Marilu Lopez
Slated Candidate for President (Individual Professional Members Ballot)
Marilu, CDMP® Master, based in Mexico City, is the owner and CEO of SEGDA®, a Mexican company that helps organizations through Data Management training, coaching on Data Strategies, and the implementation of their Data Management Operating Models. She is a co-founder and former president of the DAMA Mexico Chapter; former DAMA® Regional Coordinator for Latin America; former Presidents’ Council Chair; and former Chapter Services VP. She currently serves as Corporate Secretary for DAMA International®.
She dedicated 32 years to corporate life in the financial sector at a leading bank in Mexico before becoming a Data Management consultant and trainer. She’s a pioneer in the practice of Enterprise Architecture in Mexico, which led her to focus on Data Architecture and, from there, to expand her practice to Data Management, specializing in Data Governance, Metadata Management, and Data Quality Management. Marilu authored “Data Strategies for Data Governance,” in which she describes an attainable method for producing effective Data Strategies. Her book, originally written in English, has now been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, and German.
Marilu is an international speaker, having delivered lectures or workshops in Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, the USA, Canada, the Czech Republic, China, and Thailand. She’s a Computer Engineer and holds an MBA, TOGAF, and DCAM 3.1 certifications.