About DAMA International Awards History
Awards 2021
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy Rondon | Leadership | As a recognized leader and advocate for data management, Ms. Kathy Rondon has consistently made positive impacts and contributions to the data industry in the public sector for the past 30 years. Having started her career working in data governance before it developed into a notable area of practice, Kathy has been instrumental in helping data governance in the public sector develop and mature. | View Full Bio |
| Ronald Damhof | Leadership | Ronald Damhof is influential in the Dutch data management community. His model, the Damhof Data Quadrant is used by the majority Dutch organisations and the interest is growing worldwide. Through his approach he created data awareness in many private and public organisations and the Dutch data management community in general. | View Full Bio |
| Douglas Erickson | Leadership | Mr. Erickson has 45 years of IT experience that includes extensive data analysis and modeling, Data and Database management experience in two large corporations (Motorola, Inc. and Pacific Power and Light Co.) He served as Chairman, Information Systems Merger Transition Team for the Pacific Power & Light and Utah Power & Light merger. | View Full Bio |
| CFIHOS | Leadership | CFIHOS (Capital Facilities Information Handover Specification, pronounced as “see-foos”) is an industry wide initiative led by Joint Industry Programme 36 (web site: https://www.jip36-cfihos.org/). The main goal of this initiative is to make information handover quicker, easier, and safer for operators, contractors, equipment manufacturers and suppliers by using standardized information specifications. The activities started in 2012 and recently published the latest standard in 2020, including data models, data specifications and scope and procedure of data management. | View Full Bio |
Awards 2020
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Government of Ontario's Central Agencies I & IT Cluster -- IA Baseline Team | Leadership | The creation of one space for building and connecting ideas and data allows future teams on similar business projects to leverage previous knowledge rather than starting from scratch, saving time and money. The baseline has provided significant efficiencies by implementing information models for all clusters and clients, including Ontario's Ministry of Finance, Premier's Office, Cabinet Office, Office of the Lieutenant Governor, the Treasury Board Secretariat, and the Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs. These models have improved the leverage of data management best practices across many governmental areas in Canada. | View Full Bio |
| Nino Letteriello | Leadership | His inspiring leadership promotes DAMA International values and best practices which led to the formation of DAMA Italy in November 2018, for coordinating the effort for the translation of the DMBOK2 in Italian, for promoting equality and inclusivity in the Data Management profession, and for accepting to act as the first DAMA Europe, Middle East and Africa Regions Coordinator. | View Full Bio |
Awards 2019
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Bruno | DAMA International Excellence Award | Senior Data Architect lead a global warehouse to help save newborn babies with HIV using data. | View Full Bio |
| Martha Dember | DAMA International Excellence Award | Thought leader in the practice of Data Governance. | View Full Bio |
| DAMA Japan | DAMA International Excellence Award | Translated DAMA DMBOK into Japanese, opening data management best practices to a whole new language. | View Full Bio |
| City of Edmonton | DAMA International Excellence Award | Established open data for a community to allow use for social and economic growth. | View Full Bio |
Awards 2018
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Sebastian-Coleman | Professional | For extraordinary effort and achievement in turning a long-awaited expectation into reality, guiding and shaping a multiplicity of voices into a cohesive and up-to-date Body of Knowledge. | View Full Bio |
| Chen Liu | Community | For his strong service to the International Data Management Community. | View Full Bio |
| Eduardo S. Jallath-Coria | Government | For his global leadership promoting the use of data Internationally | View Full Bio |
Awards 2017
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katherine O'Keefe | DAMA International Professional Achievement Award | View Full Bio | |
| Salah Kamel | DAMA International Professional Achievement Award | View Full Bio | |
| Donna Burbank | DAMA International Professional Achievement Award | View Full Bio |
Awards 2016
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Redman | DAMA International Professional Achievement Award | View Full Bio | |
| Sakari Jorma | DAMA International Professional Achievement Award | View Full Bio | |
| Chris Bradley | DAMA International Professional Achievement Award | View Full Bio |
Awards 2015
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Marie Smith | Professional | For leadership and contribution to education in the global data management community | View Full Bio |
| Neil Harvey | Community | For outstanding achievement in mentoring in data management and your many contributions to DAMA | View Full Bio |
| Nigel Turner | Community | For outstanding achievement in mentoring in data management and your many contributions to DAMA | View Full Bio |
| Cathy Nolan | Lifetime Achievement | For lifelong devotion to DAMA, services to DAMA as a chapter board member and DAMA International board member for many years, and tireless efforts in managing Conference Services for DAMA International | View Full Bio |
Awards 2014
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Lopez | Academic | For Outstanding Service to DAMA and her Dedication to Data Management Principles | View Full Bio |
| Susan Earley | Community | For Outstanding Achievement in Editing the DAMA-DMBOK and her Many Contributions to DAMA | View Full Bio |
Awards 2013
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Moody, Ph.D. | Community | For contributions to DAMA Australia and DAMA International over many years | View Full Bio |
| Daniel Paolini | Government | For contributions to advancing thecause of data and information management and architecture in state government | View Full Bio |
| Mike Jennings | Professional | For contributions to the field of enterprise information management and architecture, data governance and general data management | View Full Bio |
| Phillip LaPlante, Ph.D. | Academic | For contributions to the field of software engineering and data warehousing | View Full Bio |
Awards 2012
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Yang W Lee | Academic Achievement | View Full Bio | |
| Andres Perez | Community | For work as VP of Operations for DAMA International, reviving the office and streamlining the processes used by DAMA-I | View Full Bio |
| Steve Hoberman | Professional | For contributions to the field of data modeling practices and their implementation, the education of data modeling professionals and as founder of Technics Publications | View Full Bio |
Awards 2011
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Everest | Academic Achievement | For contributions to the education of data management professionals, especially in data modeling and database management | View Full Bio |
| Catherine Nolan | Community | For services to DAMA International and DAMA-Chicago, especially as Conference Services VP for DAMA-I | View Full Bio |
| Malcolm Chisholm | Professional | For major contributions to the field of master data management theories and practices | View Full Bio |
Awards 2010
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alec Sharp | Professional | For major contributions in business process analysis and redesign, application requirements specification, and data modeling | View Full Bio |
| Kevin Kirby | Government | For work with the Federal Reference Data Architecture's customization for the EPA, leadership in enterprise data management within the US EPA and as a strong member of the Federal Data Management sub-committee | View Full Bio |
| Deborah Henderson | Community | For major contributions to data management education and research, leadership of DAMA-DMBOK publication and editing, work with allied university and other professional organizations to advance DAMA's educational mission | View Full Bio |
| Elizabeth Pierce | Academic | For work on information and data quality and research into business value of data and information quality, mentoring in data and information quality at University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) | View Full Bio |
Awards 2009
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Thomas | Government | For work as Director of IT Governance for Kentucky's Commonwealth Office of Technology and the chief strategist for the creation of the Kentucky Enterprise Data Architecture (KEDA) | View Full Bio |
| Mark Mosley | Community | For writer, editor and leader of the DAMA DMBOK initiative (editor of the DAMA Dictionary and DAMA-DMBOK edition 1) | View Full Bio |
| Eva Smith | Academic | For work on the DAMA Education Committee, the DAMA-DMBOK Body of Knowledge and the courses developed using data management principles | View Full Bio |
| Jaylene McCandlish | Professional | For work as Director of Information Governance & Stewardship (IG'S) and leadership in advancing the principles of Enterprise Information Management within HCSC | View Full Bio |
Awards 2008
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Talburt, Ph.D. | Academic | For work in data and information quality, and formation of the Data and Information Quality program at University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) | View Full Bio |
| N. Michael Scofield | Community | For work as a writer, presenter, consultant and DAMA chapter board member | View Full Bio |
| David Marco | Professional | For advancing the cause of data management, especially through in metadata management and enterprise information management | View Full Bio |
| Suzanne Acar | Government | For work as Co-chair, Federal Data Architecture Subcommittee (DAS) and with the Office of the Secretary (OCIO), including development of the Federal Reference Data Architecture | View Full Bio |
Awards 2007
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Herbert E. Longenecker, Jr. | Academic | For Outstanding Research Contributions in the area of IRM/DRM and teaching of data and information management | View Full Bio |
| Jack Olson | Community | For pioneering work in relational database management software and database architecture development | View Full Bio |
| Bob Seiner | Professional | For work in data governance and publisher of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com) | View Full Bio |
Awards 2006
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Len Silverston | Community | For work with DAMA and chapters around the world to develop understanding of human factors in data management, and years of service as a DAMA advisor | View Full Bio |
| Gordon Everest | Academic | View Full Bio | |
| Pat Cupoli | Professional | For contributions as an editor of the DAMA-DMBOK, formation of the CDMP and DAMA Education VP, contributions to the field of data management as a data architect and data administrator | View Full Bio |
| Michael Brackett | Lifetime Achievement | For many years of service to DAMA, author of many books on data resource management, former president of DAMA International, founding president of DAMA Foundation | View Full Bio |
Awards 2005
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Richard Wang | Academic | DAMA International Lifetime Achievement Award for his lifetime as a significant leader and pioneer in the research and practice of Chief Data Officer(CDO). | View Full Bio |
| Dr. Peter Aiken | Community | For service to DAMA as VP of Communications and as a main ambassador for DAMA world-wide | View Full Bio |
| Judith Newton | Government | For work as a leader in the data management division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, service on the Federal Data Architecture committee for data standards | View Full Bio |
| Dr. Claudia Imhoff | Professional | For leadership in the field of business intelligence and developer of the Corporate Information Factory data warehouse / BI architecture | View Full Bio |
Awards 2004
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Richard L. Nolan | Academic | View Full Bio | |
| Larry Dziedzic | Community | For service to DAMA as DAMA-I president and former president of DAMA-NJ | View Full Bio |
| Dr. John D. Graham | Government | View Full Bio | |
| Len Silverston | Professional | For contributions to the field of data management through the development and implementation of universal data models, and the development of human factors in data management | View Full Bio |
Awards 2003
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Champlin, CCP | Community | For contributions to DAMA education through development of the CDMP program | View Full Bio |
| Dr. Terry Halpin | Academic | For academic and practitioner contributions to the field of data and information management, including his research focuses on conceptual modeling and conceptual query technology | View Full Bio |
| Graeme Simsion | Professional | For major contributions to the field of data management through his work as one of the world's premier enterprise data modeling practitioners, including as the author of several leading books on data modeling, and as a speaker and consultant | View Full Bio |
Awards 2002
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davida Berger | Community | For service as DAMA Conference Services VP and promoter of data management events | View Full Bio |
| William (Bill) Inmon | Professional | For major contributions as the "father of data warehousing and a recognized thought leader in decision support | View Full Bio |
| John Zachman | Lifetime Achievement | For major contributions to information technology and to data / information management, including being the originator of the “Framework for Enterprise Architecture” (The Zachman Framework™), developing IBM’s Information Strategy methodology (Bu | View Full Bio |
Awards 2001
| NAME | AWARD | DETAILS | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Peter Aiken | Academic | For contributions to the field of data management education as an educator and speaker on many topics in the EDM discipline | View Full Bio |
| Dr. E. F. Codd | Professional | For contributions to the field of data and information management as the creator of relational theory and model for database management | View Full Bio |