David Lyle is VP of product strategy at Informatica. He helped found and grow Influence Software from 1996 to 1999 as a pioneering company in the development of packaged analytic applications. After Informatica bought Influence in 1999, David?s ideas and leadership following his role as VP of R&D for the Informatica Applications led to the development of Informatica?s innovative cross-vendor metadata lineage capabilities and other patented technologies. In 2005, David co-authored the book Integration Competency Center: An Implementation Methodology with John Schmidt. His current areas of focus include SOA, data services, user experience for enterprise software, and data governance.
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