Data Governance
Training & Workshops
Centered around establishing trust, security, and control over enterprise information systems, this area provides the frameworks necessary to maintain regulatory compliance and semantic consistency. Offerings include expert-led preparation for the globally recognized ISACA CISA certification (covering auditing and risk-based controls) and hands-on workshops focused on mastering the semantic layer to centralize business logic and ensure a single version of the truth across the enterprise.
Context & Semantic Layers
Make your data findable, understandable and consistent, for people and for AI.
Scalefree
The Enterprise Context Layer: Mastering Enterprise Data Cataloging
Meet the context layer. Learn how data governance platforms act as a context layer: they capture metadata (data about data) to link IT and business and build a searchable, trusted, compliant, AI-ready catalog.
Scalefree
Mastering the Semantic Layer: Architecture, Tooling, and Enterprise Best Practices
Deploy one version of truth, enterprise-wide. This hands-on workshop shows how to centralize business logic in a resilient, high-performance semantic layer that bridges your data platforms and analytics, from design principles to tools.
Platform Deep Dives
Two-day, hands-on workshops on the leading context layer platforms, delivered with our technology partners.
Scalefree
The Enterprise Context Layer: Deep Dive into DataHub
Never lose a dataset. Learn to use DataHub to end lost datasets and untracked lineage, centralizing metadata and governance, and feeding AI applications through its MCP server.
Scalefree
The Enterprise Context Layer: Deep Dive into Dawiso
Stop wasting months on manual documentation. Data architects and engineers learn to deploy Dawiso: connect data sources, build a business glossary, map visual lineage, and enrich metadata with AI.
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The Enterprise Context Layer: Deep Dive into Dataspot
Bridge the gap between IT systems and business clarity. Learn to use dataspot. to link IT and the business through data models, lineage, ownership, quality tracking, and a Data Excellence framework.
IT Audit Certification
Official ISACA® courseware and exam preparation, delivered by Scalefree as an Accredited Training Organization.
ISACA
CISA® Certified Information Systems Auditor
Be prepared for the CISA exam. This expert-led course covers all five job practice domains, using a risk-based approach and real-world scenarios to assess vulnerabilities, establish compliance controls, and secure systems.
Data Governance Trainers
Marc Winkelmann
Senior Managing Consultant
Marc Winkelmann is a Senior Managing Consultant with more than ten years of dedicated Data Vault experience, focusing on end-to-end data platform implementations. As an official CDVP2.1 instructor, he empowers entire data teams to build highly scalable, data- and AI-driven solutions.
Damian Hinz
Senior Consultant
Damian Hinz is a Senior Consultant and official ISACA CISA trainer who brings a risk-aware perspective to his deep IT auditing expertise. He works to empower risk and security professionals by translating complex regulatory frameworks into clear strategy.
Tim Kirschke
Managing Consultant
Tim Kirschke is a Managing Consultant and Head of Product Development, focused on Data Transformation, AI, Data Architecture, and Data Vault. His pragmatic mindset and hands-on technical work help him bridge strategic vision with technical execution.
Lorenz Kindling
Managing Consultant
Lorenz Kindling is a Managing Consultant focused on Data Architecture and Data Vault. Drawing on data leadership experience, he excels in aligning data governance with efficient data transformation to structure complex data ecosystems.
Ole Bause
Senior Consultant
Ole Bause is a Senior Consultant specializing in Data Architecture, AI, and Data Engineering, with a focus on modern data strategy. Combining architectural design with hands-on experience in cloud data warehousing, transformation, and governance, he translates complex workflows into practical blueprints.
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