Dalton is a data management consultant and book author on Master Data Management. Dalton has over 29 years experience in the areas of software development, project management, and data management. In the last 15 years, Dalton has specialized in multiple disciplines related to data management, including Master Data Management, Entity Resolution, Data Governance and Stewardship, Data Integration and Synchronization, Data Quality, Metadata Management, Reference Data Management, Data Security, and Data Architecture. Dalton has successfully led many single and multi-domain MDM implementations as an independent consultant, as a Senior Solutions Consultant at DataFlux/SAS, and as a Senior PM at Sun Microsystems/Oracle.Dalton is coauthor of the following two books:- Multi-Domain Master Data Management – Advanced MDM and Data Governance in Practice (Morgan Kaufmann, Elsevier, April 2015)- Master Data Management in Practice: Achieving True Customer MDM (John Wiley & Sons, 2011)Dalton is a member of the DataQualityPRO expert panel, has served on customer advisory boards, and is an active contributor to the data management community through conferences and social media vehicles (blog, twitter). Dalton has BSCS and MBA degrees, and is PM certified.