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Meeting Topic: Data Interoperability
Slides: Click
here (5.5 MB). 
A VP demands a consolidated customer sales report across product
lines, across different divisions. He wants it by the end of the
week. Energetically you dig into the request just to discover that
a sale is defined differently across the different products and
across the divisions. Some has it as gross, some net before taxes,
some after taxes. Worse yet, there are codes everywhere. Some have
the same code name but there are different value sets with different
meanings. Worse even still, you find that some record average daily
sales, some by the sale and some others you just cannot figure out.
Oh yeah, then he wants it consolidated by customer. Right, what's
a customer????
If providing a data interoperability strategy is something you
are interested, join us for a lively presentation from Michael Gorman
of Whitemarsh.
About Michael Gorman
Michael M. Gorman has about 40 years experience in data processing,
most of which has been focused on database, DBMS, and database projects.
Mr. Gorman developed the Whitemarsh database product line which
consists of a DBMS and repository selection and evaluation questionnaires,
full life cycle database project methodology, Information Systems
Planning methodology, project management software including metrics,
the metabase CASE/Repository system, a large quantity of courses
and workshops for managers, database administrators, and database
project personnel.
Mr. Gorman worked for the System Development Corporation which
in conjunction with MITRE and Lincoln Labs invented data management.
He was the Federal manager for MRI Systems Corporation, whose data
management system, System 2000, was deployed throughout the U.S.
Government. Gorman was the Federal Database Product Manager for
the Computer Sciences Corporation. He authored Yourdon's database
project and database administration courses. He also was a member
of The MITRE Corporation's technical staff and the conference and
program manager for MITRE's Data Management conference.
Mr. Gorman brought database and DBMS to over 30 Federal agencies
including HUD, USDA, Army, Navy, Air Force, EPA, Energy, Commerce,
Office of Personnel Management, Freddie Mac, and USGS; worked with
state governments including California, Delaware and the Ohio Supreme
Court; and worked with industrial clients including Bank of America,
Hartford Insurance, Du Pont, Hershey, and Mars. For these clients,
Mr. Gorman designed, developed and installed database designs, data
architectures, and management information systems dealing with finance,
housing, justice, court management, manufacturing, public safety,
inventory management, logistics, human resources, environment, education,
and national defense.
Mr. Gorman has presented to DAMA 2000-2005 International conferences,
to WRAD, and to DAMA chapters in New Jersey, Chicago, Philadelphia,
Sacramento, Minneapolis, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. and also
to SHARE/GUIDE. He has also taught for several years at the Washington,
D.C. ACM professional seminars.
Mr. Gorman has been secretary of the ANSI NCITS H2 Technical Committee
on Database for over 25 years. The H2 committee developed the 1986,
1989, 1992, 1999, and 2003 SQL standards.
Mr. Gorman has taught in graduate schools, and guest lectured at
universities. His books have been used at University of Texas, Wheeling
Jesuit University, The George Washington University, and the University
of Maryland.
He has published articles for IDC, Auerbach, Computer World, several
ACM journals, and books through Q.E.D. Information Sciences, and
John Wiley and Sons. He is the president of Whitemarsh Information
Systems Corporation, which provides database focused consulting
services, books, courses, workshops, training, methodologies, and
upper CASE software tools.
Details
When:
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 23rd 2006
Where:
American Family Insurance
Training Center Room 3151
6000 American Parkway Madison, WI 53783
Click here for map.
Lunch: Provided by Wisconsin DAMA, this includes a hot meal,
deli bar, salad bar, dessert and beverage
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