Anne Marie Smith, Ph.D. is a highly acclaimed professional, author and speaker in the fields of data stewardship and governance, data warehousing, data modeling, project management, IS strategic planning and metadata management. She holds a doctorate in Management Information Systems, and is a certified data management professional (CDMP) and project management professional (PM). Anne Marie has been a consultant in data management for organizations across many industries and she has taught at LaSalle University’s and Rowan University’s Management Information Systems departments. Anne Marie serves on the board of directors of DAMA International and is on the faculty of Northcentral University. She is Editor-in-Chief of Real World Decision Support, and a columnist for the EIM Insight journal. Anne Marie is the Director of Enterprise Information Management at 21st Century Insurance, a Farmers’ Insurance Company.