Business Applications

Stu Carty

Gavilan Research

www.gavilanresearch.com

EXPERTISE: 

Business intelligence, data warehousing, ETL, data integration, application development and metadata management tools from Informatica, Ascential, Business Objects, Cognos, MicroStrategy, Hyperion, Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, Allen Systems Group, Data Advantage Group, Adaptive, Agilense, BritCom, LogicLibrary, SchemaLogic, Software AG, Unicorn, and Computer Associates.

INDUSTRIES:

Insurance, financial services, manufacturing, telecom

BIOGRAPHY:

Stu Carty is the Principal and Founder of Gavilan Research Associates, an IT consultancy specializing in enterprise technology solutions.  Carty has over 20 years of experience in the enterprise software industry, working as both a software application developer and sales & marketing executive.  Stu currently provides company overviews, competitive analysis, and technology consultations to Fortune 2000 companies, software vendors, and investment analyst firms on business intelligence, data warehousing, ETL, data integration, and metadata management tools from Informatica, Ascential, Business Objects, Cognos, MicroStrategy, Hyperion, Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, Allen Systems Group (ASG), Data Advantage Group, Adaptive, Agilense, BritCom, LogicLibrary, SchemaLogic, Software AG, Unicorn, and Computer Associates.  Stu has held senior management positions at Informatica, Data Advantage Group, R&O Software, Manager Software Products, Viasoft, and Reltech Group.

John Ladley

KI Solutions

www.kisolves.com

EXPERTISE: 

Teradata, Oracle, IBM, Informatica, Ascential, SAS, Fiserv, Metamatrix, Rochade, et al Data warehouse, BI, content management, knowledge management, work flow, collaborative analysis and intelligence, BPM, KPI, ERP, data base design Enterprise Architecture, Information Architecture

INDUSTRIES:

Insurance, banking, healthcare , transportation, energy, retail, consumer products

BIOGRAPHY:

John Ladley is a widely known authority and speaker on information management and data warehouse. Prior to KI Solutions, John was Senior Program Director of Data Warehouse strategies and a Research Fellow at Meta Group. Mr. Ladley is an authority on information management, knowledge management, data warehouse, business intelligence architectures, methodologies, data quality and tools. Prior to joining META Group, Mr. Ladley was director of technology planning for Alliance Blue Cross of Missouri. His 25 years of IT experience also include working as a management consultant with the Coopers and Lybrand IT practice where he specialized in the healthcare, insurance, defense and consumer products industries

William McKnight

Conversion Services International

www.csiwhq.com

EXPERTISE: 

Business Intelligence related - Data access tools, data mining tools, data visualization, DBMS, balanced scorecards, DBMS appliances, ETL, packaged BI

INDUSTRIES:

Retail, Franchising, Distribution, Software, Banking, Telecomm

BIOGRAPHY:

William McKnight has architected and directed the development of several of the largest and most successful business intelligence programs in the world and has experience with over 50 business intelligence programs. He is Senior Vice President, Data Warehousing for Conversion Services International, Inc. (CSI), a leading provider of a new category of professional services focusing on strategic consulting, data warehousing, business intelligence, and information technology management solutions. William is a Southwest Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, keynote speaker, an international speaker, a best practices judge, widely quoted on BI issues in the press, an expert witness, masters level instructor, author of the Reviewnet competency exams for data warehousing and has authored more than 80 articles and white papers. William is a former Information Technology Vice President of a Best Practices Business Intelligence Program and holds an MBA from Santa Clara University.