●    Are you facing the challenge of taming data in your organisation?

●    Do you find yourself fighting to get the effective management of information on the Business Leadership agenda in your organisation?

●    Are you looking to use your Information and Data Assets to get the jump on your competition as the Economic Recovery looms?

Then you should come to the IQ Network’s “Data Asset Management MasterClass” featuring Dr. Thomas C. Redman, one of the pioneers in the field of Data Quality Management as he shares his thoughts and insights from his extensive experience working with organisations of various sizes in the US and elsewhere.

●    Gain insights into the wonderful and challenging “special attributes” of the Data Asset.

●    Debate the pros and cons of “Data Governance” and the hype surrounding it

●    Discuss the relationship between Data Protection, Data Quality, Privacy, and trustworthy businesses with healthy bottom lines.

●    Find out how it can be done and how data can be managed as a high quality, value adding asset.

Your company's data is a key business asset, and you need to manage it aggressively and professionally. Whether you're a top executive, an aspiring leader, or a product-line manager, this unique Master Class will give you insights and practical take-aways to help you do that.

Tom is will be joined in the Master Class Panel by a number of our home-grown “consulting practitioners” in the fields of Data Protection and Information/Data Asset Management in a format that is intended to provoke discussion and debate about this increasingly important but often misunderstood area of Business.

Audience participation in the debate and discussion is actively encouraged during the panel discussion.

The MasterClass kicks off at 5:00pm sharp at the Irish Computer Society offices in Crescent Hall, Mount St. Crescent, Dublin 2. Places are limited for this exclusive Master Class event, so early registration is recommended.

The first five registered delegates will receive an autographed copy of Dr. Redman’s latest book, kindly sponsored by Castlebridge Associates.

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About  Dr Tom Redman
Dr. Thomas C. Redman is President of Navesink Consulting Group, based in Little Silver, NJ. Known by many as the Data Doc Dr. Redman was the first to extend quality principles to data and information. By advancing the body of knowledge, Tom’s innovations have raised the standard of data quality in today’s information-based economy.

Tom’s work has helped any number of organizations understand the importance of high-quality data and start their data quality programs. Through his expertise and practical advice, organizations have saved millions of dollars per year. Tom’s proven, repeatable tools, techniques and roadmaps have helped clients in telecommunications, financial services, computer products, dot coms, logistics, consumer goods, and government agencies.

The impact -- clients report dramatic improvement in business results:

- Lowered operating costs,

- Increased revenues

- Faster collection of accounts receivable,

- Improved customer satisfaction,

- Improved business relationships, and

- Better planning and decision-making.

Dr. Redman conceived the Data Quality Lab at AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1987 and led it until 1995. There he and his team developed the first methods for improving data quality and applied them to important business problems; saving AT&T tens of millions of dollars. Tom started Navesink Consulting Group in 1996 to help other organizations improve their data.

Tom holds a Ph.D. in statistics from Florida State University. He is an internationally renowned lecturer and the author of numerous papers, including Data Quality for Competitive Advantage (Sloan Management Review, Winter 1995) and Data as a Resource: Properties, Implications, and Prescriptions (Sloan Management Review, Fall 1998). Dr. Redman has written three books, Data Quality: The Field Guide, (Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001), Data Quality for the Information Age (Artech, 1996) and Data Quality: Management and Technology (Bantam, 1992) and was invited to contribute two chapters to Juran’s Quality Handbook, Fifth Edition (McGraw Hill, 1999). Tom holds two patents. His 2008 book Data Driven: Profiting from your most important Business Asset was published by Harvard Business Review and is a highly recommended reference for anyone seeking to promote the effective management of information and data in their organisations as a business discipline.