A large financial services company faced the typical challenges of balancing a strong need for regulatory compliance with the need to leverage data for competitive advantage. Starting from zero, a group of dedicated data professionals strove to ensure the team was seen across the organization as data innovators and courageous governors. Jennifer and Brenda will walk you through the approach taken to gain buy-in from across the organization and to ensure that both compliance and innovation needs were satisfied.
Jennifer Carr is an established information management professional with over 10 years of progressive information governance experience in both the public and private sectors. Having a wealth of experience with a variety of tools, Jennifer is adept at assisting organizations in developing innovation forward information and data management solutions and strategies.
Brenda McKenna is the Data Leader for Great-West Life's Canadian operations. Her mission is to put insightful information into the hands of people who can use it to improve the customer experience and drive operational efficiency. With 20 years of IT, Digital, and Data experience, she is helping to shape the company to value data as a strategic asset, break down organizational silos, and create a culture that embraces innovation and collaboration. She will change the way you think and feel about data governance.