Donna Quedens

Key Responsibilities

As a Principal Consultant, I played a key role in driving the firm's success by leading client project delivery, managing team performance and service line revenue, developing and executing sales strategies, and supporting project sales cycles. Key responsibilities included:

• Project Delivery: Collaborated closely with client organizations to enhance their enterprise data management processes and optimize technology solutions, ensuring efficient and effective project outcomes
• Management: Oversaw and mentored direct reports to maximize productivity and foster professional growth. Played a key role in recruitment by conducting interviews and providing training for new hires.
• Partner Relationships: Cultivated and strengthened relationships with strategic partners through regular meetings and active participation in technology conferences, enhancing collaborative opportunities.
• Sales Support: Partnered with regional sales directors to identify and scope new client opportunities, develop compelling proposals, and draft comprehensive statements of work

Client Project Experience

Research Delivery Network Exploratory Data Foundation

Technical Delivery Manager / Strategy Lead

Healthcare Organization, Houston, USA

• Developed a strategic roadmap to enhance researcher access to clinical data.
• Designed and implemented a de-identified exploratory data foundation by integrating data from Epic Clarity into AWS, ensuring both usability and security.
• Led stakeholder and researcher workshops to define key attributes for phase one of the exploratory data foundation.
• Established a data governance technology layer using Informatica Cloud Data Governance & Catalog to track lineage, business definitions, and data classifications.
• Designed a De-Identification framework, providing a structured approach for classifying and anonymizing sensitive data.

Data Governance Platform On-Premise to Cloud Migration

Technical Delivery Manager

Global Asset Management Group, London, England

·Led project execution, ensuring alignment with expectations, timely delivery, and high-quality outcomes.

• Migrated data governance tools from on-premise systems to the cloud, transitioning from Informatica Axon and Enterprise Data Catalog to Cloud Data Governance & Catalog.
• Designed and implemented three strategic use cases to improve data lineage, document key measures, and enhance asset searchability.
• Developed an ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) use case to track carbon emission metrics in the governance platform.
• Conducted training workshops for data stewards, managers, and administrators to drive adoption of the new platform.
• Established 30 data quality rules to monitor and improve product master data.
• Managed team alignment through daily standups and weekly status meetings.

Data Governance Catalog Implementation

Technical Delivery Manager

Healthcare Organization, Maryland, USA

• ·Built strong client relationships to quickly understand business needs and project goals.
• Led workshops to define use cases for critical data elements, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Onboarded key data elements into a metadata repository and data catalog (Informatica CDGC) to enhance data management.
• Linked business glossaries with technical cataloged assets, improving data searchability and comprehension.
• Managed deliverables, proactively identified risks, and ensured seamless project execution.
• Developed a phase two roadmap for future platform expansion.

Data Access Standardization

Senior Advisor

Healthcare Organization, Illinois, USA

• Provided expert guidance on best practices for data governance use case implementations.
• Developed access provisioning processes and defined user roles for frequently used reporting systems.
• Implemented Informatica Data Marketplace to streamline access to data consumers

Data Catalog Implementation

Data Governance Lead

Mobile Network Operation, Colorado, USA

• Implemented data lineage use cases in the Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog and trained personnel on best practices.
• Conducted metadata analysis to review key columns and profiling results in provisioned systems.
• Demonstrated end-to-end data cataloging capabilities from source systems to BI tools.
• Facilitated knowledge transfer sessions with comprehensive documentation for all stakeholders.

Enterprise Data Management Strategy

Strategy Consultant

Healthcare Organization, Florida, USA

• Assessed the current state of enterprise data management operations and identified key gaps.
• Developed strategic recommendations to stabilize and optimize existing SaaS systems.
• Identified pain points in data governance, privacy, technology, reporting, and quality management.
• Designed a robust data governance framework with essential procedures, an operating model, and key process definitions.
• Delivered a 13-month strategic roadmap for data management initiation and platform expansion.

Intelligent Decision Making

Business Analyst

Global Fitness Company, New York, USA

• Conducted data profiling to assess quality, completeness, conformity, and consistency.
• Identified and resolved data quality issues in collaboration with data stewards.
• Created source-to-target mappings and performed metadata management for the enterprise data warehouse.
• Led workshops to define critical data elements and develop a business glossary for multiple use cases.
• Produced comprehensive documentation and training materials on governance tools, including business glossaries, data cataloging, and data quality implementations.