David Finlay

Founder and Principal Advisor of Data Driven Associates, and co-author of Truth on Time

I've spent more than 20 years in IVD operations, 16 of them at Bayer Diagnostics and Siemens Healthineers in Ireland, Germany, and the US. Across planning, warehousing, SAP rollouts, and master data governance, I've seen the same lesson repeat: operations fail at the handoffs, and the handoffs fail on the data.

Since 2020 I've brought that experience to clients independently, from global pharma to diagnostics companies preparing for commercial scale. I start where the problems live, on the floor and in the data, and leave behind processes your own people own and run without me. Expect plain answers early: if something in your operation is at risk, you’ll hear it from me while there’s still time to act.

Certifications

• ADQAgentic AI Data Quality Certificate (CDOIQ)
• CPIMCertified in Planning & Inventory Management (ASCM)
• DDLPDemand Driven Leader Professional (ASCM)
• S&OPSales & Operations Planning Certificate (ASCM)
• BRMPBusiness Relationship Management Professional (BRMI)
• CDMPCertified Data Management Professional (DAMA)
• EDMAEnterprise Data Management Associate (CMMI)
• MDQMISO 8000 Master Data Quality Manager (ECCMA)
• CAPMCertified Associate in Project Management (PMI)

Education

• MBA, Dublin City University
• BA in Business with German, ESB Business School, University of Reutlingen
• Doctoral researcher, Enterprise Information Quality, UALR

Professional communities

• ASCM, Massachusetts Minuteman Chapter
• ASQ Boston Section
• ASQ Medical Device Division
• ASQ Human Development and Leadership Division
• Global Supply Chain Council (GSCC)
• Data Quality Community of Practice (DQ CoP)

Speaking and workshops

Talks for professional chapters and leadership teams on the principles in Truth on Time.