Practice Head - Taxonomy
CurrentKey Responsibility Areas:-- Responsible for high-level taxonomy strategy and approach- Specifying Taxonomy Governance processes and Style Guides- Liaising with various content and technology teams to draft taxonomy specifications, business cases and implementation plans- Mapping and Alignment of all new & existing databases with GD Central Taxonomy- Consolidation of authoring tools and CMS- Day-to-Day Taxonomy Administration- Preparing Taxonomy Collaterals and Process ManualsNotable Accomplishments:-- Created One Central Taxonomy, consolidating all the taxonomies used by various databases across multiple Business Units.- Successful Alignment of taxonomies of around 150 Databases of 20 business Units with the One Central Taxonomy, Without any impact on tagged content and metadata.- Working with the Software team, Created an internal taxonomy management tool for managing Central taxonomies and related metadata. - Formulated a very robust "Taxonomy Governance Process" with well-defined change request management process and a fixed taxonomy update calendar aligned with the QPMs. - Drafted and adopted a "Taxonomy Style Guide" to be followed for Central taxonomy including any future updates in taxonomy. - Successful integration/alignment of taxonomies of several acquired companies with the GD Central Taxonomy.- Successful integration/alignment of external taxonomies (Patent IPC/CPC codes) with GD Central Taxonomy.- Handled multiple periodic taxonomy updates in various industry verticals and Locations efficiently.