Speakers

Rick van der Lans is an independent analyst, consultant, author and internationally acclaimed lecturer specializing in data warehousing, business intelligence, and database technology. Rick helps clients worldwide to design their data warehouse, big data and BI architectures.

Keith McCormick has leveraged statistical software since 1990 along with deep expertise utilizing popular industry advanced analytics solutions such as IBM SPSS Statistics, IBM SPSS Modeler, AMOS, Answer Tree, popular open source and other tools involving text and big data analytics. Keith has guided organizations to establish highly effective analytical practices across industries, to include public sector, media, marketing, healthcare, retail, finance, manufacturing and higher education.

Wayne Eckerson has been a thought leader in the data warehousing, business intelligence, and performance management fields since the early 1990s. He has conducted numerous in-depth research studies and is the author of “Performance Dashboards: Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing Your Business.”

Nigel Turner is Principal Information Management Consultant for EMEA at Global Data Strategy Ltd. and Vice-Chair of the Data Management Association of the UK. Nigel has worked in Information Management for over 25 years, both as an in-house deliverer of Information Management solutions at British Telecommunications plc and subsequently as an external consultant to more than 150 clients, including British Gas, UK Environment Agency, Intel US and others.

Dave Wells is the Data Management Practice Director at Eckerson Group, a data analytics research and consulting organization. He brings a unique perspective to data management based on five decades of working with data in both technical and business roles. Dave works at the intersection of information management and business management, where real value is derived from data assets. He is an industry analyst, consultant, and educator dedicated to building meaningful and enduring connections throughout the path from data to business value.

Jan Henderyckx is trusted advisor, speaker and author who has been active in the field of Information Management and Information Governance and strategy since 1986. He has presented, moderated and taught workshops at many international conferences and User Group meetings worldwide.

Peter Boncz has been active in the database community during the past four decades, making him a veteran. He leads the Database Architectures research group of research institute CWI in Amsterdam and has been involved in six startup companies so far.

Antoine Stelma co-founded Connected Data Group and is responsible for business innovation with Data & Analytic architectures. Antoine has an extensive background of 20 years in Enterprise Data Warehousing, specialising in Data Vault modeling, Data Virtualization and designing Data & Analytics platforms.

Piethein Strengholt is a Lead Data Architect with a passion for technology. He is responsible for setting and driving the strategical agenda for ABN AMRO for topics such as Data Management, Data Integration and Cloud. Engineering experienced in Data Management, Data Integration & Cloud (AWS & Azure). Piethein is commercially skilled, with more than ten years consultancy background.

Tim Schulteis implemented various initiatives in datawarehousing, Business Intelligence and analytics, initially mainly focusing on concepts and processes. Observing that the quality of concepts is only a minor success factor in digital transformation he focused on change management and leadership styles. Schulteis built a new and energetic unit at APG covering the total datamanagement playing field, therewith conceiving a new data architecture. Since August 2019 Schulteis is director Group Data Office at APG.

Jeroen Vermunt brings over 25 years of experience in several fields of IT and data. He held multiple positions in the field of business intelligence and data analytics, ranging from developer, consultant and architecture roles to managing Business Intelligence Competence Centers.

Lackó Darázsdi has been active for many years in the field of Integration, Data Management & Analytics and works at TIBCO Software BV. Lackó has assisted many organizations in implementing ERP systems and integrating data to obtain effective analyzes. With his business IT background with a specialization in Data Governance, Lackó shares his experiences with customers through digital transformation examples.

Jaap-Willem supports many organisations in his role as Account Director Benelux for Qlik Data Integration (former Attunity) to optimise their data integration strategy. He’s a trusted advisor at Qlik, specialising in the DataOps and Data Management Space. He has an extensive knowledge of integration technologies and companies needs. Jaap-Willem is also very creative and he is always open to new ideas.