Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence are widely deployed out in industry today. Some companies deploy it well and achieve strategic advantages, other companies flounder and never realize payback on their investments.
Given the confusion that exists even defining what makes up a business intelligence solution it is understandable why companies struggle to deploy something meaningful.
This presentation will give a few perspectives on data warehousing as an introduction to this fascinating topic.
What is a data warehouse?
Why do companies deploy?
How can they be used?
How is a data warehouse different than other applications?
What are the complications and pitfalls of data warehousing?
Speaker Biography:
“As an experienced IT leader I recognize the relationship that needs to exist between the data that IT systems can provide and the needs of business for good information...”
Jeffrey has had the opportunity to work in a variety of IT roles and positions conceiving, designing and ultimately delivering solutions varying from shop floor data collection right through to providing executive level financial reporting. These solutions have been implemented over the last 17 years in some of the most recognizable companies in North America including – The Royal Bank, Maple Leaf Foods, Purolator Courier, Canada Post, CMA Ontario, Uniroyal Chemical and Loblaws.
Jeffrey has run his own independent consulting company providing an array of services ranging from project management, database design and custom application development.
For the last 8 years Jeffrey has been focused primarily on delivering solutions which have the potential to provide the most strategic impacts on how companies can do business – Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing. While working in industry Jeffrey has recognized that organizations often do not understand the value that can be unlocked from the data they already have in their systems.
Jeffrey has worked on data warehouses used to support a variety of different industries and used to solve different types of problems. Currently Jeffrey is employed at Loblaws as their Director of Enterprise Data Warehousing.
Jeffrey lives in Niagara region where he is active in the community having sat on several boards for local organizations and volunteering with local charities.
