Sue Geuens CDMP, MDQM started in Data Management during 1996 when
she was handed a disk with a list of builders on it and told they were hers to
manage. Sue mentions this as fate taking over and providing her with what
she was "meant to do". Various data roles later, her clients numbered 3 of
the top 4 banking institutions in SA, a number of telco's and various pension
funds, insurance companies and health organisations. Sue was the initial
designer of data quality matching algorithms for a SA built Data Quality and
Matching tool (Plasma Mind). This experience stood her in good stead as she
slowly but surely climbed the ladder in Southern Africa to become the first
CDMP in the country. Sue worked tirelessly on starting up DAMA SA with the
successful Inaugural meeting in February of 2009. She was unanimously
voted as President just prior to this event. From that time on Sue has been
the leader and driving force of the DAMA SA Board and became Past
President at end of 2015. Sue is the current DAMA I President. She is a
sought after presenter and has been a prominent speaker at EDW, DMZ,
EDBI, DMDG, CDO Forums and various DAMA chapters since 2006. Her
thought-provoking presentation on Practical Data Governance has sparked
interest all over the world and she has been asked to return to a number of
countries to meet with key clients on this topic. She has recently moved to
the UK and is providing Data Governance support and advice to one of the
larger financial institutions. A self-confessed “dataholic”, Sue also
occasionally manages to share her thoughts and feelings about data and
current issues through a number of blogs. Follow her on @suegeuens or find
her on LinkedIn.