Alana Boltwood

Location: Canada | Ontario | Toronto
Speaking Topics: business analysis | business architecture | Data Modeling | Enterprise Architecture | government | information management | metadata | public sector | TOGAF | metamodeling | methodology
Spoken Languages: French | English

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Alana Boltwood has kept many audiences awake while explaining geeky techniques for managing organizations, describing information and analyzing business requirements.

Alana is an independent consultant with extensive experience in the Canadian public sector. She specializes in Enterprise Architecture (particularly business architecture and analysis) and Information Management (particularly data modeling). She is very good at generalizing to integrate systems and figure out re-useable methods.

Previous Presentations: 
Unifying the Information Management Disciplines, for Managing Government Information (Ottawa public sector conference)
Managing Metadata, for Managing Information Assets in the (Alberta) Public Sector
Introduction to Data Modeling, for Ryerson University (guest speaker)
Common Data Elements, for Enterprise Architecture Open House (Ontario public sector)
Enterprise Information Architecture, for Government of Canada IM Day

Jeanne Kramer-Smyth

Location: DC Metro Area
Speaking Topics: blogging | database design | digital preservation | information visualization | Internet Skills | leveraging web tools | metadata | RSS | SEO | social media | SQL | virtual collaboration | women in technology | WordPress

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Previous Presentations: 
Introduction to SEO: Designing websites to be found (Springbrook High School, Web Design course: March 2009)
Advanced WordPress Features (Guest Speaker - Johns Hopkin's University: Essential Skills in Digital Media Literacy course: March, 2008)
Communicating Context: The Power of Digital Interfaces (Society of American Archivists: August, 2007)
Internet Tools & Tracking News Media (State Department's Edward R. Murrow Program for African Journalists: April , 2007)