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Latest NewsChris Watts is a freelance writer and former editor for the Associated Press in Washington D.C. and News Bureau Chief for Metro Networks in Hartford, CT. He can be reached at cwatts@aomc.com.
Dr. John Bates is the president, chief technology officer and cofounder of Apama. Bates is a world-respected expert in the areas of distributed and mobile computer systems. He completed his Ph.D. in mobile and distributed computing at Cambridge University in 1993. Until 2000, Bates was a Cambridge University Lecturer and Fellow of St. Catharine's College. In his role as a Cambridge "Don," Bates led several renowned research projects, often in collaboration with industry, and designed and taught courses in the areas of operating systems, distributed systems, software engineering and mobile computing. Bates has been an invited speaker and chair at many International technology conferences. Bates is a co-inventor of Apama's unique and patent- pending technology. Since cofounding Apama in 1999, Bates has led Apama's technology development and strategy. He can be contacted at jb@apama.com.
Rick Stevenson, director of supply chain and BI systems for GAF Materials Corporation.
Bruce Borquist, treasurer of International Ministries, American Baptist Churches USA.
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Steve Hoberman is currently a data modeling consultant and instructor. He taught his first data modeling class in 1992 and has educated more than 10,000 people about data modeling and business intelligence techniques since then. Steve balances the formality and precision of data modeling with the realities of building software systems with severe time, budget, and people constraints. In his consulting and teaching, he focuses on templates, tools, and guidelines to reap the benefits of data modeling with minimal investment. Steve is the author of five books on data modeling, the founder of the Design Challenges group, and inventor of the Data Model Scorecard.
Dennis D. McDonald, Ph.D., is a vice president and member, Technology Consulting Associates, LLC. He was TCA�s manager at KeySpan during its recent integration of Eastern Enterprise�s customer data into the KeySpan customer system. McDonald can be reached via e-mail at dennis.mcdonald@tca-llc.com. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, TCA provides expert technology and business consulting services in a wide range of industries. For further information, call (404) 303-1795 or visit the company�s Web site at www.tca-llc.com.
Foster Hinshaw, often referred to as the Father of Data Warehouse Appliances, brings a wealth of creativity, technical and operational expertise in both hardware and software to Dataupia. He is accomplished at designing and developing large complex systems for business-critical enterprise and departmental applications, as well as Web-based e-commerce systems. Prior to Dataupia, Hinshaw founded Netezza, the provider of enterprise-class business intelligence appliances.
Neil Raden is the founder of Hired Brains, Inc., http://www.hiredbrains.com. Hired Brains provides consulting, systems integration and implementation services in business intelligence, decision automation and business process integration for clients worldwide. Hired Brains Research provides consulting, market research, product marketing and advisory services to the software ndustry. Based in Santa Barbara, CA, Raden is an active consultant and widely published author and speaker. He welcomes your comments at nraden@hiredbrains.com.
Kent Bauer is the managing director, Performance Management Practice at GRT Corporation in Stamford, CT. He has more than 20 years of experience in managing and developing CRM, database marketing, data mining and data warehousing solutions for the financial, information services, healthcare and CPG industries. Bauer has an MBA in Statistics and an APC in Finance from the Stern Graduate School of Business, New York University. A published author and industry speaker, his recent articles and workshops have focused on KPI development, BI visioning and predictive analytics. Please contact Bauer at kent.bauer@grtcorp.com.
