Dylan Jones editor@dataqualitypro.com

Current

Founder/Community Manager at Data Quality Pro (www.dataqualitypro.com) Free Professional Community & Knowledge Resource
Founder/Community Manager at Data Migration Pro (http://www.datamigrationpro.com) Global Community Resource
Founder, Managing Consultant at Information Quality Solutions Limited

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Past

Principal Information Management Consultant at MBT
Principal Information Management Consultant at TechMahindra
Principal Information Consultant at Mahindra British Telecom

Principal Information Management Consulant at Tech Mahindra
Data Migration Consultant at Reuters
Technical Manager at St. George Bank, Sydney Australia
Consultant at ICL-Fujitsu Consulting
Database Developer at GMAP Ltd

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Education

Huddersfield University

Recommended

9 people have recommended Dylan

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Dylan Jones editor@dataqualitypro.com’s Summary

I am editor of Data Quality Pro and Data Migration Pro, the leading online knowledge centre and community sites for their respective professions.

With a 15 year background in data quality and data migration I now support a global community of several thousand professionals who actively collaborate and contribute to help increase the collective knowledge in these fields.

For free daily tutorials, videos, articles and expert community please visit:

http://www.dataqualitypro.com or
http://www.datamigrationpro.com

Dylan Jones editor@dataqualitypro.com’s Specialties:

Creator of global professional sites that have attracted 100's of data migration and data quality professionals (www.datamigrationpro.com, www.dataqualitypro.com).

Developed innovative DQ tools, methodologies and go-to-market strategies.

Creator of migration methodologies combining traditional techniques with cutting-edge Web2.0 tools.

Data migration and DQ industry analyst, wide knowledge of vendors and market landscape.

DQ practitioner, involved in major engagements since 1992.

Dylan Jones editor@dataqualitypro.com’s Experience

Founder/Community Manager

Data Quality Pro (www.dataqualitypro.com) Free Professional Community & Knowledge Resource

(Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

Data Quality Pro is a free online community resource dedicated to helping data quality professionals take their business or career to the next level.

We provide free tools, tutorials, interviews, job centre, event planner, internet content search, professional profile, technology search and much more...http://www.dataqualitypro.com

Dedicated to data quality professionals everywhere it should become an essential addition to your DQ toolkit.
Founder/Community Manager

Data Migration Pro (http://www.datamigrationpro.com) Global Community Resource

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2008 — Present (2 years )

DataMigrationPro.com is the world's first dedicated business networking and knowledge management resource for the data migration profession.

One of the main goals of the community is to help members increase knowledge and opportunities through community collaboration and a range of online facilities such as personal and community weblogs, expert panels, teleseminars, articles, news, online/offline event management and much more.

Other goals include creating better standards and practices within the industry by providing a forum for improvement.

Community goes live at the end of February 2008.

For more details go to www.datamigrationpro.com
Founder, Managing Consultant

Information Quality Solutions Limited

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)

IQ Solutions offer a unique service in the field of Information Management and Service Performance. Through an integrated methodology of advanced data quality and business intelligence, rapid business impact assessments are created that identify pain points and the financial costs of poor data quality management. These pain areas are then converted into action plans for resolution to drive significant bottom line gains.
Principal Information Management Consultant

MBT

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2003 — December 2005 (2 years 3 months)

Principal Information Management Consultant, specialised in creating advanced Data Quality methodologies that enabled organisations to realise the potential of their critical information assets.
Principal Information Management Consultant

TechMahindra

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2003 — 2005 (2 years )
Principal Information Consultant

Mahindra British Telecom

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2003 — 2005 (2 years )
Principal Information Management Consulant

Tech Mahindra

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2003 — 2005 (2 years )
Data Migration Consultant

Reuters

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 2000 — September 2003 (3 years 1 month)

Responsible for rolling out an improved classification scheme across an extensive range of Reuters financial instruments.

Implemented major program of migration using Ab Initio to transfer all indices and warrants data from legacy to target platform with high levels of quality assurance.

Developed custom migration feeds between Teradata and Oracle platforms to improve timeliness and data quality levels.
Technical Manager

St. George Bank, Sydney Australia

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Investment Banking industry)

August 1996 — December 2000 (4 years 5 months)

Head of technical assurance for the largest managed funds inventory in Australasia.

Responsible for SLA assurance, data quality initiatives and all ongoing architecture, design and performance management.

Increased revenue by delivering content to various media sources including web, newspapers and magazines.
Consultant

ICL-Fujitsu Consulting

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

January 1995 — December 1995 (1 year )

Primarily responsible for finalising design, architecture and implementation strategy for major asset inventory projects for UK utility organisations.
Database Developer

GMAP Ltd

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Automotive industry)

July 1992 — November 1995 (3 years 5 months)

Responsible for ensuring data quality service levels across datasets related to the European automotive retail industry.

Created training programmes to raise technical levels amongst data analyst team.

Carried out major development projects to increase business performance and faster time to market.

Additional Information

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Dylan Jones editor@dataqualitypro.com’s Groups:

Founder and general manager of Data Quality Pro (www.dataqualitypro.com), the free and independent data quality professional community dedicated to helping professionals take their career or business to the next level.

Founder and general manager of Data Migration Pro (www.datamigrationpro.com), the only dedicated data migration community, providing a wealth of free content, coaching and support services online.

Member of the IAIDQ (International Association for Information and Data Quality)

Business Intelligence
Data & Text Analytics Professionals (1800+ members)
Business Intelligence Group
ModernAnalyst.com - Business Analyst Community
DataShaping Advanced Analytics
The Enterprise Architecture Network
Lean Six Sigma
The Data Quality Association
METADATA MANAGEMENT
Informatica Community
Business Intelligence Professionals
Business Process Management Professionals Group
IAIDQ Information/Data Quality Professional Open Community
Data Warehouse Architects
TDWI's Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Discussion Group
Business Intelligence & Analytics Group
CIOs.com: Chief Information Officer Network
Master Data Management Interest Group
Business Intelligence Professionals
Enterprise Architecture
MDM - Master Data Management
Business Analytics
Organizational Change Practitioners
Data Integration Specialist Group
DWBI, Data Governance, CPM, Dashboard & Scorecarding
Enterprise Data Quality
Data Management, Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Warehousing
MDM Experts
Data Migration
Data Quality and Metadata Management
Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence Architects
Master Data Management Pros
Data Migration/Integration & ETL Group
Data Warehousing Professionals Group
MetaData
Oracle Data Integration: Warehouse Builder (OWB), Data Integrator (ODI), Data Profiling and Quality
DQ Asia Pacific
SAP Data Integration/Migration Group
Data Governance & Data Quality
Data Quality Summit
DataFlux professionals
Data Quality Pro.com
Data Migration Pro.com
Business Rules
MDM Summit & Data Governance Conference Europe
Obsessive-Compulsive Data Quality (OCDQ)
Data Quality Network
Data Matching
Sales Club for Consultants
NHS Information & Data Quality