Mr. Marco is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of data warehousing, enterprise architecture and business intelligence, and is the world’s foremost authority on meta data management. He is the author of the widely acclaimed books "Universal Meta Data Models" (John Wiley & Sons) and "Building and Managing the Meta Data Repository" (John Wiley & Sons). These groundbreaking books have been broadly endorsed by many of the largest software companies in the industry and by several major magazines. In addition, he is a coauthor of "Impossible Data Warehouse Situations and Solutions From The Experts" (Addison-Wesley) and "Data Resource Management" (DAMA). Mr. 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. In addition, in 2004 Mr. Marco was selected to the very prestigious Crain's Chicago Business “Top 40 Under 40” and in 2007 he was named one of **DePaul University’s “Top 14 Alumni Under 40**”. In 2008 he was named to the DAMA Data Management Hall of Fame (Professional Achievement Award)..

Mr. Marco has been referred to as the “Melvil Dewey of Metadata” and 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. Mr. 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, President of EWSolutions, a GSA schedule and Chicago-headquartered strategic partner and full life-cycle systems development dedicated to providing companies and large government agencies with best-in-class, award-winning solutions using enterprise architecture, data warehousing, and managed meta data environment technologies (866) EWS-1100 or visit www.EWSolutions.com. He may be reached via email at DMarco@EWSolutions.com