Welcome to the Craig Schiff Channel of the BeyeNETWORK. I look forward to sharing my insights on current trends and themes in the business performance management (BPM) industry.

Through more than 15 years of vendor-side work as a founding team member of two leading BPM players combined with my more current experiences developed from vendor-independent requirements definition, vendor selection and deployment services, I am confident there are plenty of topics to discuss. Look forward to reading more about my opinions on the business drivers for BPM, the roles of various company departments in the BPM decision, and how some of today's companies go about blazing their trail for a BPM deployment. Your feedback and comments are invited to make this an interactive forum for sharing concepts that can help others be more successful with their BPM deployments.

If you have any direct questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at cschiff@bpmpartners.com.

Craig, President and CEO of BPM Partners, is a pioneer in business performance management (BPM). Craig helped create and define the field as it evolved from business intelligence and analytic applications into BPM. He has worked with BPM and related technologies for more than 20 years, first as a founding member at IMRS/Hyperion Software (now Hyperion Solutions) and later cofounded OutlookSoft where he was President and CEO.

Craig is a frequent author on BPM topics and monthly columnist for the BeyeNETWORK. He has led several jointly produced webcasts with Business Finance Magazine including "Beyond the Hype: The Truth about BPM Vendors," the three-part vendor review entitled "BPM Xpo" and "BPM 101: Navigating the Treacherous Waters of Business Performance Management." He is a recipient of the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. BPM Partners is a vendor-independent professional services firm focused exclusively on BPM, providing expertise that helps companies successfully evaluate and deploy BPM systems. Craig can be reached at cschiff@bpmpartners.com.

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