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Dean Gonsowski, Recommind’s associate general counsel & senior director of Business Development, works closely with the company's key enterprise customers, partners and government agencies to help them leverage Recommind's predictive coding platform, with a particular emphasis on information governance. A former litigator, general counsel and associate general counsel, Dean Gonsowski has more than 15 years’ experience in litigation, e-discovery and information governance consulting at companies including Symantec, Clearwell Systems, Daticon, Navigant Consulting, Inc. and Fios, Inc. Dean can be reached on Twitter at @dean_gonsowski.

Patricia Vessey is Director of Merchandising Services for Best Buy Co. Inc. She is responsible for all of the external electronic data interchange (EDI) communication with vendors and carriers, digital operations, foundation data management which includes item information within the Retek merchandising system, product information management, Global Data Synch and Vendor Portal. She has been with Best Buy, based in Richfield, MN for 15 years. Ms. Vessey is involved in the GS1 industry standards groups for electronic communication of data and is several on several Strategic User Councils, including being an IBM Champion. Prior to Best Buy, Patricia worked for HomeBase and Carter Hawley Hale, both retailers in California. She graduated from UC Berkeley.

Tony Fisher is the SAS General Manager responsible for providing field enablement, product direction and outreach for the SAS Data Management suite of technologies.  Prior to this role, Tony was president and CEO of DataFlux, a SAS Company. In his years at DataFlux and at SAS, he has guided the company through tremendous growth establishing market-leading data quality and data integration solutions. Tony is also a featured speaker and author about emerging trends in data quality, data integration and master data management, and how better management of data leads to business optimization. Tony is a native of North Carolina and earned a degree in computer science and mathematics from Duke University.

Tina Rosario is a business strategy professional with over 25 years of experience in IT, business process re-engineering, change management and enterprise data management. During her 12 years at SAP, Tina has held executive positions in business operations, consulting services and corporate strategy. Her expertise ranges from building best practice information governance programs, driving data technology development and managing teams of data stewards and operations. Prior to SAP Tina was a partner at McKinsey and with that experience initiated the business transformation consulting organization at SAP with a focus on bridging the gap between technology implementation and business strategy.

Matthew M. Slavonic is a lead data governance analyst at UPMC and was one of the inaugural members of the newly formed Data Governance Office at UPMC. He has 11 years of experience in internal audit and data governance, covering technologies including master data management, data profiling, policy creation and business glossary. He has a Master of Business Administration in Management Information Systems and is a Certified Information Systems Auditor. He can be reached at slavonicmm@upmc.edu.

Harsha Kapre serves as a Senior Product Manager for IBM's Infosphere Master Data Management offering. He has ownership of the product strategy and roadmap for Collaborative MDM including Product Information Management (PIM). In his previous role, Harsha was the MDM Client Advocate responsible for client relationships and references world wide. Harsha has been with IBM for over 15 years and holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.�

Kevin Shannon is Vice President and Global Head of Data Stewardship for Standard and Poor�s ratings agency.� He has over 18 years of experience conceiving and implementing enterprise wide technology and data management strategies.� He is a thought leader in establishing vision, re-engineering enterprise data architectures and managing the associated change.Kevin has a broad range of experiences in the financial services industry that cross front, middle and back offices.� He has overseen numerous data infrastructure re-engineering initiatives; established enterprise data management strategies; implemented data governance, stewardship and quality measurement programs; and managed fixed income trading and derivative collateral management technology teams.evin Shannon is Vice President and Global Head of Data Stewardship for Standard and Poor�s ratings agency. �He has over 18 years of experience conceiving and implementing enterprise wide technology and data management strategies. �He is a thought leader in establishing vision, re-engineering enterprise data architectures and managing the associated change.Kevin has a broad range of experiences in the financial services industry that cross front, middle and back offices. �He has overseen numerous data infrastructure re-engineering initiatives; established enterprise data management strategies; implemented data governance, stewardship and quality measurement programs; and managed fixed income trading and derivative collateral management technology teams.Kevin Shannon is Vice President and Global Head of Data Stewardship for Standard and Poor�s ratings agency. �He has over 18 years of experience conceiving and implementing enterprise wide technology and data management strategies. �He is a thought leader in establishing vision, re-engineering enterprise data architectures and managing the associated change.�Kevin has a broad range of experiences in the financial services industry that cross front, middle and back offices. �He has overseen numerous data infrastructure re-engineering initiatives; established enterprise data management strategies; implemented data governance, stewardship and quality measurement programs; and managed fixed income trading and derivative collateral management technolog

Jim Denyer is an expert in the development and implementation of enterprise data strategy, including MDM and Data Governance applications.� Since 2005, Mr. Denyer has played an integral role in the development and evolution of IBC’s enterprise data strategy.� He currently directs the Information Governance group which oversees data architecture, data governance and quality.� Mr. Denyer previously was with PeopleSoft Consulting working on-site with customers implementing PeopleSoft data warehouse and analytics solutions, before joining Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia.� He received his BSc from the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

As a practice leader for TriCore BI Solutions, Kevin O’Rourke is responsible for assisting organizations thru insight in BI, enterprise planning and information architecture. With over 20 years in the BI industry, Kevin provides expertise in BI lifecycle solutions management, corporate performance management, BI standardization practices, organizational vision & roadmap, evaluation of reporting and analytical systems, information architecture modeling, training program development and organization readiness assessment. Prior to joining TriCore, Kevin served as a business development manager with NEC Solutions, serving the Northeast region, and he co-established the TriCore BI Solutions Practice in September 2006.  Kevin O’Rourke may be contacted at korourke@tricoresolutions.com. 

As Vice President of Products & Marketing, Eric helps brands leverage the power of the Digby Localpoint Mobile Platform with focus on leveraging location, marketing, commerce and analytics. During his 18 year career, Eric has worked at a variety of successful startups including Pluck (now part of Demand Media), Powered, DataBeam (now part of IBM), Direct Hit (now part of Ask Jeeves) and Question Technologies (now part of Motive Corporation). He holds an M.B.A. degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and B.A. degrees in Information Systems and Marketing from the University of Cincinnati.