Alex Langhorne

Manager, Global Data Governance @Kohler Co.

Denver, CO, US

Lead and develop a global team of Data Stewards and Engineers responsible for enterprise data governance strategy and platforms that enable metadata ingestion management, lineage, cataloging, data dictionaries, and data quality monitoring-Provided evidence to shift Data Governance strategy from a use case approach to a scalable data domain approach, which will be leveraged at a global level-Achieved buy-in and support from the executive team to build regional and international teams that enable data management activities across the globe, create cross-team collaboration, improve software development lifecycle process, and correctly prioritize system/architectural enhancements-Enabled data quality improvement of 49%(from 50% to 99%) by leading my team through root cause analysis across multiple business cases-Present to C-suite team on a quarterly basis to provide data scorecard updates, data management progress, data quality insights, and data remediation recommendations-Identify opportunities for greater data literacy throughout the Kohler organization and implement training to close gaps-Introduced data governance checkpoint for all new and ongoing projects to provide best practices and data management requirements-Implemented metadata model to build a foundation for common data and canonical model, enabling faster development and smoother system to system integrations-Designed business term model to tie physical data elements to common definitions, creating a common understanding of data across separate lines of business.

Gettysburg College

Bachelor of Arts

University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)