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Modern AI/ML-Driven Data Governance using Proven Solutions for an Agile Organization

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100% Client Success

Since 1997, EWSolutions has delivered 155+ successful data management programs for Global 2000 companies and federal agencies, achieving proven, measurable results.

Trusted by Federal
Agencies & Defense

Trusted by U.S. federal agencies, we build mission-critical data governance programs where security, compliance, and reliability are non-negotiable.

Data Governance That
Enables AI Success

We transform inaccurate, unstructured data into a clean, unified foundation, ensuring your AI and analytics initiatives deliver real ROI.

Built for
Commercial ROI

We deliver measurable outcomes—reduced costs, stronger strategy—for clients from the Fortune 500 to the mid-market.

Personally Led
by Dr. David P. Marco

Guided by Dr. David Marco, the world's foremost authority on Data Governance, who has personally delivered 50+ successful enterprise projects.

We Know What Big
Consulting Firms Don't

While Big 4 consultancies name-drop data governance, while we wrote the books on it.

Establish Trust and Reduce Risk

Effective data governance provides the policies, standards, and controls for your entire data ecosystem. Our consultants work with you to implement a practical framework that establishes clear ownership, defines data quality metrics, and ensures your data handling is fully compliant with all regulatory requirements.

Data Governance program transforms your data from a potential liability into a secure, trusted asset. By embedding governance into your data lifecycle, we empower your organization to mitigate risk, eliminate data silos, and confidently use your data to make critical business decisions.

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Leadership

Dr. David P. Marco, PhD, Fellow IIM, CBIP, CDP

President, EWSolutions

Best known as the world’s foremost authority on data governance and data literacy, he is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of data management, advanced analytics, data warehouse, business intelligence, metadata management and data stewardship.

How EWSolutions Empowers Your Data Governance Journey

EWSolutions helps clients centralize and harmonize key data elements. This enables accurate reporting, analytics, and business intelligence.

Our customized data governance programs enhance data management, security, and compliance, all while maximizing the value of your enterprise data.

Establish a Strong Foundation

Our experts implement a customized data governance framework that integrates with your business strategy. This ensures data integrity, consistency, and compliance while enhancing decision-making across your enterprise.

Gain a Unified View

Our master data management (MDM) solutions provide a unified, single view of your data assets. We centralize and harmonize key data elements to improve operational efficiency and enable accurate reporting.

Navigate Regulations with Confidence

We ensure your data governance strategy complies with regulations like GDPR and CCPA. This protects sensitive information and builds trust with your customers and stakeholders.

Unlock the Power of Enterprise Data Governance

Data governance is the foundational capability for managing how your company captures, stores, aligns, and uses data. It is essential to adhere to government regulations and understand your enterprise data.

Since 1997, EWSolutions has implemented successful data governance programs for the most demanding clients. We solve common challenges like:

  • Personnel accountability
  • Rapid growth of unstructured data
  • Internal resistance to change

Unlock the Power of Data

EWSolutions’ award-winning data management programs focus on providing measurable ROI to your organization.

EWSolutions has a methodology and approach for building a sustainable enterprise data management program.

We’re vendor-neutral, so our only focus is ensuring your success.

We understand how to build world-class data management programs in the federal space.

Data Governance Services

Data Quality Management

We implement robust data governance policies to automatically validate and cleanse your information, addressing inaccurate and unstructured data. Through continuous monitoring, we deliver higher-quality, trusted data for reliable analytics and informed decisions.

Data Security

Our governance process incorporates stringent controls and clear policies to protect sensitive data. By employing advanced metadata management, we safeguard your information, regulate access, and minimize risk.

Data Maturity Assessments

We identify gaps in your data management practices and reveal opportunities for improvement. Through transparent evaluation and actionable insights, we refine your data governance roadmap and align processes with your business goals.

Data Monitoring & Auditing

We perform regular audits and continuous monitoring to detect and correct inaccuracies, gaps, and duplicates. Using advanced data governance tools, we streamline data processes to ensure reliable access and compliance.

Data Governance Framework Development

We build a custom governance framework that defines clear data policies, roles, and common data definitions. Our experts design a scalable data architecture to enhance data quality across the entire data lifecycle, minimizing inaccurate data and ensuring compliance.

Data Governance Strategy Development

We craft a strategic roadmap that aligns your data governance initiatives with your core business goals. Our approach focuses on setting success criteria, addressing key data issues, and leveraging data analytics to deliver actionable governance insights.

Data Compliance

Our proactive approach helps you meet regulatory standards such as GDPR and CCPA. We integrate effective data governance processes to manage data usage and access, reducing manual oversight and safeguarding your information.

Data Lineage & Traceability

Our service maps the complete journey of your information, capturing every transformation with metadata and audit trails. This provides vital lineage details to support effective management, higher-key data quality, and compliance.

Training & Support

We deliver training programs and ongoing support to enhance data literacy. Our experts provide practical strategies to empower your data users, fostering informed decision-making and a successful governance program.

Data Governance Consulting FAQs

Data governance is a strategic framework of policies, rules, and accountabilities that control how an organization manages its critical data assets. It’s not just a defensive IT process; it’s a business-driven initiative to ensure corporate data is secure, trustworthy, and available. An effective data governance program transforms data from a liability into a strategic asset that can reliably influence business strategy.

While concepts vary, a mature data governance program is built on four key components:

  • Data Stewardship & Ownership: This establishes clear data ownership and accountability. It designates individuals or teams (data owners or stewards) who are responsible for specific data assets and their quality.
  • Data Quality Management: This defines the methods to ensure data is accurate, consistent, and reliable. It involves continuous processes like data profiling, cleansing, and performing data quality assessments.
  • Data Security & Compliance: This component ensures data handling meets all legal and compliance requirements, such as GDPR, CCPA, or HIPAA. It’s essential for preventing data breaches and managing data access.
  • Master Data Management (MDM) & Cataloging: This component is vital for addressing data silos. MDM creates a single, trusted source for critical business entities (like “customer”), while a data catalog aids in data discovery and managing governance policies.

An enterprise data governance framework is the specific blueprint your organization follows for implementing data governance. It’s the “how-to” guide that defines:

  • Roles & Responsibilities: Clearly outlines the data governance team, data owners, and business users involved, and what each is accountable for.
  • Policies & Standards: Sets the formal rules for data access, usage, security, and quality across the entire data lifecycle.
  • Processes: Defines the data management activities and workflows, such as how to onboard new data, manage data integration, or conduct regular audits.
  • Tools & Technology: Identifies the technologies needed to support governance, such as data cataloging tools, MDM platforms, and quality software.

Many organizations struggle with implementing data governance without external expertise. Initiatives often fail for human, not technical, reasons:

  • Lack of Stakeholder Buy-in: The value of data governance is not communicated effectively, and leadership fails to champion the program.
  • No Clear Business Case: The program is treated as an IT project, not a strategic initiative tied to clear business objectives.
  • Poor Change Management: The organization fails to provide the necessary training and support to foster a data-driven culture. This creates resistance from business users.
  • Trying to “Boil the Ocean”: The scope is too large. A successful strategy starts with a phased roadmap that focuses on the most critical data assets first.

Data governance consulting services provide the external expertise to help you build and implement an effective data governance program that lasts. A consultant helps you:

  • Develop a Strategic Roadmap: We evaluate your existing data governance practices, identify gaps, and create a custom data strategy aligned with your business objectives.
  • Navigate Compliance: We provide the expertise to navigate the complex landscape of regulatory compliance (like GDPR and HIPAA), reducing risk and helping to prevent costly data breaches.
  • Improve Data Quality: We establish the frameworks for data quality assessment and management to ensure your teams are working with higher-quality data for better data insights.
  • Drive Change Management: We foster a data-driven culture by providing training and establishing clear policies and roles, ensuring the new processes are adopted across the organization.
  • Implement Technology: We guide you in selecting and implementing the right governance solutions and tools, such as data cataloging or MDM platforms, to automate processes and manage your data as a strategic asset.

Data Governance Insights & Resources

Data Governance Frameworks A Strategic Guide To Implementation

Data Governance Frameworks: A Strategic Guide to Implementation

Curation Of Data Img

Curation of Data: The Definitive Enterprise Guide to Building Trusted Data Assets

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