BeyeNETWORK Team

The BeyeNETWORK™ focuses on business intelligence, performance management, data warehousing, data integration and data quality, serving these communities with unparalleled industry coverage and resources.

Executive Team

Ron Powell: Cofounder & Editorial Director
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
Jean has 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 contributed articles for publication.

Kerry Flood: Associate Editor
Kerry 
Flood 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.

Domain Experts

Malcolm Chisholm

Malcolm Chisholm


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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Mike Ferguson

Mike Ferguson


Mike Ferguson is Managing Director of Intelligent Business Strategies Limited, a leading information technology analyst and consulting company. As lead analyst and consultant, he specializes in enterprise business intelligence, enterprise business integration, and enterprise portals. He can be contacted at +44 1625 520700 or via e-mail at mferguson@intelligentbusiness.biz. more >

Bill Inmon

Bill Inmon


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

Derick Jose


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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Krish Krishnan

Krish Krishnan


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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David Loshin

David Loshin
David is the President of Knowledge Integrity, Inc., a consulting and development company focusing on customized information management solutions including information quality solutions consulting, information quality training and business rules solutions. Loshin is the author of The Practitioner's Guide to Data Quality Improvement, Master Data Management, Enterprise Knowledge Management: The Data Quality Approach and Business Intelligence: The Savvy Manager's Guide. He is a frequent speaker on maximizing the value of information. David can be reached at loshin@knowledge-integrity.com or at (301) 754-6350.

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Industry Experts

Banking & Capital Markets

Jamuna Ravi
Featuring Jamuna Ravi


Jamuna Ravi is Vice President and Delivery Head for the Banking and Capital Markets (BCM) group, North America at Infosys Technologies Limited. BCM is the largest vertical of Infosys with more than 16,000 consultants, business analysts, technology architects and software professionals. Her teams are based primarily out of seven locations in India, different customer locations in the U.S., UK and APAC regions. She has more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry and is currently based out of Bangalore, India.

Jamuna has been a part of several organizational change initiatives in Infosys such as developing data warehousing and business intelligence as a service offering, employee certification, differentiation of services offered, trusted ADM. She is the guiding and driving force of innovation in Banking and Capital Markets, has published papers in various engineering journals and given talks for various IT and management institutes.
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Financial Services

Markus Sprenger
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.

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Manufacturing

Allen Messerli
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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Telecom

John Myers
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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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