Analyst Bio

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  Alan Hansell is an IBRS advisor who focuses on IT and business management. Alan is able to critique and comment on IT and business management trends, ways to justify and maximise the benefits from IT-related investment, IS management development and the role of the CIO. Alan has extensive experience in IT management, consulting and advising senior managers in matters related to IT investment. He was a Director in Gartner's Executive program and adviser to over 50 CIOs and business managers and before joining Gartner a consultant with DMR Group. He also worked as an IS professional, manager and industry consultant for IBM for nearly 30 years. Alan is a CPA and Associate of Chartered Institute of Secretaries.

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  Guy Cranswick is an IBRS advisor who covers Google (Apps and Search), broadband/NBN, Web 2.0 technology, government and channel strategy, including areas of business productivity. Guy has worked in the UK and France as Strategy Manager for Initiative Media and director of European operations for Modem Media (Poppe Tyson), the first online marketing and development company. In Australia, Guy was Senior Analyst at both Jupiter Communications and GartnerG2 covering online technologies and strategy in Asia-Pacific. He has published analytical articles in business and technology media, including the AFR, and was the winner of the Australian Institute of Management 2003 essay prize on the topic of corporate communications.

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  Irene Pimentel is an IBRS analyst who focuses on news and information on the global IT Outsourcing market. Irene provides IBRS clients with up to date information on all outsourcing deals that are taking place helping our clients understand who is winning business in what markets. With over 10 years experience as a management consultant, Irene has worked with some of Australia's largest blue chip companies and public sector organisations. Irene has also worked as a research manager for an IT sourcing consultancy, providing clients with targeted intelligence and advice for their specific IT sourcing transactions.

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  Jorn Bettin is the IBRS advisor for strategic risk management, operational excellence, implementation of mergers & acquisitions, large-scale system architecture management, and semantic knowledge engineering. He has a background in C-level product management and technology roles, with a focus on customers in the government sector and the finance, logistics, and life science industries. Jorn has pioneered value chain analysis methodologies, has co-authored three books on Model Driven Engineering, and regularly speaks at international conferences. In the 90s he worked in methodology leadership roles at IBM. Jorn has a track record in guiding organisations through difficult technology transitions/paradigm shifts, which includes over 20 years of experience in the software, banking, and insurance industries in Australia, Germany, Switzerland, and New Zealand.

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  Justin Butcher is an advisor specialising in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, business systems analysis and complex systems procurement. He is an experienced Enterprise Architect and Technology Architect with over 10 years experience in Federal Government. Justin provides insights into the practical application of Enterprise Architecture to address real issues that face modern enterprises. Justin focuses on the strategic alignment of technology to business goals and objectives, drawing on experience in software engineering, infrastructure solution design, data architecture and large project architecture leadership.

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  Joseph Sweeney is an IBRS advisor specialising in the areas of unified communications, collaboration, mobility and Microsoft products. Joseph is also engaged in research focusing on technology’s role in the education sector. Joseph is an accomplished business strategist and technology-marketing expert. He was a founder and Vice President, of Asia Online, where he assisted the start-up into one of Asia’s leading Internet and on-line services. Joseph was the lead research analyst with Gartner covering Internet and business solutions focusing on the future of the internet and pioneered research into the future of the music industry, peer-to-peer networking, gaming and social computing.

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  James Turner is an IBRS Advisor who specialises in information security and also covers data centres and mobility. Before joining IBRS in 2007, James was Frost & Sullivan's industry analyst for IT security. Prior to becoming an industry analyst, James held roles such as UNIX sysadmin, through to Hosting Infrastructure Manager, to customer relationship manager. James is a recognised expert in his field, is the only industry analyst focussed on IT security for Australia and New Zealand, and is frequently quoted in the press. He is known for his passion about his subjects, and is an excellent public speaker and group facilitator.

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  Dr. Kevin McIsaac has over 20 years of IT experience and is a recognised expert in IT infrastructure, operations and vendor management. He has indepth coverage of Server VIrtualisation, Storage and Virtual Desktops. He has worked as an analyst for over 11 years, and was the Research Director Asia-Pacific at META Group. Dr McIsaac has held leadership positions at Computer Associates and Functional Software. He is a highly sought after speaker who is regularly quoted in the global press.

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  Sue Johnston is an IBRS advisor who focuses on strategy and governance of private and public enterprise ICT. Sue is able to critique and comment on strategy, ICT investment and innovation management. Sue is also engaged in research on maximising the value of flexible workplaces and women in leadership. Sue has more than 25 years experience as an ICT professional, CIO, business manager and consultant working in diverse organisations in the public and private sector. Sue is passionate about engendering innovation and best practice management in all sized organisations and is a highly regarded advisor and public speaker.