May 2019 – Present · 7 yrs · Greater New York City Area

• dbInsight provides an independent view on the database and analytics technology ecosystem. With 25+ years industry background, we have built thought leadership to a market that is now being transformed by data, cloud, and AI.
• dbInsight provides strategic counsel to data platform and analytics vendors from an independent POV so that they can make the more informed business decisions. We deliver advisory services and research built on a foundation of deep data management, advanced analytics, and cloud industry knowledge and expertise.
• We uniquely publish independent research that is made available to the dbInsight community, extending to both vendors and enterprise customers.
• Check us out at https://dbinsight.io.

Jun 2008 – May 2019 · 10 yrs 11 mos · New York

• Leads Ovum’s data management and Big Data research area.
• Key accomplishments include:
• Founding of two new research practices in Big Data and Product Lifecycle Software Engineering with research that triggered significant consulting engagements and new client wins
• Ovum IT's most visible analyst. Frequent speaker at industry events including DataWorks Summit, Strata/Data World, Teradata Partners and others. Weekly contributor for ZDNet's Big on Data blog focusing on Big Data, data management, data science, & cloud platform issues. Active on Twitter with over 13,000 followers.
• Key wins: Brought Microsoft back to Ovum as subscription client after 10-year absence; sole Ovum analyst to expand existing relationship with AWS; lead US analyst for Oracle and Google relationships
• Ovum's IT’s top earner. Since 2014, consistently led Ovum IT in consulting & new subscription revenue through focused engagement with key clients (e.g., Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, SAS, Teradata) plus recurring project engagements with “long tail” clients (e.g., Cloudera/Hortonworks, Dataiku, DataStax, MapR, MongoDB, Splice Machine and others)
• Recognized 2018 by Onalytica as one of the world’s Top 20 thought leaders and influencers on Data Science
• Recognized as one of top three influential Hadoop/Big Data analysts for three years in a row by HadoopSphere; one of top 200 thought leaders in Big Data & analytics by Analytics Week; and one of 12 top data analytics thought leaders on Twitter by KDnuggets
• Introduced and defined “Fast Data” market segment for real-time streaming analytics
• Won Informa/Ovum TMT Excellence Award as Brand Ambassador Q4 2017, cited for building a high-profile and high-impact presence across multiple media sites and social networks (Twitter and LinkedIn) with a major professional following

Feb 2007 – Jun 2008 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Analyze best practices, technology, and market trends in Service-Oriented Architectures

Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 · 2 yrs

• Delivered strategic analysis of enterprise software infrastructure & IT governance for Datamonitor/Computerwire Global Knowledge Centres.

Jan 1998 – Jan 2004 · 6 yrs

• Covered SDLC, SOA, enterprise integration/enterprise architecture, ITIL, and IT governance

Jan 1993 – Jan 2008 · 15 yrs

• onStrategies knows “the big picture” on what's happening in technology We help IT technology and service providers get the common sense “big picture” on enterprise software technology and market trends, cutting through conventional wisdom with a perspective based on human and organizational ability to digest change, and a deep knowledge of IT history.
• Our services help technology and service providers sync their message to the market, build a keen understanding on customer demands, and promote best practices among their installed base.

Jan 1987 – Jan 1992 · 5 yrs · New York, New York

• Wrote/edited features, news reports, advertorial supplements; planned major editorial themes and ideas; and managed outside contributors. Recruited five contributing editors, planned and managed 10 major theme issues, pioneered coverage of supply chain management, EDI, graphical user interface (GUI) and client/server technologies.