Business Intelligence Emerging Trends (Keynote)

Presentation Summary

Keynote Address: Nancy Williams

Every year the Business Intelligence industry embraces new technological, process, and organizational advancements. This year’s trends include a fascination with “Big Data”, Advanced Analytics, and formalized Governance. While emerging trends may have genuine potential to contribute to significant BI advancement, it is not uncommon for those who have been in the industry for some time to view some emerging trends with a measure of skepticism.

This keynote will provide an expert historical perspective on what is new and what is not. It will also discuss current emerging trends and their potential and limitations in providing value to your BI Initiative. It will also make the case for paying attention to BI critical success factors that have not changed. Finally, it will provide practical tips for how organizations can blend the old and the new to achieve optimal success.

About Nancy Williams, Vice President of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing DecisionPath Consulting:

Focusing her work on how Business Intelligence (BI) can be leveraged to improve business performance, Nancy is a well-known BI industry educator, author, and practitioner. She has more than 25 years of business management and technical experience.

Nancy has provided leading organizations, including Northwestern Mutual, Marriott International, Travelers Insurance, McCormick, and Legg Mason with consulting support. Her areas of expertise include BI assessments, BI strategy and roadmap development, BI requirements, data governance, data modeling, technology selection, and BI project and program management.

Nancy is a regular instructor, keynote presenter, and best practices judge at the Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI). She has also been invited to speak at DAMA and American Strategic Management Performance Management events.

Nancy hosts the BI impact channel on the B-Eye Network and has served as a BI expert for the DM Review Ask the Experts channel. She has authored or co-authored articles in numerous publications, including Strategic Finance, Business Trends Quarterly, DM Review, Oracle’s Profit Magazine, Teradata Magazine, Business Performance Management Magazine, and the Business Intelligence Journal. She is also co-author of the highly rated book The Profit Impact of Business Intelligence.

Nancy received her MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.