Dave Welensky
Director, Ixia Consulting
Dave has spent over two decades in enterprise data: leading some of the largest SAP and legacy-to-S/4HANA migrations delivered globally, building Ixia’s migration methodology, and engineering the tooling that became Ixia Data Quality AI. He is regularly brought in to fix programmes that others cannot.
LinkedInSelected enterprise experience
- Architected and delivered ERP migrations (SAP ECC, Oracle, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Retail, SAP IS-Media) globally
- Led data workstreams for banks, energy giants, manufacturing and FMCG multinationals
- Built the Ixia data migration methodology (IDMM) applied across global clients
- Led the 2,400+ store SAP Retail migration programme, including a 450-store single-weekend cutover
- Expert in SAP Data Services, Information Steward, and AI-driven quality tooling
Selected publications
Writes about
- Enterprise Data Migration
- SAP Data Migration
- Data Quality
- Migration Assurance
- Data Governance
- Enterprise Analytics
- Automation
- AI-assisted Data Quality
Insights
Trusted Data
Can You Trust Your Data? Why the Question Hasn't Changed
Data Quality
Data Assessments: Know the Problem Before You Migrate It
Migration Assurance
Getting Data Loaded Is Not the Same as Getting Data Migrated
SAP Data Quality
SAP S/4HANA Data Quality: Why Waiting Until Migration Is Too Late
Engineering
From SAP Information Steward to AI: Why Ixia Builds Data Technology
Data Migration
Migrations Do Not Fail Because of Tools
AI
AI Where It Adds Business Value, Not Where It Is Fashionable