As we stand on the brink of the AI revolution, many organizations find themselves entangled in the complexities of disparate, isolated data systems. Challenges like data governance, trust issues, and poor data quality are just a few of the hurdles stalling the progress of enterprise AI initiatives.
Enter graph technologies—your essential ally in crafting data-driven strategies for the AI era. These innovative approaches streamline and elevate data management, offering substantial cost reductions while significantly enhancing your ability to derive valuable insights and integrate them seamlessly into your business operations.
This session underscores the imperative for organizations to develop robust graph technology capabilities, simplifying and refining data integration and governance across fragmented data landscapes. Discover how these cutting-edge technologies unlock a spectrum of enhanced data outcomes, paving the way for groundbreaking advancements in data analytics and automation that were once out of reach.
Join us to delve into the strategic adoption of graph technologies within your enterprise. We'll guide you through establishing a Graph Center of Excellence (CoE), emphasizing its critical role, practical applications, starting points, governance needs, and best practices for a triumphant implementation. You'll uncover the foundational elements of the Graph CoE, including:
- Key Elements of the Graph CoE
- Strategic Graph Deployment
- Real Life Use Cases
- Why Organizations Need to Change Their Data Management Paradigm
- The “Bad Data Tax” Organizations are repeatedly paying with low payoff
- The Solution to the Data Dilemma
Sumit has more than 30 years of experience in the data and Software Industry in various roles spanning companies from startups to enterprise organizations in building, managing and guiding teams and building scalable software systems across the stack from middle tier, data layer, analytics and UI using Big Data, NoSQL, DB Internals, Data Warehousing, Data Modeling, Data Science and middle tier.
Brandon has spent the last 8 years helping hundreds of enterprises across APAC on their graph technology journey at both Graphwise (Ontotext) and Neo4j. During that time, he has focused on shifting the “graph” conversations to C-level and senior executives for a more strategic approach to their digital transformations. Prior to that, he spent 6 years at Oracle working with strategic accounts and founded and managed a commercial real estate strategy firm in Silicon Valley for over 4 years. Brandon is currently based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.As our ambassadors of the Graph Center of Excellence, Sumit and Brandon are excited to spread the good word of graph to the CIDM community.
Fabrice Lacroix is a serial entrepreneur and a technology pioneer. He has been working for 25 years on the development of innovative solutions around search technology, content enrichment and AI. He is the founder of Fluid Topics, the leading Content Delivery Platform that reinvents how users search, read and interact with technical documentation. 
Doug Brook is the Director of Technical Documentation and Localization for adaptive computing at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD). Throughout 20+ years in senior management of technical content organizations, he has led evolutions of information resources to improve user experience for numerous high-tech companies, large and small. A past Society for Technical Communication (STC) panelist, he holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Carnegie Mellon University. He has successfully navigated technical documentation teams through several corporate acquisitions and has introduced new authoring systems and content delivery platforms multiple times. As an experienced technical writer, educator, and theatre artist, he leverages a broad perspective of how to effectively serve diverse audience types and how to optimize processes for people to more effectively serve them.
Dawn Stevens, President, Comtech Services and Director of CIDM has 28 years of practical experience in virtually every role within a documentation and training department, including project management, instructional design, writing, editing, and multimedia programming. Dawn is the perfect advisor to identify and remove the challenges you face in producing usable, technical information and training content. With both engineering and technical communication degrees, Dawn combines her solid technical foundation with strong writing and design skills to lead our team of consultants and specialists in providing the expertise you need.
Mark Gross, President, Data Conversion Laboratory, is a recognized authority on XML implementation and document conversion. Mark also serves as Project Executive, with overall responsibility for resource management and planning. Prior to joining DCL in 1981, Mark was with the consulting practice of Arthur Young & Co. Mark has a BS in Engineering from Columbia University and an MBA from New York University. He has also taught at the New York University Graduate School of Business, the New School, and Pace University. He is a frequent speaker on the topic of automated conversions to XML and SGML.
Chip Gettinger is the VP of Global Solutions Consulting at RWS, he manages a team that works with customers in maximizing global content with RWS. He has experience working with customers to develop global content strategies, business ROI adoption drivers, change management, and technology adoption for component content management systems. He speaks and blogs about customer successes working closely with industry standards, partners, and customers in technology solutions and deployments. 
Hareesh Kanakaswamy is the Portfolio Manager of Digital Services Solutions at Sandvik Mining and Construction G.m.b.H. With 14+ years of experience in product development and aftermarket operations, he specializes in constructing end-to-end digital ecosystems for servitization strategies. Hareesh is a firm believer in innovation as the key to sustainable progress for humanity.
Harald Stadlbauer, MD is General Manager of the NINEFEB Group of companies, dedicated to the advancement of Technical Communication, like Technical Documentation as well as eLearning to the intelligent delivery of it. He is actively engaged in developing iiRDS further as well as contributing to the AAS (Asset Administration Shell) sub-models of the IDTA (Industrial Digital Twin Association)
Stefan Gentz is the Senior Worldwide Evangelist for Technical Communication at Adobe, headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. Stefan’s mission is to inspire enterprises and technical writers around the world and show how to create compelling technical communication content with the Adobe Technical Communication tools. He is also a certified Quality Management Professional (TÜV), ISO 9001 / EN 15038 auditor, ISO 31000 Risk Management expert, and Six Sigma Champion.
As a sought-after keynote speaker and moderator at conferences around the world, he travels around the globe half of the year. Besides that, he has been the European Ambassador for the Globalization and Localization Association (GALA) for many years, a member of the tekom Conference Advisory Board for several years, and a founding member of the tekom 
Tristan is Product Director at DeltaXML, a technology company with world-leading software products for the management of change in structured content. He has a deep understanding of DeltaXML’s product suite and loves to help customers create extra value in their content using change management. Tristan is a father to three daughters, a movie lover, and a keen runner.