DAMA Workshop | Uplifting Data Management: The Next Wave of Excellence Pre-Conference

Andrew Smailes

ACT Branch, DAMA Australia

Andrew is a knowledgeable professional in the field of data management having 30+ years of experience developing data strategies, architectures, and solutions within Government Agencies. He has for many years been actively involved in DAMA, the Data Management Association and is a past National President and Canberra Branch Head.  Though focused primarily on structured data, a common theme across all agencies he worked with was the desire to get value from documents, reports, transcripts etc. In 2018 he became a distributor for expert.ai, one of Europe’s leading enterprise AI companies specializing in solving complex language challenges.

: https://au.linkedin.com/in/andrew-smailes

Andrew Andrews

Regional Advocate, Australia, New Zealand and Middle East, Enterprise Data Management Association (EDMA)

Andrew Andrews is Regional Advocate (Australia, New Zealand and Middle East) for the Enterprise Data Management Association. He is past Vice President Marketing DAMA International and former President of DAMA Australia. He has four decades experience in Data Governance/Data Management, including executive roles at ANZ Bank and an Australian Government Regulator. Andrew has delivered keynotes and panel sessions on Empathetic Data Management at International conferences in the US, Europe and Australia and co-presented DMBOK+DCAM+AI GOVERNANCE topic with Howard Diesel at Dataversity EDW DGIQ Conference Anaheim USA on 7^th May.

: www.edmcouncil.org
: https://linkedin.com/in/andrewandrews
: @https://x.com/AndrewAndrews

George Bassili

DAMA Melbourne Branch Head, AGL Program manager - Strategic Security Uplift, DAMA Australia and AGL

George has more than three decades of experience working in Enterprise Architecture, Data Architecture, and Business Improvement. George has helped numerous private and public sector organisations develop their Enterprise Architecture strategies, and designed detailed data architectures that facilitate AI innovation and data sharing. 

George is a past president of DAMA Australia and is a current member of the DAMA National Committee. George is also on the Standards Australia IT-027 Committee which is working on various data standards. 

George is Managing Partner at IM Systems, and Data & AI Solutions Practice Lead.

: www.dama.org.au
: /george-bassili-79b86/
: @@gbassili

Jon Gray

Lead Partner, Enterprise Data & Information Management, Anchoram Consulting

Dr Jon Gray has 30 years of computing experience in industry and academia both in Australia and the UK.  Jon’s research interests have encompassed parallel and distributed systems design, database technologies, information modelling, software engineering methods and tools, organisational capability development, and business process improvement. 

From 2006-2013, Jon led a research initiative for National ICT Australia Limited (NICTA) in Canberra focused on software methods and tools for the improvement of business processes in government.  From 2013-2017, Jon ran Performance Assurance, a spin-out company from NICTA, specialising in predictive modelling and risk management.