Henry Eckerson has a keen interest in Business Intelligence. When not cycling or climbing, he is researching and writing news and trend analysis articles about the BI and analytics industry, as well as contributing to in-depth reports. Eckerson is a recent graduate of St. Lawrence University and a resident of Bozeman Montana.

Markus Enderlein works at a company specialized in Business Intelligence Consulting. Since 2003 he has been involved in different roles in the development of BI solutions and the BI strategies in the logistics, finance, pharmaceutical and automotive industries. In the last years he has successfully built a BI team with a focus on data warehousing. Since 2014 he is responsible for the marketing and product management for the consulting services of the company.

Donald is an internationally respected thinker in the fields of data analysis and innovation, with over 30 years of deeply practical experience. His background is very diverse, having applied data analysis techniques in scenarios ranging from fish-farming to archaeology to advanced manufacturing. He has worked in award-winning startups in the UK and Iceland, and spent 15 years at Microsoft and at Qlik leading teams designing and developing new enterprise capabilities in data integration, data mining, self-service analytics and visualization

Mike Ferguson: Managing Director of Intelligent Business Strategies Limited As an independent analyst and consultant he specializes in business intelligence, data management and enterprise business integration. Based in UK, he has over 28 years of IT experience. Mike has consulted for dozens of companies on BI strategy, technology selection, enterprise architecture, MDM and data governance. He has spoken at events all over the world and written numerous articles. Mike is a resident expert on the BeyeNETWORK in various European countries, providing articles, blogs and his insights on the industry.

Jorge Garcia: Senior BI and Data Management Analyst at Technology Evaluation Centers. Jorge has more than 20 years of experience in all phases of application development, database and data warehouse (DWH) design, as well more than 9 years in project management, covering best practices and new technologies in the BI/DWH space. Prior to joining TEC, García was a senior project manager and senior analyst developing BI, DWH, and data integration applications with Oracle, SAP Business Objects, and data integration. He has also worked on projects related to the implementation of BI solutions for the private sector, including the banking and services sectors. He has had the opportunity to work with some of the most important BI and DWH tools on the market.

Rick Gilbert: Executive Director and Data Management Consultant of Winter Corporation With more than 35 years of technology and executive management experience, Rick provides independent consulting to clients to plan for successful implementation of their large-scale data management programs. Having extensive first-hand experience and knowledge in large-scale data warehouse development as well as business management perspective, Rick brings an additional business-value dimension to the planning of data warehouse applications. Previously, Rick was Managing Director of Enterprise Decision Support Solutions for FedEx Services and also held executive positions in IT, Marketing, Customer Service, and Operations Management at US West and its predecessor Mountain Bell Telephone Company.

Benjamin Goewey: Founder and Principal Consultant for Datamensional, LLC. Mr. Goewey has extensive experience providing positive impacts to companies through the utilization of various business analytics tools and solutions. Ben has been passionate about providing actionable, relevant, and timely information for decision makers to help them make decisions more quickly and effectively. Before founding his own firm in 2009, Ben implemented analytic solutions at IBM and Fidelity Investments. He has implemented and advanced the utilization of open source business analytics and data integration tools at a broad range of customers including enterprise companies such as Cisco, Dell, Huawei, and at various midsize and start-up companies.

Pauline Hannemann: An independent management consultant, thought leader and practicing visionary with 25 years of experience in enterprise information management, business intelligence and technology. Ms. Hannemann’s strategic and tactical experience spans the entire spectrum of the CIO across many industries. Her blended passion and experience in business consulting, sustainable practices, innovation and Information management enables her to deliver an unparalleled holistic perspective to her clients. Previous roles include, Executive Management Consultant, CIO-Sr. Executive Director of Information Resources, Sr. Principal- IM practice, Associate Partner – BI practice, Master Business Consultant, Sr. Executive Director of Technology, Director of Information Management, and Founder of The Information Engineers.

capioIT was founded in 2010 to act as a trusted advisor supporting successful outcomes in emerging technology and geographic markets globally. It was founded by CEO Phil Hassey, who has 20 years experience in corporate strategy, consulting and market intelligence. capioIT is constantly “tilting the world view” providing unique, but grounded perspectives for clients.

Jan is a highly rated consultant, speaker and author who has been active in the field of Information Management and Relational Database Management since 1986. He has presented, moderated and taught workshops at many international conferences and User Group meetings worldwide. Jan’s experiences, combined with information architecture and management expertise, have enabled him to help many organisations to optimise the business value of their information assets. He is Founder and managing partner of Inpuls, a company that focuses on information management and data insight. He is actively involved in non-profit organisations as Director of the Belgium and Luxembourg chapter of DAMA (Data Management Association) and as Board member of DAMA International. He has published articles in many industry journals, and has been elected to the IDUG Speakers Hall of Fame.

Philip Howard: Research Director of Bloor Research, where he heads up the Information Management group. Having joined the company in 1992, Philip has recently celebrated (if that’s the right word!) his 21st anniversary with Bloor Research. Prior to becoming an industry analyst Philip worked with a number of companies in the IT sector, including NCR, GEC and Raytheon in a variety of capacities ranging from systems analyst and developer through sales to product management and marketing.

Hans Hultgren: President and CEO of Genesee Academy, LLC. Hans is an educator, speaker, and consultant in the data warehousing and business intelligence space. He has been teaching and working in the broader industry for 25 years and currently specializes in enterprise data warehousing, data vault modeling, and emerging trends in BI. His recent consulting roles include DWBI Advisor, EDW Architect, DW data vault model manager, DW designer, and several model and architecture reviewer roles. Current training focus is on using hybrid delivery techniques for both standard and certification classes. Hans is also speaking at international conferences on data vault, EDW, agile DW, and the integration of industry reference models.

Julie Hunt: Independent Consultant, Julie Hunt Consulting, a software solutions strategy and market intelligence practice. Julie is an accomplished software industry analyst, providing strategic market and competitive insights for vendors and buyers. Julie has the unique perspective of a software industry “hybrid” — extensive experience in the technology, business, and customer/people-oriented aspects of creating, marketing and selling software. She has worked in the B2B software industry on the vendor side for more than 20 years in roles from the very technical (developer, SE, solutions consultant) to customer-focused work in strategies for products/solutions, competitive intelligence, and go-to-market initiatives. Her core software technology domains are data integration, data quality, analytics, OSS, SaaS, cloud, WCM/WEM, enterprise portal, social media/marketing, collaboration, and ECM.

A thought leader and practitioner in the rapidly growing field of business intelligence – Claudia Imhoff, Ph.D. is a popular analyst and dynamic speaker on business intelligence and the infrastructure to support these initiatives – the Corporate Information Factory (CIF). She is the President and Founder of Intelligent Solutions, Inc., a data warehousing and BI consultancy. She has co-authored five books on these topics and the architectures supporting them and writes articles and research papers (totaling more than 150) for technical and business magazines. She has served as an expert on DW and BI for the B-EYE-Network.com and TechTarget for many years. She has also served on the Board of Advisors for DAMA International and was chosen by the DAMA organizations to receive the 1999 and 2005 Individual Achievement Awards. She is an advisor for and was bestowed the title of Fellow of the Data Warehousing Institute and she is the Founder of the Boulder BI Brain Trust (BBBT), a membership-only consortium of internationally-recognized independent BI consultants and analysts.

Raj Joseph: Independent Consultant, intellectyx. Founder of Intellectyx. Raj has more than 13 years of leadership experience across both startup and multinational companies, with a focus on Product Strategy, Development & Launch, Integration Strategy & Planning, and Change Enablement across the organization. During his business and technology consulting experience, he has delivered various highly scalable Business, Visual Intelligence solutions and Business Process Platforms across the world. Raj earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from India and his MBA from the University of Colorado at Denver. Currently, he is actively involved in many other local entrepreneurial communities in the state of Colorado.

Krish Krishnan: is the founder president of Sixth Sense Advisors Inc. He is a recognized expert worldwide in the strategy, architecture and implementation of Big Data, Text Analytics and High performance Data Warehousing. He has written a book on “Building the Unstructured Data Warehouse” with Bill Inmon and is soon publishing a new book titled “Data Warehousing in the Age of Big Data”. A sought after consultant, he practices what he preaches and vice versa. Krish teaches at TDWI, and speaks at many conferences worldwide. He publishes with the http://www.beyenetwork.com and other trade publications. Twitter Handle – @datagenius.