Tony is the Founder and CEO of DATAVERSITY. He directs the overall subject matter of DATAVERSITY's educational services, including conferences, publications, and training services, and is the co-chair of the annual Enterprise Data World educational program. Prior to founding DATAVERSITY, he started a dotcom in the identity management space (which went the way of most dotcoms) and was the president of Technology Transfer Institute (TTI) and the strategic technology forum for CTOs, called TTI/Vanguard. 

Loretta Mahon Smith is a visionary and influential data management professional known for her consistent awareness of developing industry trends. Her extensive experience in strategic data management includes significant depth for the financial services industry. Loretta is the Data Governance Oversight Managing Director at Citi, providing oversight of firmwide data governance policy and standards, identification and implementation of data controls, development of a risk appetite, and effective data risk identification, management, and reporting to all levels of the firm (including the Board and the Executive Management team).

Loretta is the immediate Past President of DAMA International, with a lifetime membership to the DAMA National Capitol Region Chapter. She has earned Certified Computing Professional (CCP), Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP), and Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP).