DAMA-Chicago Q2 2025 Chapter Meeting
May 21 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Our next chapter meeting will be held on May 21st at 135 S. LaSalle St. in Chicago. A special thanks to Steve Novak and Premier International for hosting the meeting. We will have two dynamic speakers presenting fascinating data analytic topics – Terry Dorsey from Denodo and Anil Venugopal from PremiumIQ. The hybrid-format meeting will be live-streamed via Zoom and will be recorded. Meeting recordings and presentation copies are accessible by current paid-up Chicago chapter memberships. Denodo is sponsoring lunch at the conclusion of the presentations. If a free lunch and personally networking with the speakers are not enticing enough for you to attend in-person, I will also be raffling off a copy of a Data Management Body of Knowledge (DMBoK) 2nd Edition Revised book published last year. A $100 retail value! But you must be present to win. As a reminder, you will need to log-in as an active Individual, Corporate, Trial, or Partner Chapter member to register for the meeting. Partner Chapter members, please refer issues to your membership officer. DAMA-Chicago members, refer any issues to vpmembership@damachicago.org.
Data Chaos to Clarity: Enhancing Data Products with Logical Data Fabric
Speaker: Terry Dorsey
Join us to discover how implementing a logical data fabric transforms enterprise data product management. We’ll explore why traditional centralized storage falls short and how a logical fabric enhances data accessibility and integrity across organizations. Participants will learn how integrating disparate data sources into a coherent, real-time accessible framework not only streamlines data workflows but also fosters enterprise-wide data consistency and reliability. This approach not only reduces operational complexities but boosts operational agility, enabling more flexible and efficient data product management enhancing decision-making capabilities, enabling businesses to rapidly respond to market changes and drive innovation. By the end of this session, you’ll understand how to leverage a logical data fabric to optimize data product lifecycles, improve decision-making, and gain a competitive edge.
Unlocking Business Value with Data Analytic Products
Speaker: Anil Venugopal
In today’s data-driven world, businesses face growing challenges in managing vast amounts of data efficiently while ensuring accessibility, reliability, and governance. Data Analytic Products offer a structured scalable approach to transforming raw data into certified purpose-built assets that drive informed decision-making and innovation. By embracing Data-as-a-Product thinking and domain-centric approach to data management operations, and analytics, organization can break down data silos, enhance interoperability, and unlock new levels of agility and insight. Discover how your enterprise can accelerate time-to-market, ensure data quality, and drive business success through a federated, domain-centric data ecosystem, empowering teams to deliver trusted, reusable, and high-value data products at scale.
Terry Dorsey, Sr. Data Architect/Evangelist North America at Denodo
With over 25 years of experience in data and information architecture, Terry has designed and implemented modern architectures to support the operationalization of artificial intelligence products in the manufacturing industry. As a retiree and a PhD candidate in data science, Terry continues to pursue her passion for data and analytics, and share her knowledge and insights with others. As a former enterprise information and integration architect at McCormick & Company, Terry led the development and deployment of data integration, data quality, and data governance solutions across the organization. As a senior data architect and evangelist at Denodo, Terry helps clients leverage a logical data fabric to achieve their business goals. Terry has strong skills in data science, artificial intelligence, manufacturing process improvement, object oriented modeling, real time integration and web services, and is always eager to learn new technologies and methodologies. Terry values collaboration, innovation, and excellence, and strives to make a positive impact in the data and analytics community.
Anil Venugopal – Chief Technology Officer, PremiumIQ
Anil is a technology leader with over two decades of experience driving digital transformation and revenue growth through cutting-edge cloud, data, and AI for top-tier financial services and insurance companies. He is a proven data architect and trusted advisor to C-suite and investors, turning complex technologies into actionable solutions that accelerate growth and deliver competitive advantage. Anil architected a comprehensive data mesh strategy for a global asset management firm that established a framework for federated governance of data products. He has built a data mesh platform for the world’s largest privately funded nonprofit to support its enterprise analytics and enable low total cost of ownership with Data-Warehouse-as-a-Service. Anil has also architected a cloud analytics platform and ML Ops practices for an insurance company reducing time-to-market for analytical models by over 80%. During his career, Anil has delivered data analytic products leading to $30M in new lending business for credit unions, $2M+ in annual sales revenue growth, and $3M+ in operational cost savings for a large insurance company.