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Rob Karel

Rob Karel
Principal Analyst

Research Coverage

Data Federation, Data Federation, Data Integration, Data Integration, Data Quality, Data Quality, Extract Transform & Load, Extract Transform & Load, Information & Knowledge Management, Information & Knowledge Management, Information Governance, Information Governance, Integration Technologies, Integration Technologies, Master Data Management, Master Data Management, Master Data Management Strategy, Master Data Management Strategy, Metadata Management, Metadata Management

Research Focus

Rob serves Business Process & Applications professionals. He is a leading expert in how companies manage data and integrate information across the enterprise. His current research focus includes master data management, data quality management, metadata management, data governance, and data integration technologies, including ETL and EII.

Previous Work Experience

Rob has more than 14 years of data management experience, working in both business and IT roles to develop solutions that provide better quality, confidence in, and usability of critical enterprise data. Prior to joining Forrester, he managed Intuit's enterprise data quality initiatives and supported the implementation of Intuit's customer master reference system. Prior to Intuit, Rob managed the design and development of customer master and attribute management solutions for Cisco Systems. Earlier, Rob was research manager for the global mergers and acquisitions product group at Thomson Financial Securities Data (now Thomson Financial Investment Banking).

Education

Rob holds a B.S. in finance from Ithaca College.

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Upcoming Appearances
Rob Karel will be speaking at the following upcoming events:
  • IRM UK's Data Governance Conference
    Keynote Speech: Process Data Management: The Ultimate Goal Of Your MDM and Data Governance Efforts
    April 21, 2010, 09:00AM
    Radisson SAS Portman Hotel,London, GB
Recent Media Citations
Information Management, "HP And Informatica Team Up For BI," September 9, 2009
IDG News Service, "Oracle Buys Data-Integration Specialist," July 23, 2009
SearchSAP, "Oracle's GoldenGate Acquisition Shows SAP Data Integration Gaps," July 23, 2009
CRM Magazine, "The New Qualities of Trillium's Data Quality," July 11, 2009
SearchSAP, "Successful MDM Starts With Finding Broken Processes, Not Technology," February 24, 2009
Computing (UK), "The Case For Master Data Management," January 8, 2009
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