Philadelphia AI and Internet of Things Meetup

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This will be an in person event. We plan to adjourn around 4pm. We hope you can join us for the entire day!

We are excited to welcome Frank Cerwin, from our sister chapter DAMA Chicago, who will be bringing his well-received 3-hour tutorial recently presented at EDW/DGIQ, to our chapter! After lunch, we welcome Dave Wentzel from Microsoft to showcase innovative approaches to Natural Language to SQL, allowing for conversations with our data. We finish out the day with six lightning talks from our members, concluding roughly at 4pm.
The meeting is proudly and exclusively sponsored by ZCLAP Inc, who is a Platinum Informatica Partner and specialized consulting firm. They focus on delivering advanced data management, governance, and AI-driven solutions to healthcare and life sciences organizations. To learn more about ZCLAP in advance of the meeting, or if you are unable to attend but would still like to connect, please do not hesitate to contact Boris.Pendergrass@ZClap.com or visit zclap.com

8:30 am Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:45am Presentation

Session Title: Master Data Orchestration: Transformational Approaches for a Successful MDM Program

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Frank Cerwin has over 45 years of experience in data management and application development technologies focused on MDM strategy, design, and education. Frank held leadership roles in multiple industries including Data Services director positions at McDonald’s and JP Morgan Chase. He has experience in data architecture, data governance, MDM, data integration, information security, database administration, disaster recovery, and business application development. Frank is a Six Sigma Green Belt, ITIL Foundation certified, certified ISO8000 Master Data Quality Manager, and Master Data & Reference Data Management CDMP. He is the instructor of three Dataversity Training Center learning plans and is a featured speaker at data conferences. Frank is the President of the DAMA-Chicago chapter.
Covered topics include:

• Navigating and addressing the unique complexities of Master Data Governance and Data Quality
• Using the Master Data Orchestration Framework to design and develop your MDM solution to fit your specific requirements
• Integrating global industry standards with customers and suppliers for seamless business processes
• Leveraging the Data Commerce Model for long-term MDM program success
• Transitioning MDM technology architectural styles over the lifetime of an MDM program

11:50 -- 12:00 Sponsor Presentation
12:00 -- 1:00pm Lunch and networking. Lunch is provided!
1:00pm -- 2:00pm
In the afternoon, we welcome Dave Wentzel, from Microsoft's Innovation Hub / MTC (MS Tech Center), to present on Natural Language to SQL.

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Being able to "chat with your data" gets your users closer to the promise of true self-service analytics. This is known as NL2SQL. These solutions can be created in under an hour against just about any database. However, just being able to have an LLM understand what you are asking and convert the request to SQL statements tends to be underwhelming.
As Microsoft Innovation Hub's analytics architect, my mantra is "Business Before Technology". At the IH we strive to understand your business problems before deploying technology. I focus on building solutions using data, analytics, and AI. I work with our largest customers, from executives to business people to technologists, using a unique approach that helps to "shift left" analytics projects and remove risk. The days of 6 month capital projects are over, instead I try to solve business problems quickly to prove value. I try to build solutions that solve challenging problems prescriptively and repeatably. SUCCESS for me is solving challenging problems for respected companies, working with talented people.
2:30 -- 4:00pm
To close out the day, we are going to try something a little different. We want to hear from you -- our chapter members! Since this meeting being far enough out, there's plenty of time to prepare a case study, lesson learned from a recent project, program, or a new insight you gained recently. That's right, we are looking for about a half dozen members to present a condensed talk of approximately 10 minutes long. We are here to learn from and support each other as a data community. Please consider participating -- no topic is too small!
We are excited to announce the following participants for lightning talks:

| Ray McGlew | How to Explain Data Management to Senior Management in Less Than 5 Minutes |
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| Priyanka Gowda | Harnessing Hospital Data to Forecast and Automate Replenishment |
| Adam Morrissey | AI Dashboard Reporting Considerations |
| Vladimir Chupakhin | TBD |
| Anjali Bansal | Leveraging Agentic AI to accelerate a CPGs Product Master migration |
| Travis Southard, Community Legal Services | To be confirmed |
| Boris Pendergrass | AI Trends and Topics (TBD) |
Boris Pendergrass is a seasoned technology executive with over 30 years of experience leading presales, delivery, and consulting teams across enterprise data management initiatives. Over the past decade, Boris has specialized in helping organizations unlock business value through Master Data Management (MDM), cloud modernization, and digital transformation. He brings a rare combination of technical depth, business acumen, and executive presence that drives successful cloud MDM reimplementation—particularly in complex, regulated environments like healthcare.