03 10
2025
Who do you see when you think of a ranger? If it’s a keeper of a national park, you’re not far off when it comes to the world of data governance. So, let’s talk about Collibra Rangers – who they are, what they do, and why finding a Collibra development company with many Collibra Rangers on board is a good idea. (And we just happen to know where to find one.)
A quick look at Wikipedia will tell you that “Park ranger or forest ranger (is) a person charged with protecting and preserving protected parklands and forests.” Obviously, this article (somewhat regrettably) is not going to be about nature. But a forest is an excellent analogy for an organization’s data. So, let’s explore it for a minute.
These days, even smaller companies deal with enormous amounts of data, not to mention large, multinational enterprises. More often than not, they don’t have tools that are efficient enough to make it truly useful for the business.
And the challenges? These have to do with:
But data governance software tools and technology are only part of the solution to all of this. What we often see is that companies already have tools like Collibra, but they don’t know how to use their potential, often because they initially underestimated the expertise that’s needed to manage and govern data efficiently and responsibly.
So, on top of common data governance challenges that are probably costing the business real money, they’re adding recurrent costs paid for software that’s unused or underused. All adding up to rising costs that are often invisible. Because you probably can’t see the forest for the trees, if you know what we mean.
A Collibra Ranger can, though – and solving these challenges is definitely a job for one.
Or rather, who is a Collibra Ranger – because it’s definitely a person.
A Collibra Ranger is a highly trained and certified expert in implementing and optimizing Collibra’s data intelligence platform. Rangers combine deep product knowledge with practical experience in data governance, management, and data quality initiatives.
A Collibra Ranger’s role goes beyond the technical setup of the tool. They act as strategic partners who design frameworks, configure workflows, and guide organizations in embedding Collibra into their daily operations. And they often take full ownership of the value of Collibra for the organization, much like a Technical Product Owner transforming a company’s data strategy.
“A Collibra Ranger is like an interpreter. They listen to the client and translate their needs into the language of the Collibra platform and its features – always looking to match the right software solution to an individual business problem.”
Grzegorz Jabłoński, Data Governance Consultant, CDMP Master, Collibra Ranger
You can read a real-world example of how one of Murdio’s Collibra Rangers did that in this case study: How an energy giant transformed its Collibra implementation with a Technical Product Owner.
So, in a nutshell, a Collibra Ranger makes sure that companies don’t just “have the tool,” but can truly unlock its value to improve data trust, compliance, and usability across the business.
Let’s take a closer look at how they do that.
It’s more than likely that if you struggle with data management and governance, your main challenges are the ones shared by businesses worldwide across industries. What makes them unique might be your organizational structure combined with your specific business goals.
A Collibra Ranger is the person you want to have on your team to understand those goals and use their cross-industry experience to help you achieve them.
Let’s look at some of the ways a Collibra Ranger can help:
A Collibra Ranger builds a single source of truth by creating a reliable enterprise data catalog. This way, everyone can work from the same validated information, no matter how sensitive or critical the data elements may be.
And if you think that “anyone can build a data catalog”, a Collibra Ranger’s advantage is that they know Collibra inside out, and they can build a data catalog that’s uniquely customized to your organization’s needs and optimized in a way that saves you costs instead of generating extra ones.
And they’re likely to pay attention to details you wouldn’t notice or anticipate. In other words, while you’re focused on building a data catalog, a Collibra Ranger is already thinking about the next steps, like creating a process to edit catalog entries.
For a real-world example, here’s how we helped a leading Swiss bank strengthen trust in its reporting by managing sensitive and critical data elements.
A Collibra Ranger will help you democratize access to knowledge within the organization. With the Collibra Ranger certification and experience, they’ve done it many times before and know what works and what doesn’t.
So, instead of your teams wasting time searching for the right data, the Ranger sets up an intuitive Data Marketplace where users can shop for trusted data assets as easily as browsing an online store. This inevitably improves productivity but also builds confidence in data-driven decision-making.
Here’s how we implemented a Collibra Data Marketplace for a life sciences company, from a business-aligned metamodel design all the way to workflow implementation.
A Collibra Ranger streamlines operations using automation and visibility. By configuring Collibra Workflows, Collibra Rangers eliminate repetitive manual tasks, and that frees up teams for more valuable work.
And with tailored Collibra Dashboards, they deliver clear insights into program health, adoption, and ROI, so the success is no longer a guess, but a metric you can easily track across the company.
Collibra Rangers come with the governance expertise you need to adopt emerging technologies in a responsible way – and the most pressing tech adoption for many companies is now obviously AI.
AI governance comes with its own set of challenges, and it usually involves a much larger scale than anything you’ve worked on before.
Collibra Rangers help organizations design frameworks for Collibra AI Governance, so that you can innovate using AI without skipping the foundation of trust, compliance, and ethical data use. (And we don’t have to say what happens to any structure you want to build when you skip the foundation.)
Here’s another of our own examples of what that might look like and how we helped a global bank strengthen its AI governance, so it could keep scaling with confidence.
Well, you could hire someone with the Collibra Ranger certification to have them on your in-house team.
Or, you could hire an external Collibra Ranger. Or even a team of external experts with Collibra Ranger certifications.
(We explain the pros and cons of building a Collibra team in-house vs. hiring a Collibra implementation team in this article about building a data catalog.)
At Murdio, we currently have 13 certified Collibra Rangers, which is the most Collibra Rangers any Collibra implementation company has on board. So, in addition to solving the data governance challenges we’ve mentioned above (and more), a Murdio Collibra Ranger has one extra advantage: access to the collective knowledge and experience of 12 other Collibra Rangers.
And this means that there’s basically no Collibra challenge they can’t solve. Our Collibra Rangers have worked across 60+ projects in various industries, with countless of Collibra workflows and use cases implemented. What’s more, we’ve even accumulated their knowledge in our internal Murdio Academy program, which every Murdio team member goes through on top of any certifications they have or will acquire in the future.
And because a Collibra Ranger already typically has a diverse skillset and experience, acting as a Collibra-certified Developer, Integration Developer, and Solution Architect in one, each of them can deliver any Collibra use case practically on their own – but with all the collective expertise to access whenever they need it.
(Pun intended, because a skilled Collibra Ranger will absolutely impact your bottom line – in a positive way, of course.)
In short, a Collibra Ranger is much more than a certified expert. They’re the difference between owning a powerful tool and actually unlocking its full potential for the benefit of the business.
Building trust in your numbers, making data easy to find and use, streamlining governance processes, and preparing your business for AI – these are all jobs for a Collibra Ranger. With Murdio’s 13 certified Collibra Rangers – the largest team of this kind on the market – you gain not just one specialist, but the collective expertise proven across 60+ projects and industries.
That’s why when it comes to Collibra, there’s virtually no challenge we can’t solve. Want to bet? Let’s chat about your Collibra challenges!
Yes – many companies invest in Collibra but don’t get the full benefit because the tool isn’t properly configured or embedded into internal workflows. A Collibra Ranger will make sure Collibra is customized to your organization’s needs and delivers trusted data, efficient processes, and compliance at scale.
While regular users may know how to navigate the platform, Rangers are certified professionals who understand how to design governance frameworks, build workflows, manage integrations, and align Collibra with your business strategy. They’re like having a Collibra “power user” and strategist in one.
A Collibra Ranger also thinks ahead – the solutions they look for are future-friendly, so that when things change or you want to scale, you can expand on what you already have instead of starting from scratch.
Absolutely. Collibra Rangers are trained to support emerging needs like AI governance, helping organizations put in place the policies and frameworks needed to innovate responsibly while staying compliant.
Murdio has 13 certified Collibra Rangers – the largest team of Collibra Rangers in the market. That means you don’t just get one expert, but access to the collective knowledge of many, tested across 60+ projects in industries ranging from finance to life sciences.
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