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Shenoy Karkala has more than 20 years of experience in Information Management with a focus on MDM and BI for large global organizations such as Cisco Systems.   Currently, Mr. Karkala is Principal Data and BI Architect at McAfee where he is  leading MDM solutions. His key interests include business agility through business process improvement and integration.  He thinks of poor data quality as a symptom rather than the problem itself  and believes in business process integration as a primary solution to overcome the challenges in the organization.  Mr. Karkala has led successful implementation of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) services in MDM and business process integration in multiple high-tech organizations.  His design philosophy includes continuous performance improvement alongside pro-active service management in large scale solutions.  Mr. Karkala received his M. Tech in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and his BS in Computer Engineering from Mysore University.

Michael A. Tomasura is a systems analyst with 14 years of experience in information systems with 7 years of experience in data warehousing and business intelligence. He is a doctoral student in the Doctor of Science in Information Systems program at Dakota State University. 

Frank Smietana is director of product marketing for supply chain and manufacturing at Dimensional Insight. He has spent the last 23 years applying predictive analytics and business intelligence tools to solve real world problems at Eli Lilly & Company, UBS and Parametric Technology Corp. Frank can be reached at frank@dimins.com and @DI_tweet.

Philippe Torres is a founding partner of InEdge, a consultancy specialized in business intelligence and analytics for the insurance industry. Prior to co-founding InEdge, Philippe’s over 25-year career has included work at Sybase and then Sun Microsystems as a solutions architect. He has expertise in the areas of analytical solutions, the personal lines and general insurance industries, as well as R&D in the field of data warehousing and business intelligence.

Kyle Smith is Director of Clinical Data Integration at Sutter Health in Northern California. Since 2003 his Enterprise Data Management team has used MDM to identify and track more than 25 million patients. Beginning in 2011 he co-led the project to begin using multi-domain MDM to track care providers, employees, locations, clinical billing codes, and other data categories. He also helped establish a formal Enterprise Data Governance program to better align Sutter Health�s data strategy with the health network�s mission to provide community-based healthcare. He has more than 25 years of experience with clinical database design, technical development and clinical quality improvement.

Rik Tamm-Daniels co-founded Attivio and currently serves as Vice President of Technology for Attivio's Channels and Alliances division developing and executing Attivio's technical strategy for OEM, SaaS, SI, VAR and Technology Alliance partner recruitment and enablement. Prior to becoming VP of Technology, Rik served as VP of Product and VP of Engineering for Attivio delivering many releases of the award-winning AIE platform using Agile development methodologies.

Ken Kam is the Associate Director for BI and Data Management at Jazz Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Kam works closely with the Commercial Department at Jazz to enhance analytics, master data and customer relationship management capabilities. Prior to joining Jazz, he was a CRM consultant helping various organizations to build innovative solutions to support call centers and sales force automation. Mr. Kam received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Toronto - University College.

Trevor Dunham is director of Business Intelligence Services at OpenSymmetry, a global sales performance management consulting firm delivering end-to-end performance management solutions. He can be reached at trevor.dunham@opensymmetry.com.

Alan Wunsche is a Vice-President in the Global Risk Management division of Scotiabank. Mr. Wunsche has over 20 years implementing large scale systems projects in conjunction with organizational transformation programs. His currently responsibilities include business intelligence for risk management and Data Governance. Prior to his current position at Scotiabank, he was Senior Manager, Strategy and Operations Consulting (Finance and Performance Management) for Deloitte and Principal Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Wunsche is a Chartered Professional Accountant and earned his MBA at the Richard Ivey School of Business and B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Western Ontario.