Baseline Consulting Kicks Off the TDWI Solution Summit

Jill Dyché will deliver the conference keynote; Evan Levy presents a taxonomy for MDM maturity

SAVANNAH, Ga.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Baseline Consulting partner and co-founder Jill Dyché will kickoff the TDWI Solution Summit this week with a conference keynote detailing the emergence of Master Data Management (MDM) and Data Governance as ever more widely adopted business capabilities that transcend infrastructure and drive business value.

The TDWI Solution Summit, held March 8 – 10 in Savannah, Ga., provides senior level business and technology leaders the opportunity to accelerate their knowledge in MDM, data quality (DQ) and data governance (DG). Dyché is co-chair of the sold-out event along with Philip Russom, senior manager of TDWI Research.

Dyché’s partner in crime, Baseline Consulting co-founder Evan Levy will also be speaking at the conference, presenting a taxonomy for MDM maturity, introducing the various levels of functionality and their evolution. He’ll discuss why companies need to understand which level they’re targeting before engaging vendors. He’ll also relate the various stages of data governance maturity to each level of the MDM taxonomy.

Keynote Address: Master Data at C-Level
Speaker: Jill Dyché, partner and co-founder, Baseline Consulting
When: March 9, 2010; 8 – 8:45 a.m. EST
Where: TDWI Solutions Summit, Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, Savannah, Georgia

Expert Perspective: Five Levels of MDM (and Data Governance!) Maturity
Speaker: Evan Levy, partner and co-founder, Baseline Consulting
When: March 10, 2010; 8:35 – 9:20 a.m. EST
Where: TDWI Solutions Summit, Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, Savannah, Georgia

About Baseline Consulting

Baseline Consulting helps companies enhance the value of their enterprise data, improve business performance, and achieve self-sufficiency in managing data as a corporate asset. Baseline provides business consulting and technical implementation services in four practice areas: Data Warehousing, Data Integration, Business Analytics, and Data Governance. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Los Angeles, Baseline changes how companies leverage information. To learn more, visit Baseline’s website at www.baseline-consulting.com.