Robin Rappaport
About the Author
Robin Rappaport is the Data Quality Team Leader responsible for delivery of the Data Quality Initiative for Research Databases at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Her work and that of her team contributed to the IRS being awarded a The Data Warehouse Institute (TDWI) 2011 Best Practices Award for the Compliance Data Warehouse (CDW), a Computerworld Honor, and a Government Computer News (GCN) Gala Award. She has 25 years of experience as a Data Quality practitioner. Her undergraduate degree was in Economics with Computer Science. Her graduate work was in Operations Research with a concentration in Mathematical Modeling in Information Systems. She has worked in both private (6 years) and public sectors (21 years). Her positions include Computer Programmer, Systems Analyst, and Operations Research Analyst.
In addition to the International Association for Information & Data Quality (IAIDQ), she is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS). She was Chairman, Individual Membership for the Washington, D.C. chapter from 1987- 1990. She was elected Secretary and served from 1990 - 1991.
She lives in Baltimore, Maryland USA with her husband and their four children. She is also a Girl Scout Leader.
Contact Robin by email at robin [dot] rappaport [AT] iaidq [dot] org
