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Malcolm Hawker

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Malcolm Hawker

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Chief Data Officer - Profisee Profisee

Malcolm Hawker is a thought leader in data management and governance and has consulted on thousands of software implementations in his years as a Gartner analyst, architect at Dun & Bradstreet and more. Now as an evangelist for helping companies become truly data-driven, he helps CDOs understand how data can be a competitive advantage. Malcolm is a frequent public speaker on data and analytics best practices, and he cherishes the opportunity to share practical and actionable insights on how companies can achieve their strategic imperatives by improving their approach to data management.

Bio from: Big Data LDN 2024

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Malcolm Hawker describes MDM as a ‘must have’, while Juan Sequeda has described it as a ‘fancy integration’. As many CDO’s use MDM to solve decades-old problems, others turn to data catalogs as a natural starting point in their data journeys. This divide highlights the difficulty CDO’s face when prioritizing data initiatives: should they start with data management, or governance? Come hear two data experts debate:

- MDM Build vs. Buy
- Where should CDOs prioritize? MDM or Catalogs?
- What role do data products play in this choice?