Bio: Daniel has been working in information management since the 1990s, and for the past 20 years, in the offshore energy industry for operators, service providers, and trade bodies. He is passionate about recognition for data managers, and for data management as a profession, and was chair of the Society for Professional Data Managers from 2019 to 2023.  

Membership Level: Silver 

Forum: OSDU® Forum

Q. How long have you been involved with The Open Group?

I’ve been involved with the OSDU® Forum for several years, most recently as the Focal Point for Flare Solutions.

Q. What do you do, and how long have you been doing it?

I help organisations to make good use of their data and information, across its full lifecycle. This includes information on paper and tape which needs to be digitised and re-mastered to become accessible, through to classification, storage, and search of information stores, reporting to the authorities, mergers and acquisitions, and with destruction and disposition decision making.

While a lot of technology is involved, it also requires well trained and motivated people to get it done, and to help those in other parts of the business understand the importance of doing it well – an increasing priority given the requirements of new AI systems, as well as ever tightening legislation.

Q. Why did your organization become a Member of The Open Group OSDU Forum and what does/will your involvement look like?

The OSDU Data Platform provides a standards-driven home for all the key data types for the energy industry, and over time will enable the free flow of information using standard protocols, formats, and a consistent approach to information classification and organisation. This aligns completely with Flare’s mission to find, classify, organize and make accessible all the information a company values.

Q. How has/will membership in The Open Group benefit you, your organization, and the industry at large?

For information to have value it has to be used, and this requires an army of stakeholders to get right – including service providers, operators, regulators, trade associations, national energy companies, and cloud service providers. The OSDU Forum brings all these stakeholders together in an environment where they can collaborate, and build the foundations for shared systems and services that would be impossible if each stakeholder worked alone.

Q. What are your hobbies?

I run, sing, and play the piano very badly.

Q. What book are you currently reading?

Ambition Monster by Jennifer Romolini.

Q. What social networks do you belong to?

You can find me on LinkedIn.

Q. Any last thoughts?

While the OSDU Data Platform is all technology, I love that the OSDU Forum is all about the people, and how many hundreds of talented industry professionals from all over the world work together to build it. It is the Forum leadership’s focus on the people, and what it takes to make their collaboration successful and enjoyable, that makes the Forum so special.