Peter Aiken

Peter Aiken, Ph. D. is widely acclaimed as one of the top ten data management authorities in the world.  In addition to examining the data management practices of more than 500 organizations, he has spent multi-year immersions with organizations as diverse as the U.S. Department of Defense, Deutsche Bank, Nokia, Wells Fargo, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and numerous other high profile clients.  As President of DAMA International, his expertise in the practice is unquestioned.  He has been an Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Business Information Systems Department since 1993 and owns Data Blueprint, an award-winning data management and IT consulting firm.

Please contact us for more information or visit his website at http://peteraiken.net.  Dr. Aiken is also on Twitter at twitter.com/paiken.

 

Awards and Recognition

Dr. Aiken and Data Blueprint have received numerous awards, including: 

  • 2011  RichTech Technology Innovation Healthcare Award Finalist
  • 2010  IEEE Computer Society International Stevens Award
  • 2006  Greater Richmond Technology Council IT Builder’s Award Finalist
  • 2005  Appointment to the Defense Logistics Information Research Program Technical Solutions Council
  • 2004  DAMA International Community Award
  • 2001  DAMA International Individual Achievement Award

 

Speaking & Conference Experience

 

Top 5 Topics

  1. Monetizing Data Management
  2. Metadata Management
  3. Data Quality
  4. Data Architecture Development
  5. Communicating Data Governance (Developing a Plan)

 

Peter in Action

Dr. Peter Aiken at the 2007 Adastra Conference

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Audience Feedback

Dr. Aiken regularly receives rave reviews from his audience:
2011 DAMA Ottawa Inaugural Event, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  • Average score:  2.9 out of 3. 
  • The vast majority of participants rated Dr. Aiken as “exceeding expectations”. 
  • “This guy is brilliant!  Peter was a rock star!”  Rod MacPherson, President, DAMA Ottawa

2011 Enterprise Data World, Chicago, IL, U.S.

  • Average score: 9.5 out of 10.
  • Participants gave high marks with regard to quality of information presented, speaker effectiveness and usefulness of documentation

2010 Potomac Forum Data Quality Workshop, Washington, DC, U.S.

  • Average score: 10.6 out of 12.
  • “This workshop was excellent! I discovered good insights, real world examples and new strategies that I can apply in my organization.”

 

Publications

Dr. Aiken is the author of 7 books, including:

                

He has published numerous articles and scholarly papers.  A selection is available here.