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Executive Team
Ron Powell:
Cofounder & Editorial Director
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Ron has an extensive technology background in business intelligence, analytics and data warehousing. In 2005, Ron founded the BeyeNETWORK, which was acquired by Tech Target in 2010. Now an associate publisher at TechTarget, Ron continues to lead the BeyeNETWORK, providing editorial direction and supporting the sales team. Prior to the founding of the BeyeNETWORK, Ron was cofounder, publisher and editorial director of DM Review (now Information Management). Ron also has a wealth of consulting expertise in business intelligence, business management and marketing. |
Jean Schauer:
Editor in Chief
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more than 14 years of editorial experience in business intelligence, data warehousing, data integration and performance management. Prior to joining the
BeyeNETWORK in 2006, she held the position of editor in chief of a business intelligence publication where she worked closely with the industry experts who
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Kerry Flood:
Associate Editor
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As an associate editor, Kerry manages content and newsletters for SearchDataManagement.co.UK and the BeyeNETWORK. Prior to joining TechTarget, Kerry was an
associate editor at Wellesley Information Services, specializing in SAP technology, and worked part-time for five years at a local newspaper. She graduated from the
University of Massachusetts Boston with a bachelor's degree in English.
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Domain Experts
Lou Agosta is an independent industry analyst, specializing in data warehousing, data mining and data quality. A former industry analyst at Giga Information Group, Agosta has published extensively on industry trends in data warehousing, business and
information technology. He is currently focusing on the challenge of transforming America’s healthcare system using information technology (HIT). He can be reached at LAgosta@acm.org.
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Leslie Ament, VP of Research & Client Advisory at
Hypatia Research, LLC is a customer intelligence
management thought-leader and industry analyst who focuses on how organizations capture, manage, analyze and apply actionable customer insight to improve customer management techniques, reduce operating expenses and accelerate corporate growth. Her research coverage includes: business intelligence, media intelligence/search/text analytics, CRM, web analytics, marketing automation and customer data management/data quality.
Previously, Ament served on management teams and led global marketing and market research groups at Demantra, Inc. (acquired by Oracle), Arthur D. Little Management Consulting, Harte-Hanks, Banta Corporation, International Thomson Publishing (Chapman & Hall, UK) and Carnegie Hall, Inc. She is a member of the American Marketing Association, Society for Competitive Intelligence Professionals, Customer Relationship Management Association, DataShaping Certified Analytic Professional, Arthur D. Little Alumni Association, Software Industry Information Association and a Board Member of the Product Management Association.
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John is Chief Technology Officer at
Ajilitee, a consulting and services firm that specializes in business intelligence, information management, agile analytics, and cloud enablement. John’s
technology career includes leadership positions at companies such as HP, Knightsbridge Solutions, and Amazon.com. He has decades of experience building complex information management systems and is an inventor on six data management patents.
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Steve is founder of
The Location Intelligence Institute, an education resource focused on assisting business executives in the use of geospatial technology to improve business processes and decision making. He has
a broad background in both business processes and geospatial technology and practical experience in bringing the two together. Steve has managed location intelligence integration projects with major business intelligence (BI) vendors and has helped dozens of organizations understand and implement geospatially enabled business and business intelligence solutions.
Steve has helped spread the word about location intelligence as a contributor to IBM Data Warehousing (Gonzales, Wiley, 2003) and Real Estate Market Valuation and Analysis (Karr, Wiley 2005) and as a presenter at industry and user group meetings worldwide.
Steve holds a BS in accounting and marketing from the University of Maine and an MBA from Boston College with a focus on operations research. He can be reached at inquiries@tlii.org.
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Frank's professional background in strategy, performance management and organizational behavior gives him a strong perspective across many domains in business and IT. He is an entertaining speaker at conferences all over the world, and was
recently called an “intellectual provocateur” and described as “having an unusual warm tone of voice.” His work is frequently labeled as provocative, deep, truly original, and out of the box. More down to earth, his daughter once described it as “My daddy sits in airplanes, stands on stages, and tells jokes.” Frank is a former Gartner Research VP, and a seasoned IT executive. Frank is also a visiting fellow at Cranfield University School of Management, and author of various books, including Performance Leadership (McGraw-Hill, September 2008), and Dealing with Dilemmas (Wiley & Sons, August 2010). Currently, Frank is working on his next book on IT philosophy.
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Malcolm Chisholm, Ph.D., has more than 25 years of experience in enterprise information management and data management and has worked in a wide range of sectors. He specializes in setting up and developing enterprise information management
units, master data management, and business rules. His experience includes the financial, manufacturing, government, and pharmaceutical industries. He is the author of the books: How to Build a Business Rules Engine; Managing Reference Data in Enterprise Databases; and Definition in Information Management. Malcolm writes numerous articles and is a frequent presenter at industry events. He runs the websites http://www.refdataportal.com; http://www.bizrulesengine.com; and
http://www.data-definition.com. Malcolm is the winner of the 2011 DAMA International Professional Achievement Award.
He can be contacted at mchisholm@refdataportal.com.
Twitter: MDChisholm
LinkedIn: Malcolm Chisholm
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Maureen is the Founder and President/CEO of
CONNECT: The Knowledge Network (CONNECT), an Xtivia company. CONNECT specializes in data, technical, and organizational solutions for
business intelligence. Maureen has been on the faculty of TDWI since 1998, served on the Board for the Colorado Chapter of TDWI, and participates on the Data Warehousing Advisory Board for the University of Denver. CONNECT has been recognized as the South Metro Denver Small Business of the Year, the Top 25 Women Owned and Top 150 Privately Owned Businesses in Colorado. Maureen can be reached at mclarry@connectknowledge.com or 303-730-7171, ext. 102.
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Dr. Barry Devlin is among the foremost authorities in the world on business insight and data warehousing. He was responsible for the definition of IBM's data warehouse architecture in the mid '80s and authored the first paper on the topic in
the IBM Systems Journal in 1988. He is a widely respected consultant and lecturer on this and related topics, and author of the comprehensive book Data Warehouse: From Architecture to Implementation published by Addison-Wesley in 1997.
Over the past few years, Barry has extended his interest to cover the wider field of a fully integrated business, covering informational, operational and collaborative environments and, in particular, how to present the end user with an holistic experience of the business through IT.
Barry has worked in the IT industry for more than 25 years, mainly as a Distinguished Engineer for IBM in Dublin, Ireland. He is now founder and principal of 9sight Consulting, specializing in the human, organizational and IT implications and design of deep business insight solutions.
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Steve Dine is President and founder of
Datasource Consulting, LLC. He has more than 12 years of hands-on experience delivering and managing successful, highly scalable and
maintainable data integration and business intelligence (BI) solutions. Steve is a faculty member at The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) and a judge for the Annual TDWI Best Practices Awards. He is the former director of global data warehousing for a major durable medical equipment manufacturer and former BI practice director for an established Denver based consulting company. Steve earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Vermont and a MBA from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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Jill is a partner co-founder of
Baseline Consulting, a technology and management consulting firm specializing in data integration and business analytics. Jill is the author of
three acclaimed business books, the latest of which is Customer Data Integration: Reaching a Single Version of the Truth, co-authored with Evan Levy. Her blog, Inside the Biz, focuses on the business value of IT.
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Wayne Eckerson has been a thought leader and consultant in the business intelligence (BI) field since 1995. He has conducted numerous in-depth research studies and is a noted speaker and blogger. He is the author of the best-selling book
style="font-style: italic;">Performance Dashboards: Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing Your Business. For many years, he served as director of education and research at The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) where he chaired its BI Executive Summit and created a popular BI Maturity Model and Assessment. Wayne is currently director of research at TechTarget and president of BI Leader Consulting, which provides advisory services to user and vendor organizations. He can be reached at
weckerson@techtarget.com.
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Jim is a senior business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DW) consultant with
Information Control Corporation (ICC), a firm focused on reducing the cost of developing BI solutions. Jim and the
ICC team have enabled companies to increase the velocity of their development by adopting Agile methods for BI, with a particular focus on turning theory into reality.
Jim is a recognized expert and has published a number of articles on the practical realities of BI/DW. He is a regular speaker at conferences and industry-related events. He has led a number of large, complex BI projects for Fortune 1000 companies in addition to delivering value to federal and state governments and international clients. For two years in a row, Jim has been named IBM Champion for Information Integration and Federation. He can be reached at jgallo@iccohio.com.
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Larry has more than 15 years experience in database marketing, customer relationship management, business intelligence and analytics. A well-known speaker and author, he has been a regular contributor to industry publications for almost 10 years. With
experience across multiple industries, Larry helps his clients create new business processes, sales and marketing strategies, analytical plans, contact strategies and customer experiences. And with his extensive technology background, he helps operationalize these strategies by ensuring they can be practically implemented. Larry can reached at 773-456-3996 or larry@amberleaf.net.
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Seth is a business intelligence and decision systems expert. He is founding chair of the Text Analytics Summit and principal consultant at Washington, D.C., based
Alta Plana Corporation. Seth
consults, writes, and speaks on information-systems strategy, data management and analysis systems, IT industry trends, and emerging analytical technologies. Seth chairs the Sentiment Analysis Symposium and the Text Analytics Summit.
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Dr. Richard Hackathorn is founder and president of Bolder Technology, Inc. He has more than thirty years of experience in the information technology industry as a well-known industry analyst, technology innovator and international educator. He
has pioneered many innovations in database management, decision support, client-server computing, database connectivity, associative link analysis, data warehousing, and web farming. Focus areas are: business value of timely data, real-time business intelligence (BI), data warehouse appliances, ethics of business intelligence and globalization of BI.
Richard has published numerous articles in trade and academic publications, presented regularly at leading industry conferences and conducted professional seminars in eighteen countries. He writes regularly for the BeyeNETWORK.com and has a channel for his blog, articles and research studies. He is a member of the IBM Gold Consultants since its inception, the Boulder BI Brain Trust and the Independent Analyst Platform.
Dr. Hackathorn has written three professional texts, entitled Enterprise Database Connectivity, Using the Data Warehouse (with William H. Inmon), and Web Farming for the Data Warehouse.
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Richard is Chair of the Department of Decision & System Sciences at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. Before becoming an educator, he worked at Maryland National Bank, Schering-Plough Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, and Columbia
Pictures as a systems analyst. He received his BA in journalism from Ohio Wesleyan University, his Master’s in Administrative Sciences from Johns Hopkins, and his Ph.D. from Indiana University in Management Information Systems. He has earned the Certified Systems Professional designation, and he has written extensively about both knowledge management and business intelligence. Dr. Herschel can be reached at herschel@sju.edu.
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Claudia Imhoff, Ph.D., is the President of
Intelligent Solutions, a leading consultancy on data warehousing and business intelligence technologies and strategies, and the Founder of the Boulder BI Brain
Trust. Dr. Imhoff is a popular speaker and internationally recognized expert on analytics, business intelligence, and the infrastructure to support these initiatives. She has co-authored five books and more than 100 articles on these topics and has a popular blog at www.b-eye-network.com/blogs/imhoff/. She may be reached at CImhoff@IntelSols.com.
The Boulder BI Brain Trust is a consortium of independent analysts and consultants dedicated to furthering business intelligence.
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Bill is universally recognized as the father of the data warehouse. He has more than 36 years of database technology management experience and data warehouse design expertise. He has published more than 40 books and 1,000 articles on data
warehousing and data management, and his books have been translated into nine languages. He is known globally for his data warehouse development seminars and has been a keynote speaker for many major computing associations.
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Derick Jose is the vice president of Advanced Analytics/Research within
MindTree's Data & Analytic Solutions (DAS) Group,
one of the world’s largest information management practices, which offers customers a one-stop-shop to capture, analyze, enhance, and view their business information. The DAS practice combines MindTree’s proven analytics, business intelligence, information management and research services for customers in the consumer packaged goods (CPG), retail, financial services, insurance, travel and media markets. Derick has 20 years of experience spanning consulting, advanced analytics and business intelligence solutions. He has worked extensively in the CPG, banking, telecom and retail industries. Derick can be contacted at Derick_Jose@mindtree.com.
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Chuck is an internationally known expert in database technology. He has more than 30 years of experience in the design and implementation of operational/production systems, operational data stores
and data warehouses (data marts). Chuck teaches seminars
on a variety of database and data warehousing topics. He has co-authored or contributed to four books on data warehousing and has been
published in numerous trade magazines and written columns on database technology, data warehousing, metadata, master data management, data governance and enterprise data strategies. He may be
contacted at chuckkelley@usa.net.
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After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor's degree in computer science in 1990, Eric joined NeuralWare, Incorporated, a neural network tools company, as a senior account executive. In 1994, he moved to American
Heuristics Corporation (AHC): an advanced software technology consulting company specializing in artificial intelligence applications. At AHC, he performed as the director of business development for the commercial services division and the training division, The Gordian Institute. With the valued support of AHC, contractors, customers and family, Eric founded The Modeling Agency in the spirit of establishing long-term professional relationships. The Modeling Agency's focus is providing guidance and results for those who are data-rich, yet information-poor. Eric may be contacted by e-mail at eric@the-modeling-agency.com.
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Krish is a recognized expert worldwide in the strategy, architecture and implementation of high performance data warehousing solutions. He is a visionary data warehouse thought leader and an independent analyst, writing and speaking at industry
leading conferences, user groups and trade publications. He has authored two eBooks, more than 75 articles, viewpoints and case studies on business intelligence, data warehousing, and data warehouse appliances and architectures. In his 19 plus years of professional experience, he has been solving complex architecture problems spanning all aspects of data warehousing and business intelligence for Fortune 1000 clients. He has designed and tuned some of the world’s largest data warehouses.
The Vice President of Strategy at Chicago Business Intelligence Group, Krish teaches regularly at TDWI, DAMA, IRM UK and other conferences, and is helping drive and mature the data warehouse appliance market. Krish also serves as Associate Vice President of Programs for DAMA Chicago and is Ethics and Governance Advisor to DAMA International.
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Janet is the PM & Delivery Manager for
Incisive Analytics, LLC. As the leader of the core delivery team, Janet ensures high quality delivery on all client projects. She is well
known for pushing her client teams’ thinking forward while maintaining focus on the client’s integrated strategic priorities and, of course, the critical path. Janet’s collaborative and diplomatic style consistently enables her to deliver excellent product value and achieve superior knowledge transfer in organizations focused on innovation and performance improvement. She may be contacted at Janet.Kuster@IncisiveAnalytics.com.
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William is the president of
McKnight Consulting Group, a firm focused on delivering business value and solving business challenges utilizing proven, streamlined approaches in data warehousing,
master data management and business intelligence, all with a focus on data quality and scalable architectures. William functions as strategist, information architect and program manager for complex, high-volume, full life-cycle implementations worldwide. William is a Southwest Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, a frequent best-practices judge, has authored hundreds of articles and white papers, and given hundreds of international keynotes and public seminars. His team's implementations from both IT and consultant positions have won Best Practices awards. He is a former IT Vice President of a Fortune company, a former software engineer, and holds an MBA. William is author of the book 90 Days to Success in Consulting. Contact William at wmcknight@mcknightcg.com.
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Daniel J. "Dan" Power is a Professor of Information Systems and Management at the College of Business Administration at the University of Northern Iowa and the editor of DSSResources.com, the Web-based knowledge repository about computerized
systems that support decision making; the editor of PlanningSkills.com; and the editor of DSS News, a bi-weekly e-newsletter. Dr. Power's research interests include the design and development of decision support systems and how these systems impact individual and organizational decision behavior.
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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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Robert (Bob) S. Seiner is President and Principal Consultant of
KIK Consulting & Educational Services, LLC, a company that focuses on knowledge transfer and consultative mentoring in
the fields of data governance and data stewardship implementations, metadata management, master data management and data architecture. Beyond knowledge-transfer-focused consulting, Bob offers two-day in-house and public courses on how to build and implement data governance / stewardship programs and metadata programs. He is also the publisher of The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC (www.TDAN.com), an award-winning electronic publication that focuses on sharing information about data, information, content and knowledge management disciplines. Bob speaks often at major data management and metadata management, business intelligence and knowledge management related conferences and user group meetings across the U.S. He can be reached at KIK Consulting at rseiner@kikconsulting.com or through TDAN at rseiner@tdan.com or 412-220-9643.
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Rick has more than 20 years of business intelligence (BI), data warehousing (DW) and data integration experience. He is the founder of
Athena IT Solutions, a Boston-based consulting
firm that provides DW/BI consulting, training and vendor services; prior to that he was a director/practice leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Sherman is a published author of more than 50 articles, an industry speaker and has been quoted in CFO and Business Week. He also teaches data warehousing at Northeastern University's graduate school of engineering. You can reach him at rsherman@athena-solutions.com and follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/rpsherman.
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Richard is a manager and management consultant with more than 35 years experience working in large corporate and start-up environments. His professional focus is on the strategic application of information technology to improving operational
performance, managing organizational and technical change, and optimizing business effectiveness. Richard is a Global Managing Principal with RCG Global Services and CEO of InfoNovus Technologies. He can be reached via email at Richard.Skriletz@rcggs.com.
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James is the CEO of
Decision Management Solutions and works with clients to automate and improve the decisions underpinning their business. James is the leading expert in
decision management and a passionate advocate of decisioning technologies – business rules, predictive analytics and data mining. James helps companies develop smarter and more agile processes and systems and has more than 20 years of experience developing software and solutions for clients. He has led decision management efforts for leading companies in insurance, banking, health management and telecommunications. James is a regular keynote speaker and trainer and he wrote Smart (Enough) Systems (Prentice Hall, 2007) with Neil Raden. James is a faculty member of the International Institute for Analytics.
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Rick is an independent consultant, speaker and author, specializing in data warehousing, business intelligence (BI), application integration and database technology. He is managing director and founder of
R20/Consultancy.
He is an internationally acclaimed speaker who has lectured worldwide for the last 25 years. He is the chairman of the successful annual European Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Conference held in London and the annual BI event in The Netherlands. Currently, he is promoting a new architecture for data warehousing called the Data Delivery Platform. He is the author of several books on computing, including the popular Introduction to SQL. Some of his books are available in English, Chinese, Dutch, Italian and German. He is also the author of the successful books SQL for MySQL Developers and The SQL Guide to Ingres. Rick may be contacted by sending an email to info@r20.nl.
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Colin White is the founder of BI Research and president of DataBase Associates Inc. As an analyst, educator and writer, he is well known for his in-depth knowledge of data management, information integration, and business intelligence
technologies and how they can be used for building the smart and agile business. With many years of IT experience, he has consulted for dozens of companies throughout the world and is a frequent speaker at leading IT events. Colin has written numerous articles and papers on deploying new and evolving information technologies for business benefit and is a regular contributor to several leading print- and web-based industry journals. For ten years he was the conference chair of the Shared Insights Portals, Content Management, and Collaboration conference. He was also the conference director of the DB/EXPO trade show and conference.
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Nancy serves as Vice President for
DecisionPath Consulting. Focusing her work on how business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DW) can be leveraged to improve business
performance, Nancy is a well-known industry educator, author, and practitioner. Nancy’s experience includes more than 25 years of business management and technical experience. She has been involved in numerous consulting engagements, providing expertise in the areas of BI/DW assessments, BI/DW strategy, portfolio development and roadmaps, BI/DW requirements and data modeling, and BI/DW project and program management. Nancy is a regular speaker and keynote presenter at TDWI industry events, co-hosts the BI impact channel on the BeyeNETWORK, and is co-author of the highly rated book The Profit Impact of Business Intelligence. She received her MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.
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Steve Williams is the President of DecisionPath Consulting. With more than 30 years of experience, he is a leading strategy consultant in the business intelligence (BI), analytics, and performance management fields. His clients have included Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Pinnacle Foods Group, Principal Financial Group, McCormick & Company, Toronto Hydro Electric System, and the U.S. Treasury and the U.S. Social Security Administration. Steve is a frequent speaker on BI, analytics, performance management, and business strategy at a number of industry events. Steve holds an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia and a BS in Business Administration from the University of Maryland.
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Lyndsay is the President and Founder of
WiseAnalytics, an independent analyst firm specializing in business intelligence, master data management and unstructured data. For more
than seven years, she has assisted clients in business systems analysis, software selection and implementation of enterprise applications. Lyndsay conducts regular research studies, consults, writes articles and speaks about improving the value of business intelligence within organizations. She can be reached at lwise@wiseanalytics.com.
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Industry Experts
Featuring Elliott McClements
Elliott has more than 25 years of experience working with leading companies across Europe to fully leverage their data assets. He started his consulting career with Codd and Date at the advent of relational database technologies, advising organizations
how to transition toward relational technologies and what became known as business intelligence. He then spent over 10 years with Teradata helping to define and mature the science behind data warehousing. There followed seven years with Ab Initio, addressing the challenges of enterprise data integration, data quality, metadata and service orientation of data assets. Having gathered extensive expertise in telecommunication, finance and retail, he is now a key part of the HP BIS team helping to leverage data and business intelligence in the energy industry.
Editor's Note: Elliott McClements leads the BeyeNETWORK's Energy Channel. Be sure to visit today for more helpful articles and resources relating to business intelligence in the energy industry.
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Featuring Markus Sprenger
Markus is a BI Global Solutions Director and Avanade's primary business intelligence (BI) expert. He defines and directs the implementation of Avanade's solution strategy relative to Microsoft's
BI products and alliances, including the
creation of intellectual property (IP) and reusable implementation assets that accelerate customer deployment.
Markus leads a team of solution architects who work closely with the Microsoft Office Business Applications product group. His team influences the Microsoft product road map through the escalation
of technical learnings, challenges and feedback from Avanade customers and the global BI community. Markus joined Avanade in 2005, and has more than 10 years of experience in designing and
delivering Microsoft-based BI solutions. Prior to joining Avanade, he owned a business intelligence consulting company in Germany and worked in the management of a BI-focused ISV.
Editor's note: More financial articles, resources, news and events are available in the BeyeNETWORK's Financial Services Channel, led by Markus Sprenger. Be sure to visit today! more >
Featuring Dr. Ramon Barquin
Dr. Barquin is the President of
Barquin International, a consulting firm, since 1994. He specializes in developing information systems strategies, particularly
data warehousing, customer relationship
management, business intelligence and knowledge management, for public and private sector enterprises. He has consulted for the U.S. Military, many
government agencies and international governments and corporations.
Dr. Barquin is a member of the E-Gov (Electronic Government) Advisory Board, and chair of its knowledge management conference series; member of the Digital Government Institute Advisory Board; and
has been the Program Chair for E-Government and Knowledge Management programs at the Brookings Institution. He was also the co-founder and first president of The Data Warehousing Institute, and
president of the Computer Ethics Institute. His PhD is from MIT. Dr. Barquin can be reached at rbarquin@barquin.com.
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Featuring Greg Nelson
Greg Nelson is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of
ThotWave Technologies, the health and life sciences business intelligence company.
Greg provides professional services to
healthcare, biopharma as well as government and academic researchers. Greg has served as the Director of Technology for the largest, privately held CRO,
Director of Application Development for the Gallup Organization and a director at the University of Georgia’s computer center. He has published and presented more than 150 professional papers
in the United States and Europe.
While Greg has been a practitioner for the past 23 years, his academic roots began with a BA in Psychology from the University of California at Santa Cruz, in addition to doctoral level work in
Social Psychology and Quantitative methods at the University of Georgia. Greg also holds a Project Management Professional Certificate. Greg can be reached at greg@thotwave.com.
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Sciences Channel. Be sure to visit today!
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Featuring Scott Wanless
Scott is a Principal Consultant and Healthcare Business Intelligence Practice Lead for
Resource Management Professionals. He has more than 30 years of experience in business intelligence
strategic planning, business intelligence application development, business, economic and financial analysis across numerous industries including healthcare providers, payers, laboratory research, insurance, lending, manufacturing, retail and state government. Scott can be reached at scott.wanless@gmail.com.
Editor's note: More healthcare articles, resources, news and events are available in the BeyeNETWORK's Healthcare Channel featuring Scott Wanless and Laura Madsen.
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Featuring Laura Madsen
Laura leads the healthcare practice for Lancet, where she brings more than a decade of experience in business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing for healthcare, and a passion for engaging and educating the BI community. At Lancet, she spearheads
strategy and product development for the healthcare sector. She also works with key accounts across the country in the provider, payer, and healthcare manufacturing markets. While at Lancet, Laura founded the Healthcare Business Intelligence Summit, an annual event that brings together top hospitals, insurers, and suppliers in the healthcare business intelligence space. You may reach her at lmadsen@lancetsoftware.com.
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Channel featuring Laura Madsen and Scott Wanless. Be sure to visit today!
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Featuring Christina Rouse, Ph.D.
Christina is the Chief Architect at
Incisive Analytics,
LLC. An improvement catalyst, Chris applies
business intelligence strategy for performance improvement. Leveraging two decades of data experience on a broad range of technical platforms, she
developed a technology-agnostic approach to business intelligence consulting. Clients rave about Chris' unique blend of business acumen, technical architect and trainer skills. She may be
contacted at Christina.Rouse@IncisiveAnalytics.com.
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Featuring Allen Messerli
Allen Messerli, President of Messerli Enterprise Systems LLC, specializes in enterprise data warehouse consulting, and has provided vision, direction and leadership for 400 major enterprises
globally. Previously he had more than thirty years experience
in a wide variety of positions at 3M, with an extensive record of successfully managing large-scale, innovative information technology
solutions across supply chain, manufacturing, sales and marketing functions. 3M is a diverse global manufacturing company, with 40 business units operating in all countries and selling 500,000
products through most market channels. Al conceived, justified, architected, and directed implementation of 3M’s Global Enterprise Data Warehouse, which contributed more than $1 billion net
business benefits with a very large ROI, and is now a global best practice enterprise data warehouse. He has extensive leadership experience in industry, national, and international logistics and
electronic commerce organizations, and was a pioneer in electronic business and data warehousing, often speaking on these subjects around the world.
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Featuring Michael Zubey
In his role as a principal in Information Management Consulting at IMS, Michael offers pharmaceutical clients support in critical business processes involving outsourcing practices, sales reporting
and analytics. His expertise lies in the
business and technical challenges of IT, sales, marketing, market research and sales operations.
Over the past 13 years, he has been a sales, marketing and finance leader for several technology and service organizations such as Verizon and DecisionOne. Prior to joining IMS, Zubey was the
director of Solutions Management for Unisys Global Outsourcing and Infrastructure Services where he developed IT service offerings to meet the future needs of Unisys’s current and prospective
clients. For his first four years at Unisys, he was the senior manager for the Unisys Business Intelligence program. In that capacity, Zubey created business intelligence solutions for customers
such as Pfizer, Premera Blue Cross, and Fortis Health.
Zubey has coauthored a textbook, Customer Relationship Management: A People, Process, and Technology Approach with his associate, William P. Wagner Ph.D. He is also a speaker at industry
venues including The Data Warehousing Institute.
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Featuring Al Cordoba
Al Cordoba is the Vice President of global sales for Qualex Consulting Services, a 15-year SAS Integrator. Previous to Qualex, Al worked for 13 years in different management positions for SAS
Institute. Al began as a regional sales support manager in
Washington, DC. He moved to Brazil to start the SAS subsidiary as General Manager. Promoted to SAS Vice President, he started six additional
SAS subsidiaries in Latin America. Al won several awards for sales excellence and grew the business by over 300%.
Previous to SAS, he acquired over 7 years of health insurance consulting experience with Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association in Washington, DC. He also worked for Chevy Chase Bank in their
IT Department, Lockheed International in the Engineering & Science division, and Steptoe and Johnson, the third largest law firm in the Nation's capital. Al has Master's degrees in
computer systems management from the University of Maryland and quantitative analysis from SUNY/Syracuse University.
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Featuring John Myers
John Myers, a senior analyst in the business intelligence
(BI) practice at Enterprise Management Associates (EMA). In this role,
John delivers comprehensive coverage of the business intelligence and data
warehouse industry with a focus on database management, data integration, data
visualization, and process management solutions. Prior to joining EMA, John
spent over ten years working with business analytics implementations associated
with the telecommunications industry.
John may be contacted by email at JMyers@enterprisemanagement.com.
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Featuring James Langley
James is the Vice President of Business Analytics at TMW Systems, Inc., the leader in software solutions for the trucking industry. He has more than 18 years of experience in business intelligence, logistics engineering and operations management. He has
served in key senior management roles for both billion dollar institutions and small businesses. Leveraging real world experience with an analytical approach, he has spent his career bridging the gap between business and technology.
His experiential expertise includes transportation and logistics management, fleet maintenance, and prepaid financial processing. His approach to achieving business objectives is working directly
with business owners to identify areas of strategic opportunity, developing an understanding of the existing environment through process and data analysis, collaborating with the business to design a
plan of action, and helping to operationalize the plan within the organization to actualize the ROI.
His ability to overcome data quality challenges, convert business intelligence into actionable processes, and implement strong data stewardship accountability and initiative measurement standards has
proven to be a catalytic mechanism for businesses striving to adapt in an ever-changing environment.
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