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Ian Locklear

@torchlocklear

Data Governance and Data Quality leader with 10+ years of experience scaling governance programs from implementation through enterprise adoption.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead end-to-end data governance and data quality programs where I can align stakeholders, automate validations, and scale sustainable stewardship practices across enterprise platforms.

I lead enterprise data governance and data quality delivery, scaling programs from implementation through enterprise adoption. I direct concurrent discovery, build, and BAU engagements while aligning business and technical stakeholders on sustainable governance practices across enterprise data platforms.

In my current role as Associate Manager, Data Governance, I own end-to-end data quality delivery across SQL and Salesforce sources, standardizing documentation and automating rules and validations with data stewards. I increased data quality for the first onboarded client from ~88% to 98%+, and I developed governance cadences and an operating model to improve delivery consistency and stakeholder visibility.

Previously, I led data stewardship efforts and engineered 100+ data quality rules across T-SQL, PL/SQL, and AWS Postgres, validating data across 1,000+ tables during post-M&A migration to a centralized data lake. I also built a data quality reporting framework adopted by 12+ teams, and I partnered on enterprise master data practices—maintaining 99.8% data accuracy and automating recurring processes to reduce manual effort by 8+ hours monthly.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Associate Manager, Data Governance

Current

Accenture

Mar 2025 - Present (1 year 5 months)

Lead enterprise data governance and data quality delivery across concurrent discovery, build, and BAU engagements. Own end-to-end data quality delivery across SQL and Salesforce sources, standardizing documentation and automating data quality rules and validations.

Data Governance Data Quality SQL Salesforce Data Validation Data Stewardship Automation Dashboarding

Senior Data Steward Analyst

Alight Solutions

Oct 2023 - Mar 2025 (1 year 5 months)

Led cross-functional efforts to formalize data ownership and accountability and strengthen governance structure and stewardship practices. Designed and implemented 100+ data quality rules and expanded metadata management in Alation.

Data Governance Data Stewardship Data Ownership Data Quality T SQL Pl SQL Data Integrity Alation Metadata Management Classification Retention Compliance

Senior Data Quality Analyst

Guild Education

Aug 2021 - May 2023 (1 year 9 months)

Designed and implemented a data quality reporting framework adopted by 12+ teams to improve visibility for data-driven decision-making. Mentored teams on data governance practices and resolved data quality issues using root cause analysis.

Data Quality Data Governance Data Stewardship Stakeholder Engagement Root Cause Analysis SQL Data Validation

Data Quality Analyst - Finance

Coca-Cola Bottler Sales & Service

May 2013 - Aug 2021 (8 years 3 months)

Partnered cross-functionally to establish and standardize enterprise master data practices to improve data quality across organizations. Developed and maintained 900+ SQL queries to monitor and measure master data quality and coordinated corrective actions with data maintenance teams.

Master Data Management Data Quality SQL Data Integrity Process Automation Training Operational Controls

Credit Representative II

Coca-Cola Bottler Sales & Service

Mar 2008 - May 2013 (5 years 2 months)

Co-developed the A/R Unclaimed Property program and supported recovery of misallocated credits. Redesigned the rebill process, resolved accounts receivable discrepancies, and maintained high data accuracy across customer and equipment records.

Accounts Receivable Unclaimed Property Credit Recovery Operational Controls