[Cialug] DAMA February Meeting - Sandy Georgas-Gait: The Rodney Dangerfield of Data Architecture - Data Profiling, It Gets No Respect

[Tim Wilson]

David, that was me.  Thanks for the info.  I'll pass it along to our
main database guy.

On 2/22/07, david l goodrich <dlg at dsrw.org> wrote:
> I spoke with someone at the after-meeting about PowerDesigner.  I
> recommended he go to a DAMA meeting to ask people that use the
> tool on a regular basis if he wanted user experiences with the
> tool.
>
> Below is an email about the next meeting... sorry about spamming
> everyone else :]
>   --david
>
>
> We are excited to have Sandy Georgas-Gait as our speaker.
>
> Please see information below and remember to register at:
>
> http://www.dama.org/public/pages/index.cfm?pageid=444
> <http://www.dama.org/public/pages/index.cfm?pageid=444>
>
> Nationwide                      Room:C212/216
>
> 1100 Locust Street      Feb 27, 2007
>
> Des Moines, Iowa                8:00- 11:30
>
> DAMA-IA is Proud to Present:
>
> Sandy Georgas-Gait
>
> The Rodney Dangerfield of Data Architecture -
>
> Data Profiling, It Gets No Respect
>
> BIO:  Sandy Georgas-Gait has been in the Data Management profession
> since 1986, in roles including Data Architect, Data Architect Team
> Leader, DBA, DBA Manager, and is currently the Enterprise Data Architect
> for Laidlaw Education Services, North America's largest provider of
> school bus and public transit services. She has designed a vast number
> of databases in a number of DBMS platforms, including multiple data
> warehouses, as well as numerous OLTP and OLAP databases. She has
> developed several Enterprise Data Models, defined Data Architecture
> processes, taught new DA's, and has developed many company specific data
> architecture tools and standards. She has worked in a variety of
> industries including energy, banking, retail and transportation. In
> addition, as a graduate of famous Second City in Chicago, she peppers
> her presentations with humor, making her sessions entertaining as well
> as educational.
>
> 8:00    Registration
>
> 8:30    Opening Remarks - Abbie Allen
>
> 8:45    The Rodney Dangerfield of Data Architecture - Data Profiling, It
> Gets No Respect (There will be one break during the session).
>
> 11:30   Program End
>
> Abstract -
>
>         After working in the data management profession for 20 years, I
> didn't think there were too many new tricks of the trade, until I
> recently discovered one, i.e. Data Profiling, but not as a data quality
> tool, as a data architecture tool. I have learned how to use data
> profiling to write metadata, design databases including data warehouses,
> develop data mapping documents, understand the databases I inherit, and
> to reduce the time I need to develop these artifacts. I haven't seen
> many Data Architect's take advantage of data profiling in this way, and
> so this presentation will explain how to profile your data and apply
> this knowledge to database design, and not jut to data quality analysis.
>
>
> This presentation covers:
>
> *       How to Profile Data
>
> *       Applying Data Profiling to metadata development
>
> *       Applying Data Profiling to database design
>
> *       Applying Data Profiling to data conversions and data mappings
>
> *       Applying Data Profiling to interpreting inherited databases
> including packages
>
> *       Making the boss and project manager happy by reducing time to
> develop data architecture deliverables by using data profiling
>
>
>
> Fee: Free to DAMA-Iowa members; $15 for non-members
>
>         Registration Required at the Web Site Below
>
> Check out DAMA-Iowa chapter's web site at:
> <http://check%20out%20dama-iowa%20chapter's%20web%20site%20at%20www.data
> model.org/dama>
> http://dama.internet4associations.com/public/pages/index.cfm?pageid=444
>
> DAMA-IA is a non-profit, vendor-independent professional organization,
> dedicated to furthering understanding of information by providing and
> supporting an open forum addressing issues related to our field.  Join
> us for great presentations and a chance to talk to fellow data
> professionals
>
>
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>
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-- 
Tim