
erwin’s Top 10 Data Governance Predictions for 2019
This past year witnessed a data governance awakening – or as the Wall Street Journal called it, a “global data governance reckoning.” There was tremendous data drama and resulting trauma – from Facebook to Equifax and from Yahoo to Marriott. The list goes on and on. And then, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect, with many organizations scrambling to become compliant.

5 Ways Spartan Racing Prepared Me to Be a CEO
Five years ago I was an executive with a large enterprise IT company. I was in my late 30’s and working upwards of 70 hours a week … with an amazing wife and three young daughters at home. But, a simple routine physical changed my life. During the physical, I learned that I was on a fast-track to heart disease with high cholesterol and overweight. I knew I needed a lifestyle change – fast and without medicine. But how? I didn’t have the time. I was crazy busy.