Nona Janssen Walls
Data Governance for the Intelligent Era
- Role
- Principal at Slalom
- Location
- Redondo Beach, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Nona Janssen Walls
Nona’s love for the intersection of technology, process design, & organizational behavior offers a unique, holistic approach to current business challenges and future growth opportunities. For decades, she has helped management and executives create solutions and make sense of seemingly disparate data in the retail, financial services, grocery, fashion, hi tech, and telecom industries, built from a strong foundation in entertainment, media, and consumer affinity. Nona has led large teams of analysts, developers, and data scientists and partnered with media legal and sales executives to create innovative ways to tackle challenges and accelerate growth in media production, digital asset management, marketing, sales, distribution, broadcast & streaming, finance, gaming, and joint venture/third party financial obligations. In addition, she excels at due diligence and systems integration for mergers and acquisitions, with successful projects in entertainment, hi tech, & telecom.
Experience
Principal
Feb 2020 — Present · CA, US
Private industry and public sector: Co-developed and implemented a robust Data Governance and Protection framework for practical application of data management principles and concepts. Data Governance is required for trustworthy, reliable use of internal and external data to drive revenue, control costs, and support modern tooling including machine learning and AI. DG is no longer optional! M&E B2B: Led technology advisory and data strategy initiative to build a modern analytics pipeline & platform for rights & financial management of media content, targeted at content providers, broadcasters, and OTT/VOD platforms. Studio Ops: Provided industry domain expertise to identify common data sets and define taxonomy for a top-tier pitch-to-platform studio. Reviewed and prioritized studio info sets based on industry standards and strategic objectives. Defined and implemented guiding principles for data lineage and levels of confidence/trust. Collaborated with business process and engineering teams to identify opportunities for efficiencies and cost reduction leveraging AWS technologies and data.
Education
California Lutheran University
MBA, Information Technology
UCLA
UCLA Extension, Media & Entertainment Studies
UC Santa Barbara
Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering / Business Economics
Skills
- IT Strategy
- Digital Media
- Management Consulting
- Business Development
- M&a Experience
- Sales
- Quality Assurance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Integration
- Strategy
- E-Commerce
- Accounting
- Vendor Management
- Temporary Placement
- Business Process
- Enterprise Software
- Business Process Improvement
- Saas
- Budgets
- Finance
- Business Planning
- Crm
- Project Management
- Consulting
- Business Analysis
- Entertainment
- Business Intelligence
- Agile Project Management
- Product Management
- Requirements Analysis
- Cloud Computing
- Management
- Licensing
- Customer Service
- Mergers
- Contract Negotiation
- Software Development
- Sap
- Change Management
- Strategic Partnerships
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