Welcome

 Hi all,

I’ve been working in the Australian data management arena for a long time, and I’ve found that while a lot of data management books, blogs, and papers exist, many of then don’t resonate with me working in the Australian marketplace.  This is usually for a variety of reasons, but mainly because I read them and think “this sounds good, but it won’t work where I’m currently working”.

This blog is an attempt to look at data management issues from an Australian context, from someone who has been in the trenches fighting the data management battles for a long time.   I’ve been in organisations with large Data Management sections and others where data management is an unknown concept.   I’ve worked in both the Public Service and industry, and I’ve seen data management implementations run from the most officious to the most efficient (and I’m not necessarily implying that the public service side of things owns the “officious”).  I’ve experienced the impact of corporate data governance teams with no shop-floor experience that nevertheless produce voluminous policies and procedures.  I’ve spent years designing databases, finding and fixing data problems, managing data migrations, and also being a Chief Data Officer.

I hope not to bore you.  I’ll keep things brief and to-the-point where I can.  But I reserve the right to rant, on occasion.

I’m not trying to write a book here, so I’ll be posting here whenever I think of an issue that needs airing.

I welcome any feedback that you have or new topic suggestions.  I’m not a genius, or some massive data management guru - just a guy with lots of experience that I hope I can pass on.

I hope you find this blog of interest.

Regards,

   Andy

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