Directors and Advisors
Christian Walenta, IAIDQ President
Christian lives in New York state in the USA and is a founding member of the IAIDQ Board. He has held a variety of positions with IBM in Germany, the UK and the USA.
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Christian lives in New York state in the USA and is a founding member of the IAIDQ Board. He has held a variety of positions with IBM in Germany, the UK and the USA.
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Prof. John Talburt, IAIDQ Advisor
John is Acxion Chair of Information Quality at the University of Little Rock, Arkansas USA. John has served as an advisor to the IAIDQ board since 2007.
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John is Acxion Chair of Information Quality at the University of Little Rock, Arkansas USA. John has served as an advisor to the IAIDQ board since 2007.
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Lwanga Yonke, IAIDQ Advisor
Lwanga was born in Cameroon and now lives in California USA. Lwanga has served as an advisor to the IAIDQ board since its foundation in 2004. He chairs the program committee of the IDQ Conference, as he has done since they began in 2007.
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Lwanga was born in Cameroon and now lives in California USA. Lwanga has served as an advisor to the IAIDQ board since its foundation in 2004. He chairs the program committee of the IDQ Conference, as he has done since they began in 2007.
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Altug Gurer, Director of Information Services
Altug lives in New Jersey, USA where he leads Data Quality Center of Excellence PMO within telco Avaya. Following his education in Turkey and USA, he has wide experince in project management, IT, service business, import/export and journalism joining the IAIDQ board in 2009.
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Altug lives in New Jersey, USA where he leads Data Quality Center of Excellence PMO within telco Avaya. Following his education in Turkey and USA, he has wide experince in project management, IT, service business, import/export and journalism joining the IAIDQ board in 2009.
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Piyush Malik, Director of Partner Relations
Piyush lives in Silicon Valley, California USA and has served IAIDQ as convenor of the Ask-the-Expert forum from 2007-2008, and as board member since 2009. Following his university training in Delhi, he now has an international role with IBM Global Services.
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Piyush lives in Silicon Valley, California USA and has served IAIDQ as convenor of the Ask-the-Expert forum from 2007-2008, and as board member since 2009. Following his university training in Delhi, he now has an international role with IBM Global Services.
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Heather Richards, Director of Publicity
Heather lives in Victoria, British Columbia in Canada, where she works in the Data Quality Department. Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). She has served on the IAIDQ Board since 2010.
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Heather lives in Victoria, British Columbia in Canada, where she works in the Data Quality Department. Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). She has served on the IAIDQ Board since 2010.
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Grant Robinson, Director of Operations and webmaster
Grant lives in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, New South Wales Australia and is a founding member of the IAIDQ Board. He currently works for the NSW Office of Water, the agency responsible for managing water resources across the state.
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Grant lives in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, New South Wales Australia and is a founding member of the IAIDQ Board. He currently works for the NSW Office of Water, the agency responsible for managing water resources across the state.
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Ivan Schotsmans, Director of Events
Ivan lives near Brussels in Belgium, where he currently runs BI-Community.org. Ivan has been active promoting information quality throughout Benelux for a number of years, joining the IAIDQ board in 2008.
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Ivan lives near Brussels in Belgium, where he currently runs BI-Community.org. Ivan has been active promoting information quality throughout Benelux for a number of years, joining the IAIDQ board in 2008.
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Laura Sebastian-Coleman, Director of Member Services
Laura manages the Data Quality team at Galaxy, part of UnitedHealth Group in Connecticut, USA. Laura has served on the IAIDQ board since 2009.
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Laura manages the Data Quality team at Galaxy, part of UnitedHealth Group in Connecticut, USA. Laura has served on the IAIDQ board since 2009.
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