Richard Trapp

Richard Trapp
Richard Trapp is a Managing Partner and Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Northfield Consulting Group, a provider of strategic data quality consulting services.

Mr. Trapp is a highly accomplished Data Quality practitioner and proven business leader with more than 19 years experience in Data Quality, business development and business optimization. Prior to Northfield Consulting Group, he was the director of global data quality for a Fortune 500 provider of business communications solutions and services. During this tenure, he designed and implemented an Enterprise Data Quality Program including organizational design and governance, operating framework and detailed process designs for full suite Data Quality service offerings. He has successfully planned and led numerous Data Quality strategies and initiatives with dozens of core team members and hundreds of extended team members, totaling nearly 500 thousand Data Quality service hours. Recognized as a leading practitioner and thought leader, Richard regularly presents at industry events on the business benefits of Data Quality. He leverages his unique business perspective and Data Quality operations experience to develop and deliver complex, value-driven solutions.

Richard is a charter member of the International Association for Information and Data Quality (IAIDQ) and was a member of the team that authored the Information Quality Certified Professional (IQCP) certification examination. He has received a certificate from MIT in “Principles and Foundations of Information Quality”.

Making Big Data A Little Smaller

September 22, 2011 – 1:41 am

Big Data. The term has certainly caught on and the phenomenon is real. Every nanosecond of every day, more and more data is being created at ever increasing speeds. And since storage has become so economical, both cost and foot print, there are fewer compelling reasons for the enterprise to manage down the size of [...]

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If You Build It, Will They Come … If So, For How Long?

February 2, 2011 – 11:27 am

I’m sure it’s no surprise to anyone, but there is much talk in the industry today regarding “data” and the management or control of it. To that end, commonly used terms such as Master Data Management (MDM) and Data Governance are sometimes used interchangeably and other times have wildly different definitions and applications. Whether or [...]

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Data Quality is More Than Customer Data

December 10, 2010 – 3:19 pm

We’re all well aware of the importance of high quality customer data and, perhaps more importantly, the impacts of poor customer data. This heightened awareness is due to many factors, but the main reason is simple, customer data quality resonates with all of us because we can easily relate to it. Why? Because, all of [...]

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Nothing Sells Data Quality, Like Data Quality Success

April 13, 2010 – 12:38 pm

A few weeks ago, I was privy to a very active blog topic regarding CxOs and why they don’t “get” Data Quality and its value proposition. It attracted dozens of responses from a multitude of perspectives. Much of the dialogue was in regard to getting senior leadership’s initial buy-in and support but it got me [...]

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For Successful Data Governance – Start Small

March 8, 2010 – 8:14 am

Two of the more common questions that arise when trying to effectively deploy Data Governance are; “Where do I begin?” and “What business areas should I include?”.  If you start too narrowly, the value and credibility of the effort is questioned.   Be too aggressive, and delivery risk and scalability become a problem.  As usual, [...]

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