ABOUT THE COMPANY

DAMA, The Data Management Association International,  is an international not-for-profit association of data resource management professionals with Chapters around the world.

DAMA International is governed by an Executive Board and an Advisory Board consisting of recognized  leaders in the field of information management. DAMA produces an annual Symposium that is the premier event in the arena of Data and Information Management.  DAMA annually honors individuals who have distinguished themselves in the area of data and information management with the DAMA Achievement Awards. For more information on the association visit www.dama.org.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Wilshire Conferences was founded in 1999 with the objective of bringing high quality educational conferences to information technology professionals. In particular, Wilshire focuses on programs in the areas of large-scale data management, meta data management and application development.

The company’s philosophy is to provide educational environments that allow a high degree of interaction between instructors and students, between subject matter experts and audience, and very importantly, between student and student. Wilshire believes that this shared experience between peers provides the most cost-effective learning opportunity for IT professionals.

TONY SHAW • Program Chairman/Co-founder
Tony is responsible for directing the educational content of Wilshire’s conferences, and overall strategic direction of the company. Tony is also the facilitator of the TTI/Vanguard technology strategy program for senior executives. Previously he served as president of Technology Transfer Institute, where he founded the Meta-Data Conference in 1997. Prior to TTI, Tony was Executive Vice President of the Advanced Technology Division of the Institute for International Research (IIR).