London, England, United Kingdom
I've been a technology industry analyst for 30 years, and through all that time I've been passionate about helping organisations get real business benefits from the investments they want to make in technology. I love technology, and I've seen it used to amazing effect - but I hate waste, and I've seen so many organisations waste their investments. Since I left software development for a career in industry research in 1995, my focus has always been on enterprise software tools and platforms. In running my own industry analyst firm for 13 years I learned valuable business development and marketing skills (as well as skills I'm happy to leave behind, primarily relating to cashflow management and procurement). At IDC I'm honoured to lead a fantastic team of European analysts who research and advise on AI, business automation, analytics and data platform technologies and trends.
Playing a lead role in growing a technology advisory firm in Europe focused on showing how Digital technology changes work. As well as running an independent industry research program (publishing at www.mwdadvisors.com), MWD Advisors provides a range of advisory, consulting and training services.
Directing Ovum's team of technology-focused market analysts, setting global research agenda, account development with strategic Ovum clients / prospects. Responsible for staff management and $ multi-million revenue target from research contracts, analyst engagements and consulting projects.
A variety of Analyst roles at Ovum - developing and communicating market/tech expertise in application development, middleware, application integration, service delivery platforms, mobile middleware, mobile enterprise applications, web services - and more. All roles depended heavily on strong research, relationship building and communication skills