As current Chair of the SEG Technical Standards Committee, Shawn coordinates revisions to the geophysical data standards and engages operators, vendors and other standards groups to promote proper use and broader industry adoption.
Shawn achieved his CPDA certification in June of 2018, is a former member of the PPDM Certification Committee and current Co-chair of the PPDM Rules Committee.
Data Management (and more broadly Data Strategy) should be business-driven, period. It is important to engage people who are working to deliver on the business strategies and KPIs to gain an understanding of their work processes, data and standards requirements to deliver the right solutions.
Effective data management and data quality are no longer “nice-to-have” options because data is the infrastructure for the digital economy. “Fit-for-purpose data” is a foundation required for any organization to survive in this digital era, but to thrive we need data management to be a board-level priority.
If I could be the CEO for a day, I would work with my leadership team to inculcate a data-driven culture that would be built on standards as the framework for trust and data literacy i.e. having the ability to understand, share common knowledge of and have meaningful conversations about data.
According to Gartner, by 2023 data literacy will become essential in driving business value, and this is demonstrated by its formal inclusion in over 80% of data and analytics strategies and change management programs to harness new technologies and enable digital transformation.
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