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 with more than 30 years of experience in the field as a CEO, COO, consultant, manager and editor. Prior to the founding of the BeyeNETWORK with Shawn Rogers, he was cofounder, publisher and editorial director of a business intelligence publication. Ron has a wealth of 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.

Mary Jo Nott: Executive Editor

Mary Jo has more than 13 years of print and online experience in the business intelligence/data warehousing space. At the BeyeNETWORK, Mary Jo is responsible for research report project management, global content provisioning and the Vision Awards for Business Impact. She also moderates many BeyeNETWORK features, including web seminars, Executive Spotlights and Ask the Experts. Highly regarded in the industry, Mary Jo has developed strong relationships with writers and other key members of the business intelligence community.


Domain Experts

Malcolm Chisholm

Malcolm Chisholm


Malcolm Chisholm, Ph.D., has over 25 years of experience in enterprise information 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. Malcolm has authored two books: Managing Reference Data in Enterprise Databases (Morgan Kaufmann, 2000) and How to Build a Business Rules Engine (Morgan Kaufmann, 2003).  He can be contacted at mchisholm@refdataportal.com.

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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. Bill can be reached at 303-681-6772.

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Derick Jose

Derick Jose


Derick Jose is the General Manager within MindTree’s Knowledge Services business unit, a dedicated organization focused on transforming data into information. MindTree's offerings include data management services, data modeling and analytics, business intelligence and continuous improvement in the areas of sales and marketing, risk and operational analytics. 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 where analytical solutions and roadmaps were being developed to solve specific business problems. You may contact him at derickj@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.

He is the president of Sixth Sense Advisors Inc., a Chicago-based company providing management, strategy, technology and analyst consulting services in data warehousing and business intelligence. He 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 Master Data Management, Enterprise Knowledge ManagementThe Data Quality Approach and Business IntelligenceThe Savvy Manager's Guide and 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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David Wells

David Wells


Dave is a consultant, mentor and teacher in the field of business intelligence (BI). He brings to every consulting endeavor a unique and balanced perspective about the relationships of business and technology. This perspective – refined through a career of more than 35 years that encompassed both business and technical roles – helps to align business and information technology in the most effective ways.

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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 Avanad'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 has more than 10 years of information technology and consulting experience in positions including business intelligence subject-matter expert, technical architect and systems integrator. Over the past eight years, he has gained a wealth of business and information technology consulting experience in the telecommunications industry. John specializes in business intelligence/data warehousing and systems integration solutions. John may be contacted by email at John.Myers@BlueBuffaloGroup.com.

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