talburt, UA Little Rock

John R. Talburt, PhD, IQCP, CDMP, is the Acxiom Chair of Information Quality and Director of the Information Quality Graduate Program at...

Eduard Tudoreanu, UA Little Rock

On any given day, Dr. Edi Tudoreanu may find himself in the classroom, broadcasting a lecture on the Internet, or showing students...

Maria Villar, SAP

Maria C Villar has over 25 years of experience as a Chief Data Officer responsible for building enterprise data management organizations from...

Vincent Yates, Credera

Vincent is the Chief Data Scientist & Partner at Credera. His work focuses on data science and strategy, and his goal is...

Elena Alikhachkina, CDO Executive Advisor

Elena is a visionary leader with an impressive international and domestic track record in identifying and translating business opportunities into big ideas...