About the DATAgility Team

The DATAgility consulting and services team is managed by Denise Keating and Ed Heon, representing many years of helping manufacturers provide accurate, rich, current product data and synchronization with their channel partners.

Denise and Ed have worked in industrial manufacturing and distributor ecommerce applications, including inventory collaboration and data management positions. During this time, they were active contributors to the development of EDI and data standards in the Electro Supply industry. Their work supported the formation of one of the first successful industry product data warehouses.

In the Aftermarket, Ed is known as the “father of PIES”, the Industry’s Product Information Exchange Standard, which is gaining widespread use and application. Denise and Ed initiated and ran the widely publicized AAIA data synchronization pilot program, showing the significant data problems among key Industry participants. They were also the architects of the Data Audit and Certification (DAC) program, currently operated by AAIA for the Aftermarket.

Most recently, Denise and Ed spearheaded the use of PIES as a required foundation for a number of successful standards-based initiatives between Industry channel partners. Through this work, DATAgility has gained expertise in partner requirements. Ed teaches the PIES classes at Northwood University. As part of a recent class, Ed and Denise presented the results of their highly successful programs with several of their channel partners, including a full Industry standards program with a leading manufacturer.

The growing DATAgility team comprises experienced data management people that Ed and Denise have worked with through the years in many of these Industry-leading programs. They are ready to work with you.