Maria C. Villar is a leader, consultant and writer in the field of enterprise information management, IT management and software development. She has held senior executive positions in both the technology and financial sector. Her information management accomplishments have been recognized by TDWI for best practices in data governance and business performance management. She has been recognized in Hispanic Business Magazine as one of the top 100 Influential Hispanics and received the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award. Maria has guest lectured on the topic of IT and information management in leading universities, industry conferences and Fortune 500 companies across the country and is an instructor at E-learningCurve. She also co-authored a book with Theresa Kushner, “Managing your Business Data: From Chaos to Confidence.”

10 Steps to Effective Data Governance for SMBs
January 11, 2012 How business leaders in medium and small companies can implement a data governance program that is both effective and fits...

CASE STUDY: Building a Business-Driven Enterprise Data Governance Program
April 28, 2011 SAP is a large, fast growing, global company. With more than 100,000 customers, 2,400 certified business partners, more...

A Framework to Map and Grow Data Strategy
November 1, 2010 Adapting Maslow's Hierarchy to manage multiyear data projects and a tool to monitor, predict and prevent program failure

How to Measure Enterprise Information Management Progress
November 1, 2009 EIM scorecards assess and communicate status of the program

4 Steps to Create an Effective IT and Business Partnership
May 29, 2009 Undertaking business intelligence, data quality or an enterprise data management project without full cooperation and...