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The Partners Steering Committee is the leadership team for the Partners User
Group. The Steering Committee provides candid communication and feedback to Teradata senior management on issues relating to Teradata and data warehousing. Members communicate via monthly conference calls and attend three face-to-face planning sessions per year. The Steering Committee is instrumental in planning, organizing, and executing the world-class annual Teradata Partners User Group Conference & Expo.
Benefits of Participation
Advance information regarding enhancements to Teradata technology, services, and support
Networking opportunities with data warehousing professionals from companies using
Teradata
Direct communication with Teradata leadership on strategic initiatives
Opportunities to influence Teradata product direction and development
Active participation in a respected, professional organization with direct, positive impact on
Teradata users
Click here to view the Steering Committee bylaws.
Partners Steering Committee Members
Tobianna Zappe
President, Partners
Steering Committee
Data Warehouse Solutions Architect
Nationwide Mutual Company
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Rudolf Holzapfel
Co-Vice President, Partners Steering Committee
Division Manager Enterprise Delivery Center
MGI Metro Group
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John Vernon
Co-Vice President, Partners Steering Committee
Vice President, SR Tech MGR-SYS Architecture
Bank of America
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Connie Garritsen
Secretary, Partners
Steering Committee
Manager, Global Enterprise Data Warehouse
3M
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James Vollmer
Treasurer, Partners Steering Committee
Lead Architect, Data Warehouse
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
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Mark Cooper
Technical Fellow
FedEx Services
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Russ Hendley
Senior Application Architect
Barclay's Bank Plc
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Randall Parman
Database Administrator,
Data Warehouse
DineEquity, Inc.
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Erin Redshaw
Manager, Client Services — EIM
RBC
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Jamie Wells
Staff VP, Enterprise Information Management
WellPoint, Inc.
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Joyce Wells
Vice President
Wells Fargo Bank
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Elizabeth Corley
Executive Liaison to the Partners Steering Committee
Teradata Corporation
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Scott Gnau
Vice President, Teradata R&D
Teradata Corporation
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Darryl McDonald
Vice President, Global Consulting Services & Strategic Partnerships
Teradata Corporation
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Karen Ritzinger
Partners Conference Director
Teradata Corporation
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Rebecca Salsbury
Partners Conference Manager
Teradata Corporation
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Miles Stephenson
Vice President, Horizontal Solutions and Alliances
Teradata Corporation
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Tobianna Zappe
President, Partners Steering Committee
Data Warehouse Solutions Architect
Teradata Development Division
Nationwide Mutual Company
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As the President of the Partners Steering Committee, Zappe has worked with Teradata systems since 1999. A Solutions Architect at Nationwide, Zappe's responsibilities include managing the database administrators, data modelers, and the Master Data Management IT team. Prior to moving to the Finance team, Zappe was the Physical Infrastructure Architect for the Nationwide data warehouse.
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Rudolf Holzapfel
Co-Vice President, Partners Steering Committee
Division Manager, Enterprise Delivery Center
MGI Metro Group |
Rudolf Holzapfel has more than thirty years of experience in the whole spectrum of IT. For nearly ten years he has worked with Metro, one of the largest retailers in the world. Metro has implemented multiple enterprise data warehouses across its various retail channels. He is responsible for the IT-production and systems administration across all platforms and database systems including OS administration, capacity planning, systems integration, problem management, and performance management for the Teradata data warehouse systems since the first installation in 1997.
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John Vernon
Co-Vice President, Partners Steering Committee
Vice President, SR Tech MGR-SYS Architecture
Bank of America |
With over twenty years experience in the IT industry, ranging from mainframe systems to open-systems and the business intelligence industry, John brings a wide range of knowledge and support of educational initiatives and leveraging hardware and software platforms in support of business. Prior to joining Bank of America, John led the Teradata Business Intelligence platform at Lowe's Companies for four and a half years, while also serving on the Partners User Group Service Focus Team.
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Connie Garritsen
Secretary, Partners Steering Committee
Manager, Global Enterprise Data Warehouse
3M
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Connie Garritsen is the Global Enterprise Data Warehouse Manager at 3M. She has spent over twenty-five years working at 3M in Information Technology and has worked with GEDW since its inception ten years ago. Connie leads a team of technical and subject matter experts whose responsibilities include logical and physical design, load strategy design and implementation, performance, and workload management, data quality processes, and metadata.
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James Vollmer
Treasurer, Partners Steering Committee
Lead Architect, Data Warehouse
Enterprise Rent-A-Car |
As Lead Architect of the Enterprise Rent-A-Car data warehouse, James brings a very diverse industry background to the Steering Committee. James has spent time in manufacturing, retail, transportation, and marketing environments dealing with challenges surrounding data within those industries. James brings over ten years Teradata experience to the committee.
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Mark Cooper
Technical Fellow
FedEx Services |
Mark Cooper has worked with the Information Superhub project—the FedEx enterprise data warehouse—since its inception in 1994. The system migrated through three different hardware and database platforms (each one successful in enabling increased business value), most recently using Teradata (since 1999). Today, he primarily handles the technical direction of the Information Superhub, including architecture, planning, design, and implementation. Cooper holds an MS and Ph.D. in Computer Science (with a concentration in Artificial Intelligence) from UCLA, as well as a BS in Computer Science from Duke University.
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Russ Hendley
Senior Application Architect
Barclays Bank Plc |
Representing Barclays Bank Plc, a major global financial services institution, Russ brings over ten years of Teradata experience while serving in a strategic IT architecture position for the bank.
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Randall Parman
Database Administrator, Data Warehouse
DineEquity, Inc. |
Randall Parman has been working with Teradata systems since 1989. He is currently the Database Administrator for the data warehouse at DineEquity, Inc. At DineEquity, he is involved with building an enterprise data warehouse. His responsibilities include modeling the enterprise, system administration, and planning for future growth and expansion. Prior to moving to DineEquity, Parman was the System Administrator/Technical Lead for the Teradata systems at Union Pacific. At Union Pacific, he helped direct the expansion of the Teradata systems from a 40 GB NCR3600 with 20 users, to a 3.2TB NCR5200 with over 4,000 users. His responsibilities included capacity planning, performance monitoring, and system integration of the Teradata systems with other technologies at Union Pacific. He has presented at Partners conferences and participated in forums at the Global Support Center in Rancho Bernardo, California. Parman has also been a member of the Product Advisory Council, serving as chairman from July, 1995, through October, 1999.
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Erin Redshaw
Manager, Client Services — EIM
RBC |
Erin Redshaw is the Manager of Client Services in Enterprise Information Management at RBC. Erin's team is comprised of thirteen technical and business analysts who provide front line support for RBC's Enterprise Data Warehouse. Erin has worked on Teradata and several applications since 1999. She is a former member of the Service Focus Team, where she was Chairperson in 2004/2005, and is also a Teradata Certified Master.
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Jamie Wells
Staff VP, Enterprise Information Management
WellPoint, Inc. |
Currently a staff vice president in Enterprise Information Management at WellPoint, Inc., Jamie Wells is serving a leading role in the effective business leverage of WellPoint’s information assets to support business decision-making and operations management across the enterprise. Jamie’s previous responsibilities included business intelligence, decision support, data warehousing, data strategy and consulting, information stewardship, information architecture, and a broad range of technology and data management roles including database architecture, modeling, policy, quantity assurance, metadata and master data management. Prior to joining WellPoint, Jamie held a number of leadership positions with EDS and other information and business consulting firms.
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Joyce Wells
Vice President
Wells Fargo Bank |
Joyce has been working with Teradata since 1995. Joyce's DBA and ETL teams support multiple data marts within Wells Fargo Bank as well as the Teradata Data Warehouse. Joyce brings extensive business and technology experience to the Partners Steering Committee.
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Elizabeth
Corley
Executive Liaison to the Partners Steering Committee
Vice President, Marketing Communications
Teradata Corporation
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Elizabeth Corley is responsible for Teradata's external, customer-directed communications for Teradata Corporation, including direct marketing, collateral and success stories, and events and seminars. Corley is one of Teradata's strongest supporters of Partners, and she brings her experience in sales and marketing of leading-edge business solutions and technologies to help promote and grow the Conference. She directs the team that manages the day-to-day operations of planning and running the Conference.
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Scott Gnau
Vice President, Teradata R&D
Teradata Corporation |
As vice president and general manager of Teradata Research and Development, Gnau is responsible for all research, development, and sales support activities related to Teradata warehouse solutions. Gnau's organization includes more than 1,000 employees in San Diego, Los Angeles, Raleigh, Toronto, and other locations overseas.
Previously, Gnau was vice president of product strategy and portfolio management for Teradata, with the task of driving Teradata's continued investments in technology. Gnau and his team worked with customers, prospects, industry analysts, and academia to understand the market and continue refinement of Teradata's technology vision to meet the unique needs of the world's leading active data warehouse customers.
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Darryl McDonald
Vice President, Global Consulting Services & Strategic Partnerships
Teradata Corporation
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McDonald leads a team responsible for the innovation and development of consulting capabilities and service offerings. Additionally, his team provides thought leadership for industry strategy and solution portfolio management for the manufacturing, financial services, communications, retail, healthcare, insurance, transportation, and travel industries, as well as the public sector.
Strategic partnerships are critical to Teradata's strategy, growth, and the way it delivers value to its customers. McDonald's team is responsible for driving strategic partnerships that include Accenture, BearingPoint, CGEY, Deloitte, EDS, and SAP. These partnerships make available consulting and solution capabilities that provide additional value to our enterprise data warehouse and analytical solution portfolio.
With experience in consulting, sales, and marketing, McDonald has been contributing to the success of Teradata and NCR for over twenty-three years. His leadership and experience have also allowed him to work with many Fortune Global 500 companies, which has provided him a unique perspective on the marketplace.
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Karen
Ritzinger
Partners Conference Director
Teradata Corporation |
As Partners Conference Director, Karen Ritzinger draws upon her extensive experience with Teradata Corporation. Ritzinger originally started in a support position within the Development organization. She then transferred into Marketing, where she has worked several positions within Product Marketing and Marketing Communications. Ritzinger has broad management experience including responsibility for the production of customer product literature and documentation; audio/visual sales support production, including sales presentations and customer videos; and extensive experience in managing customer events, seminars, and industry trade shows.
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Rebecca Salsbury
Partners Conference Manager
Teradata Corporation
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Rebecca Salsbury joined the Partners planning team in 2003. She brings strong organizational and communication skills and proven results in strategic meeting planning and program management to the successful implementation of the Teradata Partners Conference. Salsbury previously managed the Executive Briefing Program where she collaborated with the Teradata sales force to strategically brief executives in Fortune 500 global companies resulting in positive impact to millions of dollars in sales for Teradata. The Executive Briefing Program work provided Salsbury with a unique perspective on organizational structures and operations of Fortune 500 global companies. Salsbury was most recently program manager for Teradata University Network, a premier online resource for academics worldwide.
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Miles Stephenson
Vice President, Horizontal Solutions and Alliances
Teradata Corporation |
Miles Stephenson is Vice President for Horizontal Solutions and Alliances for Teradata Corporation. He is responsible for presenting horizontal solutions across vertical markets and for establishing and managing the company’s most strategic business partnerships. Stephenson joined Teradata in 1993 and most recently was Vice President for Retail, Travel, Transportation, and Government, as part of the company’s Global Consulting Services. Previously, he held the title of Area Vice President, Retail East, where he was responsible for sales and professional services. Prior to this role, Stephenson served as Assistant Vice President of the Retail Solution Center, Americas. He joined Teradata from NCR, where he worked as the Lodging and Food Service Industry Marketing Director. While there, he worked closely with Andersen Consulting to develop a self check-out/in terminal for the hospitality industry. Stephenson earned a B.S. degree in liberal arts from Ball State University.
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