CDOIQ Newsletter, September 2025 vol. I | |
20th Anniversary!
Join us to Shape the Future of Data & AI Leadership
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Senior data, analytics, and AI leaders are warmly invited to participate in the 20th Annual CDOIQ Symposium on July 21–23, 2026. Reflecting the rapidly evolving environment of data and AI, we welcome not only Chief Data Officers but also Chief Analytics Officers, Chief AI Officers, Technology and Product Directors, and other senior executives driving data and technology innovation.
This 20th-anniversary milestone will expand the roster of Fortune 1000, S&P 500, and Global 2000 companies—both as attendees and as speakers—as well as valued public sector participants, further strengthening the industry, government, and academic dialogue that makes this Symposium unique. Interested in the invitation? Please fill out the form below.
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As we celebrate 20 years of CDOIQ, we’d love to hear your previous experiences with CDOIQ Symposia! Our Social Wall is now live on the CDOIQ website, and it’s the perfect place to:
- Post your favorite photos from past symposia
- Share reflections and stories
- Celebrate two decades of learning, connection, and community
Visit our Social Wall today to upload your photos and share your memories. Let’s make this milestone celebration unforgettable together!
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Wednesday, September 24 at 12 PM - 1:15 PM ET
CDOIQ Society Monthly Proseminar
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Join us for the September CDOIQ Society Proseminar with an introduction by Ram Kumar followed by Tom Redman's presentation titled "The Business Case for Attacking Data Quality Pro-Actively."
By now everyone knows that AI succeeds or fails on the quality of answers/inferences/predictions it returns. Poor data quality also gets in the way of day-in, day-out work and good decision-making. The usual response is to try to find the errors and clean them up. It is time-consuming, expensive, and frustrating. And plenty of errors leak through. No wonder people don’t trust data. Fortunately, there is a better way: Pro-actively finding and eliminating the root causes of all those errors! Saves time and money. Builds trust. And people like the work! In this workshop we’ll craft the business case for data quality by comparing “clean-up” versus “eliminating root causes.” The goal is to help participants grow increasingly intolerant of bad data and start addressing the issues pro-actively.
| | This is exclusive to CDOIQ Society Members. Not a member? Register below. | | |
The 3rd Certified CDO Professional Program
January 6th - May 26th, 2026
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We are excited to announce that our upcoming 3rd Certified CDO Professional Program (January 6 – May 26, 2026) will now offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) through UA Little Rock.
- January 6th - May 26th, 2026
- 4 Core Modules over 20 Weeks
- Each module runs for 5 weeks
- Live sessions every Tuesday, 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM ET
- Tuition Options: Pay in Full or Pay per Module
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Participants will receive 5 certificates of completion and earn 1 CEU for every 10 hours of participation
Don't miss the opportunity to advance your career! Sign up below for briefing.
| | Newly Appointed Senior Fellows, CDOIQ Program | | |
Carl Gerber
IT Executive & Chief Data Analytics Officer
Carl@cdoiq.org
Carl is an experienced ai, data and analytics leader, transforming enterprise data processes to power firms at both global and domestic Fortune 500 Companies. He leads analytics initiatives that deliver actionable insights for top-line revenue growth and operational efficiencies. Carl has deployed enterprise data services including data stewardship, business glossary, data privacy & anonymization, data quality, master data management, data archive and data migration. He is active in the data and analytics industry via the MIT Chief Data Officer and Information Quality (CDOIQ) Symposium and is a founding member of World Leaders in Data and AI (WLDA).
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Justin Magruder
CEO and Managing Partner
justin@magruder.net
Justin Magruder, Ph.D., is an accomplished AI and data strategist with over 25 years of experience in data management for heavily regulated industries. He pioneered foundational data platforms at J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank, has served as Chief Data Officer for several Fortune 500 companies. As the founder of Noetic Partners and an expert in ISO 8000 and the DMM, he specializes in transforming chaotic data ecosystems into agile, AI-ready assets using frameworks like Agile DataOps and Data Fabric. His work focuses on curating high-quality, compliant data to support AI, ML, and LLM solutions.
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Mark Johnson
Chief Growth Officer
MJohnson@cdoiq.org
Mark’s career spans an impressive array of data / software / Infrastructure, management consulting and executive leadership roles, making him exceptionally well equipped to drive growth and innovation within organizations. His strategic vision, genuine enthusiasm, passion for data management and analytics, and understanding of organizational change management make him a sought-after advisor. Demonstrating his entrepreneurial spirit, over the years Mark has founded or expanded multiple national data management and technology consulting businesses. In addition, Mark was visionary co-founder of CDO Magazine and has served in various capacities supporting CDOIQ Symposium since 2012.
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Martha Dember
Data Management Advisory Consultant
mdember01@gmail.com
Ms. Dember is credited as one of the founding principles of Data Governance, having published the first Data Governance Maturity Model at DAMA Conference in 2004. Since then, she has published works on Data Analysis and has both lectured and taught courses at conferences both domestically and abroad. She has been responsible for transforming business analytics into solutions that provide actionable information to drive business growth, Customer and Consumer insights, as well as developing strategic working relationship between IT and the business units supported within the organization. Ms. Dember is considered an industry thought leader in all aspects of data management along with Business Intelligence and Big Data & Analytics. Currently, Ms. Dember provides advisory consulting services to organizations that are looking for assistance in growing their capabilities, need direction on resolving issues or figuring out priorities, or providing insight to current/future trends.
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