DAMA PUGET SOUND - CHAPTER MEETING

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 

Hybrid Meeting (In-Person at Redmond, WA and Online)

Social / Networking: 5:30 - 6:00 pm with food and refreshments

Presentation: 6:00 - 7:00 pm

September meeting features - Larry Burns, Data and BI Architect, who will discuss Data Governance for Data Shamans

Abstract:

Data professionals need to stop seeing themselves as creators and custodians of data artifacts (ala the DAMA-DMBOK), and start seeing themselves as business professionals who know how to use Data to help their organizations succeed! Business value is created by improving business processes, not creating data products. Data needs to be in motion, not at rest. The DMBOK tells you how to grow a fruit tree; it doesn't tell you how to sell the fruit. We need to learn how to sell the fruit!.  

Speaker Bio: 

Larry Burns has worked in IT for more than 40 years as a data architect, database developer, DBA, data modeler, application developer, consultant, and teacher. He holds a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Washington, and a Master’s degree in Software Engineering from Seattle University. He most recently worked for a global Fortune 200 company as a Data and BI Architect and Data Engineer.

He contributed material on Database Development and Database Operations Management to the first edition of DAMA International’s Data Management Body of Knowledge (DAMA-DMBOK) and is a former instructor and advisor in the certificate program for Data Resource Management at the University of Washington in Seattle.

He has written numerous articles for TDAN.com and DMReview.com and is the author of Building the Agile Database (Technics Publications LLC, 2011), Growing Business Intelligence (Technics Publications LLC, 2016), and Data Model Storytelling (Technics Publications LLC, 2021). See LinkedIn Profile: Larry Burns

Register Now: DAMA Puget Sound - October Chapter Meeting

In-Person: Quadrant Resources, 5020 148th Ave NE Ste 250, Redmond, WA 98052

Online Zoom Link: To be shared