Daragh O Brien
About the Author
Daragh O Brien is the Managing Director of Castlebridge Associates (http://castlebridge.ie), a leading Information Quality and Governance training and consulting company based in Ireland. Daragh has over a decade and a half of experience in IQ, DG, Data Protection/Privacy, and Regulatory Compliance roles on projects as diverse as CRM Single View (MDM) and Regulatory Compliance and Remediation. Current clients include organisations in National and Local Government, Education, Financial Services, Telecommunications, and Oil Distribution.
He is a Charter Member of the IAIDQ, an Information Quality Certified Professional (IQCPSM), a Certified Data Protection Practitioner, and a Fellow of the Irish Computer Society. Daragh has served on the IAIDQ’s Board of Directors and continues to lead the Irish CoP. He is a frequent speaker at conferences worldwide, and has written countless articles on Information Quality topics, as well as maintaining his personal blog (obriend.info) and the IAIDQ’s IQTrainwrecks blog (iqtrainwrecks.com). Daragh has also devised course modules in Information Quality and related disciplines for FETAC (Fetac.ie) and Dublin City University (DCU.ie).
His most recent publication, The Data Strategy and Governance Toolkit, provides a complete framework for developing an effective information management strategy.
He can be reached via email at daragh [dot] obrien [AT] iaidq [dot] org