Scott Sovine

Director, Data & Project Management
Parametric

Mr. Sovine has more than twenty years of technology experience that has included retail software development, Internet startups, data warehousing and project management. During his time with Microsoft he obtained two patents with his fellow inventors in the data management space and built several solutions that improved Windows 7 stability. His current focus is managing project and data initiatives for Parametric where he is leading the master data management and stewardship programs. Mr. Sovine graduated from Arizona State University with a B.S. degree in Computer Information Systems.

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Data Management Operations to Add Value and Meet Regulatory Obligations

Wednesday, August 12th, 2015

13:05 Case Study | Building Data Management at a Steady Pace

At the onset of starting up or revitalizing data management, what can you do to ensure your program will be impactful and sustainable? What does a 3 year plan look like? Scott Sovine joined Parametric one year ago to the run the Project Management Office and recently taken on the formal build out of the Data Management Office. Find out how he is determining the biggest value ads and creating incremental changes without losing focus.
Gain lessons learned to help you:
• Establish a data council, define roles and build out team to carry out governance, architecture and analytics
• Build a taxonomy and vocabulary that will be common across the organization
• Create stewardship roles at a slower pace to avoid pushback from internal groups

15:20 Roundtable Discussion Hour

Be sure to join these interactive roundtable sessions and take a deep dive into the specific areas you came to discuss. Opportunities to sit and learn from data management and data governance executives like these do not exist elsewhere. Take control of your own event experience. Don’t be shy! Ask questions (or answer them!) of other conference attendees who are dealing with the same challenges as you.
• Network with industry peers with very similar challenges, interests and responsibilities
• Take a deep dive into a niche topic in an intimate and informal setting moderated by a subject matter expert
• Don’t miss out on the discussions you want to participate in—you’ll get to select a new topic after 30 minutes

Roundtable Discussions:

1. Getting Buy-In to Set an Overall Strategy and Drive Value for the Organization
Gopal Subramanian, Senior Vice President, Fidelity Investments

2. The Pod Approach to Accelerate Data Centralization
Cara Dailey, Senior Vice President, Chief Data Officer, Bank of the West

3. Bringing Value to the Business Through Data Management Activities
Alicia Barco, Vice President, Enterprise Data Management, Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (Inc.)

4. Building Data Management at a Steady Pace
Scott Sovine, Director, Data and Project Management, Parametric

5. Leveraging Metadata to Facilitate Data Governance
Robyn Lussier, Data Governance Senior Manager, Capital Group