Claudia Imhoff Speaker Biography

Authority on Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing

A thought leader, visionary, and practitioner in the rapidly growing fields of business intelligence and customer focused-strategy – Claudia Imhoff, Ph.D. is a popular and dynamic speaker and internationally recognized expert on analytical CRM, business intelligence, and the infrastructure to support these initiatives – the Corporate Information Factory (CIF).

Publications

Dr. Imhoff has co-authored five highly-regarded and popular books on these subjects and writes monthly columns (totaling more than 60) for technical and business magazines. She has an expert channel, newsletter, and blog at BeEyeNetwork.com.

Affiliations

She has served on the Board of Advisors for DAMA International and was chosen by the DAMA organizations to receive the 1999 and 2005 Individual Achievement Awards. She is an advisor and a faculty member for The Data Warehousing Institute and the Daniels School of Business (University of Denver) and serves as an advisor for several technology and commercial companies.

Popular Speaker

Dr. Imhoff delivers keynote addresses at conferences sponsored by software companies and their user groups, The Data Warehousing Institute, The Economist, COMDEX, and many international organizations. She has appeared repeatedly on World Business Review, Microsoft’s Getting Results programs, and web casts sponsored by the B-EYE-Network, Better Management, and several technology vendors.

Business Intelligence

Dr. Imhoff founded Intelligent Solutions, Inc, a well respected Business Intelligence (BI) and CRM consulting and education firm in 1992 to support clients developing BI and analytical CRM applications using data warehouses, data marts, and operational data stores. Her company has successfully completed the design and construction of analytical CRM and BI environments for over 150 enterprises in virtually every industry, as well as federal and state governmental agencies.

Education

Dr. Imhoff obtained her Doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge, her Master’s degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and her Bachelor’s degree from Duke University, Durham, NC.

Publications

Claudia Imhoff Speaking Topics

Where’s the Brain in Analytics

Claudia’s presentation focuses on data chaos and how companies are dealing with it today because their data is spread across multiple sources and locations. She will speak about solutions that can help organizations bring order to the data chaos and will present the concept of the extended data warehouse architecture and the "brain" needed to make it all work, the data catalog.

Understanding the Data Fabric Processes and Technologies

Data industry thought leader, visionary, and practitioner, Claudia Imhoff, Ph.D. presents her views on creating a successful Data Fabric. Beginning by defining what a data fabric is, along with its benefits. She walks the audience through the set of processes or capabilities needed to give the user a sane and rational way to access the environment, understand and create needed analytical assets, and the ability to quickly make decisions with confidence. Within each process, the technological functionality needed to create and maintain a fully functioning data fabric environment is discussed.

Mastering Data Warehouse Design

Claudia describes several types of data marts. The most popular data mart is built to support online analytical processing, and the most effective design approach for it is the dimensional data model. She explains the importance of relational modeling techniques, introduces the different types of models that are needed, and provides a process for building a relational data model. She also explains the relationship between the various data models used in constructing a solid foundation for any enterprise, the business, system, and technology data models, and how they share or inherit characteristics from each other.

Open-Source Data Warehousing: Pros and Cons

Getting the most out of an open-source data warehouse implementation is possible. Still, there are some hidden issues, let Claudia Imhoff help you work it out. Today, data warehousing is a popular approach and is frequently used as a business model. However, not every system is applicable to every business setting. So when thinking about implementing the strategy, one should consider the pros and cons of data warehousing. Open-source data warehouses possess the same options as any other type of open-source software: the same model of licensing, community development processes, and same degree of openness.