Conference Co-Chairs 
Aaron Zornes
Chief Research Officer
The MDM Institute
Aaron Zornes is the founder and chief research officer of The MDM Institute. Mr. Zornes is a noted speaker and author on Global 2000 enterprise IT issues and is the most quoted industry analyst on the topics of customer data integration' (CDI), master data management (MDM), and data governance. Mr. Zornes is also the editor and lead contributor to DM Review's CDI Newsletter as well as the monthly columnist for both CDI and MDM. Prior to founding The MDM Institute, he was founder and executive VP of META Group's largest research advisory practice for 15 years. Mr. Zornes also held line and strategic management roles in leading vendor and user organizations, including executive and managerial positions at Ingres Corp., Wang, Software AG of North America, and Cincom Systems. Mr. Zornes received his M.S. in Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona.
Jim Ericson
Editorial Director
DM Review
Editorial Director, DM Review Magazine.
Jim Ericson is responsible for identifying and aligning all areas of editorial content for DM Review and for ensuring that the magazine maintains its position as a market leader in the data warehousing and information management arena. He is a primary contributor of features, interviews and editorial comment for the publication.
Ericson has a proven track record in building excellent teams and strong editorial products. Most recently, he was editorial director and senior news editor at Line56 Media, a multimedia publishing company serving consumers of e-business technology in the public and private sectors. Before joining Line56 Media, Ericson worked as managing editor at MSNBC’s Washington D.C. affiliate and was a senior morning news producer for the NBC radio network. His mainstream news background enables him to speak directly with technology consumers and to address the issues of relevance for the end-user readership.
Ericson has written extensively on a variety of topics including business intelligence, customer relationship and supply chain management, application integration, content and process management, architectures and Web services. His stories have been widely reviewed and excerpted in corporate and consulting publications, and at academic sites.