10 Inconvenient Truths About Data in the Age of AI (April 29th)
Wednesday, April 29th, 2026: 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM
The DAMA South Florida chapter is a regional professional association focused on advancing data management, governance, and architecture. As part of DAMA International, it hosts quarterly events aimed at connecting local data professionals with thought leaders and providing professional development opportunities across South Florida
NSU - DeSantis Building
Murray Izenwasser, Chief AI Evangelist & Strategic Client Advisor
Murray is a recovering Big Consulting veteran (Accenture, Razorfish, Sapient) who co-founded and ran a digital agency for years. With nearly 40 years of battle-tested experience helping organizations of all sizes navigate technology transformations, Murray brings a rare perspective to the AI conversation.
As Chief AI Evangelist at OZ Digital Consulting, he is now applying four decades of implementation experience - watching transformations succeed and fail based on fundamentals like data quality, governance, and change management - to help organizations avoid the same mistakes with AI.
- Understanding of why your data governance works IS AI governance (and how the two connect)
- Real examples of how AI projects fail when data fundamentals aren't addressed
- Awareness of shadow AI proliferation in your organization and why it matters
- Evidence that data lineage and metadata aren't "nice to have" - they're legal requirements
- Context for why MDM, data catalogs, and governance are suddenly getting executive attention
- Knowledge of where bias hides in your data and your role in preventing algorithmic discrimination
- Recognition of data architecture gaps (batch vs. real-time) that AI exposes
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