!Data Management Association - Central Virginia Chapter (DAMA-CV)

Please note that the 5/21/02 meeting will be held at 2015 Staples Mill Road, Piedmont Room, 4th floor - directions to this meeting are available by clicking here.

All meetings in calendar year 2002 will be held from 4:00 -6:00 PM at Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield Building at 8831 Park Central Drive (click here for a Yahoo map accurately showing our meeting location). The scheduled dates are subject to change.

Date	Speaker	Topic
11/12/02	TBD
8/20/02	TBD
5/21/02	Jerrold Rosenbaum - Concentrx, Inc.	Time Varying Databases: Time dependency in database is common in an Operational Database and is not only common, but critical, for a Data Warehouse. Building a database that maintains history of changes over time at first appears to be simple. however the complexities lie in the details - especially the business requirements and how the database will be used. We will discuss: Business rules and the time factors Properly incorporating time into a logical data model Logical to Physical design considerations Dr. Rosenbaum received his doctorate from Columbia University and has been working in the computer field for over 30 years. He has extensive experience as a practitioner as well as a teacher in many areas of data architecture and enterprise architectural planning. Clients have included government agencies, banking, insurance, utilities, manufacturing, aerospace, and communications industry. He is currently working for Concentrx, Inc. as a Principal Enterprise Architect. Dr. Rosenbaum is serving a two year term as President of DAMA-NCR, ending in May of 2003. He has served DAMA-NCR in several positions, including Programming Chairperson for a two year term which ended in May, 2000 and then chair of special programs until May 2001. He served as Co-chair for the DAMA International 2000 conference.
Tuesday - September 11, 2001	Mike Thurber	The presentation is based on a feature article I wrote and published in the June 1, 1999 issue of Intelligent Enterprise magazine entitled "Open Road to Strategic Value." It describes a case study of how operational data was transformed through a Knowledge Discovery Framework (KDF), uncovering a new and highly promising marketing strategy for General Motors. Ever wondered if your business is missing some critical knowledge that is buried in your business data, somewhere? Maybe you are already investing heavily into your reporting and business intelligence infrastructure, but sense that some important business questions are still not getting objective answers. This presentation will present an exciting story of the analytical process, with business people, analysts, and technology working together to uncover profound new business knowledge. You will find this refreshingly applicable to many business scenarios. Mike Thurber is currently an analyst for Capital One's Call Center Data Warehouse, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the information to meet business needs. Prior to this, he spent 14 years with EDS, including three years as a Business Intelligence analyst for several clients, including General Motors Brand Analysts who were central to the story in the presentation. With broad exposure to OLAP, warehousing, data mining, and visualization technologies, and a passionate analytical drive, he has presented publicly to several companies and business intelligence conferences.
Tuesday - February 13, 2001	Dr. Peter Aiken	Embracing XML—Strategic Implications for Data Administrators/Architects As data administrators move to embrace XML, there are a number of lessons to be learned from early experiences with the technologies. These point to a series of strategic implications for data administrators/ architects including: (1) An expanded definition of data management to include unstructured organizational data (2) Expanded data management roles in applications development using portal technologies (3) Preparation of organizational data (including data quality) for e-business. Combined these implications point to a more complex role for data managers.
Tuesday - November 14, 2000	Dr. Pam Kiecker	Customer Relationship Management
Tuesday - September 12, 2000	Paul Stuker / Deb Jones / Tina Cragg	Brio from a Customer Perspective: Data integrity and the effects on software products like BRIO. Our speaker will be Paul Stuker from BRIO. Paul has been involved in the Data Warehousing industry for more that 10 years. Paul's background with RedBrick and most recently BRIO has provided him tremendous insight into the challenges of data.
Friday - July 7, 2000	Clive Finkelstein/ Information Engineering Services Pty Ltd	B2B Enterprise Portals using XML
Tuesday - May 9, 2000	Chuck Albright/ Renaissance WorldWide	The Evolution of Data Management

Meetings Policy

DAMA Central Virginia Chapter shall convene meetings quarterly. If alternate dates are required, the vice president programs shall designate said alternate local chapter meeting dates.

Meeting notifications shall be distributed in a timely fashion to the membership, and shall include information on fees, time, date, location and topic. Maps shall be included, if appropriate.

When possible and to minimize costs, meetings shall be held at member locations. The board of directors shall retain the right to rent appropriate meeting facilities when required.

Robert’s Rules of Order shall govern business meetings conducted during the proceedings of a local chapter meeting.

The vice president programs is responsible for the format of each DAMA Central Virginia Chapter meeting. Said officer is responsible for acquiring high-quality speakers in compliance with member-described topics of interest. Although not required, said officer is encouraged to engage nationally known or internationally known speakers at least four times during the membership year.

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