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Enterprise Architecture Live: Nationwide's Interview - Designing a customer-focused governance model that aligns business architecture for competitive advantage and continuous improvement

Written by BTOES Insights Official | Jul 22, 2021 11:45:36 AM

Read this Interview with Andrea Cifor, from NNationwide Financial, one of our Speakers, for Enterprise Architecture Live.

 
BTOES Insights Question: Briefly describe your job role in your organization, and what your top priorities are right now?
 
Andrea Cifor Answer:
 
I am the governance director for actuarial within Nationwide Financial. We are in the process of completing a new data mart, therefore we are transitioning our focus on data quality and automation of processes.
 
BTOES Insights Question: What do you expect to be the most critical initiatives you (or your clients) need to focus on over the next 12 months?

Andrea Cifor Answer: 

Continuous improvement and modernization of data. Decreasing overhead through automation and streamlining processes.

BTOES Insights Question: What do you see as the biggest trends affecting your organizational (or your clients) over the next 12 to 18 months?

Andrea Cifor Answer:

The great resignation. Post pandemic job shuffling and adjusting as we migrate back to offices.
 

About the Speaker

Andrea Cifor,
Director, Actuarial Data Governance, 
Nationwide Financial.

 

Andrea Cifor has 25+ years of experience building and consulting in quality, process and information management. Andrea has proven success in authoring organizational best practices for integration, data quality management and governance. She is a Distinguished Information Architect certified through IASA [International Association of Software Architects] Information Architect and is certified in Six Sigma and LEAN.

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