George Firican

💬 Founder of LightsOnData.com and LightsOnData YouTube Channel
Focused on providing informative content such as ONLINE COURSES, templates, guides, best practices, articles, white papers, and other useful resources to help you with your data governance and data management questions and challenges

💬 Creator of online courses that are engaging, new, and thorough. 
Courses: Building an Award-Winning Business Glossary, Data Governance Maturity Models, Data Governance Fundamentals, etc. - check them out here: https://www.lightsondata.com/courses/

💬 Providing LinkedIn content strategy for data-focused companies and products, as well as those with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI), business intelligence (BI, data science, data management, and data governance areas.
Connect with me today and ask how I can help you reach the data audience.

💬 Host of Lights on Data Show - a podcast and LinkedIn Live weekly show that provides insights into the data world and showcases people that help to shape it.

💬 Get some fun data merchandise here: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/lightsondata/all

💬 International key note speaker, conference speaker, and panelist (spoken at over 60 different conferences).

💬 I love being on camera, hiking, surfing, filming, and video editing
YouTube: @LightsOnData


🏛 My experience and specialties: 
• Expertise in data governance, information quality, business intelligence & data management
• Extensive background in web and application development with experience of the full life-cycle of a project
• Strong leadership capabilities, organizational and communication skills

Specialties: 
• Enterprise information management: Information quality, data governance and stewardship, master data management, business intelligence, business process improvement
• Development: Web and application development, relational database design and development
• Planning: Budget and resource planning, agile and waterfall project management, team development and leadership
• Tools and Applications: Collibra, Tableau, MS Visio, MS Project, Premiere, Photoshop

Director, Data Governance & Business Intelligence

George Firican 💡

When you realize the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2026 is coming up…

… it is hard not to get excited.

This year’s theme is Value at AI Velocity, and it hits a real tension many teams are feeling:
✅ Deliver value fast
✅ Govern responsibly
✅ Build for what comes next

The agenda brings together practical guidance, trusted research, and peer conversations that go beyond hype and into execution.

As an official sponsor of the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit, I invite you to take a look at the agenda and see if it is a fit for you or your team:
https://lnkd.in/gxXBbsGP

Discount code: DATA2 ($450 off your registration).

See you there!

#data #AI #GartnerDA

💡 Award Winning Data Governance Leader | Content Creator & Influencer | Founder of LightsOnData | Podcast Host: Lights On Data Show | LinkedIn Top Voice

Having more than 35  years in Business Process Management, Change Management, Data Governance, Data Protection,  Software Development, Business Intelligence, Risk Management, Quality Assurance, and Internal Audit, but also Project and People Management.
Passionate for Cross-functional, inter-disciplinary projects, addressing systems, technology, processes, people, and data across all functions of an organization, to run efficiently supporting the organization’s goals.
In the last 7 years, performed consulting engagement and fractional DPO roles for various companies – SMEs and large corporations, NGOs, and Public Administration, across various industries/sectors. "
Due to my preference for cross-functional projects, aside from my specific domain, I got trained/ certified(*) and have practical experience in implementing various international methodologies and frameworks in different domains - COSO, COBIT, ITIL, ISO 27001, NIST, CMMi, PMP, Prince 2, TQM, Lean, Six Sigma, SoX, BPM, GRC, ISO 9001, ISO 19011, ERM, ISO 31000, TAM/eTOM/SID…and few others.
*Note: no certification is maintained anymore, so please don't ask for credentials

You can contact me for discussions on mobile, email, or through LinkedIn messaging
Mobile: 0723 250 333
email:   daniel.suciu@gmail.com

For specific work inquiries, you can find me (and my colleagues) in the Data Protection City here:
 https://dataprotection.city/

Daniel SUCIU

Exemplul perfect care arată cum societatea românească face cu boltă pe principiile protecției datelor (AKA minimizarea datelor)
 
Subsemnat(a/ul) ..............................., domiciliat(ă) la adresa ................................... , localitatea …………………………., județul ……………………….., țara ……………………..,
născut(ă) în localitatea ………………., județul …………….., în data de ……………., 
identificat cu act de identitate (CI/BI/ Pasaport) seria ….…, numărul……………..., eliberat de către……………….., la data de………..,  valabil până la ……………………, CNP …………………………
vă rog să….
 
Data ....................                                     Nume, prenume ...............................
                                                              Semnătura ..........................................
 
Sunt cel puțin 3 forme diferite de identificare (4 când se face o copie a actului de identitate), fiecare fiind absolut suficiente (conform unor legi specifice în diverse domenii, nu doar a bunului simț), pentru identificarea unei persoane, unele conținând ele însele informații redundante/ irelevante.
(la care se mai cere uneori și o copie a actului de identitate... la fiecare interacțiune, evident).

Nu mai zic că nu rareori se cere completarea manuală a informațiilor, chiar dacă datele există în sistemul IT intern al organizației.

În cazul unei bănci a fost chiar și mai tare: s-a cerut numărul de abonat al clientului (pe baza căruia poate fi identificat orice client), plus validarea unui card al băncii, dar cererea tot trebuia să conțină acele informații.

Mai mult decât asta, la puțin timp mi s-a comunicat că trebuie să-mi actualizez datele personale (îmi schimbasem cartea de identitate). Evident că cele completate de către mine în cerere nu au fost preluate în sistemul intern.... că nu am cerut, deși operatorul le-a introdus minuțios într-o aplicație, că doar nu puteau rîmâne doar pe hârtie... iar actualizarea necesita (evident) prezența mea fizică.
 
BTW, nu e aplicabil doar la stat, poate chiar dimpotrivă, unele instituții chiar limitându-se la a cere mai puține informații, ci și la societăți comerciale, inclusiv (sau mai ales) mari firme multinaționale.

No, trăiască GDPR-ul și ”experții” care-i consiliază pe aceștia (pe bani buni de obicei) 😁 
BTW, nu dați în DPO, că pe el(ea) nu îl(o) întrebă nimeni dacă e corect 😇

Data Protection/ Management / Governance & AI dude | Engineer by background, Entrepreneur/Intrapreneur by choice | Proud dad of 2 daughters | Human Being by design and by default

Minimizarea datelor cu caracter personal în societatea românească

My strengths as a consultant... and why these matter>

Leaving modesty aside, I should also highlight my (perceived) strengths, so here they are, in a random order. BTW, some of them were also presented as weaknesses, but I see no contradiction - a weakness for some could be a strength for others.

I’m not a lawyer … nor just an engineer. Background is not all, learning and experiences matter more. It matters because I invested 1000+ hours to read laws, authorities' recommendations, court cases, and articles on the topics I was interested in;

Worked 30+ years to implement real processes (and tools) in different domains, being in operation long after I left the projects. It matters only if you want to implement changes in your operational processes;

I don’t rely on „relevant” certifications… just on experiences and continuous learning. I don’t pretend to be an expert, just a curious and passionate professional. It matters because I can say “I don’t know” and finding the right answer/ people who know;

Strongly disliking bullshit, so I’ll never use it. No moral compromises. Mutual trust is a pre-requisite, but is has to be gained. I’m sure you don’t need a reason why it matters;

100% independence, but not objective. My open opinions come from experience/ learning, not interests. It matters because I will actually be looking at your interest only;

I’ll always tell you what I believe you need to hear, not what you want to hear. It can be unpleasant sometimes, but also useful;
I hate Compliance… except when it’s the result of good Governance. It will take longer, but also last longer;

I don’t consider experience as a matter of years, but a matter of projects – accomplishments and failures. Past experience can find a good use in your specific case;

I’m a very curious guy and motivated to learn continuously. At least I’ll try to understand your problems and we can learn together;

I was lucky to build a network of professionals from many domains, backgrounds and cultures. When I don’t know something, I can always read, discuss and ask.

As for my weaknesses (which can be found in the first comment), the list is open 😁. Any feedback will be highly appreciated, especially constructive feedback. 

Thank you,
Daniel Suciu / unCommon Sense Advisory

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