Best known as the world's foremost authority on meta data management, he is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of data warehousing, data governance and enterprise information management. In 2004 David Marco was named the "Melvil Dewey of Metadata" by Crain's Chicago Business as he was selected to their very prestigious "Top 40 Under 40" list. He followed up this honor in 2007 by being named one of DePaul University's "Top 14 Alumni Under 40". In 2008 David Marco was enshrined into the very select DAMA Data Management Hall of Fame (Professional Achievement Award).

David Marco is the author of the widely acclaimed, top-selling books "Universal Meta Data Models" and "Building and Managing the Meta Data Repository". In addition, he is a coauthor of "Impossible Data Warehouse Situations and Solutions From The Experts" and "Data Resource Management". David Marco has published hundreds of articles, is a regular columnist for several technology magazines, is the chairman of the Enterprise Information Management Institute (EIMInstitute.ORG) and has served as a judge in dozens of industry awards.

He is a highly sought after speaker and has presented hundreds of keynote addresses and courses at the major business, data warehousing, and meta data conferences throughout the world. David Marco has taught at the University of Chicago and DePaul University, and is on the Advisory Council for DePaul University's College of Commerce. In addition, he is the founder and President of EWSolutions, a GSA schedule and Chicago-headquartered strategic partner and full life-cycle systems integrator dedicated to providing companies and large government agencies with best-in-class, award-winning solutions using enterprise information management, data warehousing, data governance and managed meta data environment technologies (866) EWS-1100 or visit www.EWSolutions.com. He may be reached via email at DMarco@EWSolutions.com

Michael Jennings is a recognized industry expert in enterprise information management and has more than twenty years of information technology experience. Mike has published numerous industry columns/articles for EIM Institute, DM Review and Intelligent Enterprise magazines. He has been a judge for the 2002 - 2007 DM Review World-Class Solutions Awards and 2003 Wilshire Award for Best Practices in Meta Data Management.

Mike speaks frequently on EIM issues at major industry conferences and has been an instructor of information technology at the University of Chicago's Graham School. He is a co-author of the book "Universal Meta Data Models" and a contributing author of the book "Building and Managing the Meta Data Repository". He may be reached at MJennings@EWSolutions.com

Pete Stiglich is a Principal Consultant/Trainer with EWSolutions with nearly 25 years of IT experience in the fields of Data Modeling, Data Warehousing (DW), Meta Data management, Enterprise Architecture (EA), Data Governance, Customer Data Integration (CDI), Master Data Management (MDM), Data Quality, and Project Management. Pete holds CCP and CBIP certifications at the mastery level.

Pete has taught courses on Managed Meta Data Environments (MME), Data Warehousing, Data Modeling (Conceptual, Dimensional, Logical, Physical), ER/Studio, and SQL. Pete has presented at the 2008 MIT Information Quality conference, 2007 and 2008 Marco Masters Series, DAMA at the international and local level, and at the 2007 IADQ Conference.

Pete’s articles on Enterprise Information Management have been published in Real World Decision Support, DMForum, InfoAdvisors, and the Information and Data Quality Newsletter. Pete is a listed expert for SearchDataManagement on the topics of data modeling and data warehousing. Pete is an industry thought leader in the field of Conceptual Data Modeling, and is President of the Phoenix DAMA Chapter.

He may be reached at PStiglich@EWSolutions.com

Mark Mosley, Principal Consultant with EWSolutions, is a leading expert in Information Management. Mark has over 25 years experience in data modeling, meta data management, data warehousing, information architecture and IT organizational change management. Mark has served as enterprise data architect and director of data resource management for multiple corporations, where he coordinated several successful data governance and stewardship programs, along with implementing data warehouses, operational data stores, meta data management solutions and data modeling standards. During 13 years at IBM, Mark led the development of IBM’s AD Effectiveness Consulting Methodology and trained consultants worldwide in these change management techniques.

Mark was the first person to obtain the new Certified Data Management Professional designation through DAMA International and ICCP. An active member of the DAMA Chicago chapter, Mark serves as chief editor for the Data Management Body of Knowledge Guide (DMBOK), currently under development for the DAMA Foundation.

He may be reached at MMosley@ewsolutions.com