Ms. Dember is credited as one of the founding principles of Data Governance, having published the first Data Governance Maturity Model at DAMA Conference in 2004. Since then, she has published works on Data Analysis and has both lectured and taught courses at conferences both domestically and abroad. She has been responsible for transforming business analytics into solutions that provide actionable information to drive business growth, Customer and Consumer insights, as well as developing strategic working relationship between IT and the business units supported within the organization. Ms. Dember is considered an industry thought leader in all aspects of data management along with Business Intelligence and Big Data & Analytics. Currently, Ms. Dember provides advisory consulting services to organizations that are looking for assistance in growing their capabilities, need direction on resolving issues or figuring out priorities, or providing insight to current/future trends.