 Marcello Benati
Marcello
Benati is an Enterprise Architect with over 20 years’ experience
in various verticals in US and multinational companies. His
focus is transformational business intelligence, where he
leverages current data insights and applies lateral creative
thinking methods to discover solutions and unleash new
opportunities. Marcello has successfully led successful
consulting practices focusing on large scale Data warehouse and
BI projects for various clients in the Midwest Region and
internationally ( With clients such as Nielsen, Redbox, Ely
Lilly, Laidlaw, International Trucks, Sears, J&J, HSBC, Pfizer,
Microsoft and others). His focus for the past five years has
been on taking the Microsoft vision of” BI to the masses” and
leveraging IT investments to offer comprehensive and SMART
Solutions(Strategy, Monitor, Analyze, Report Take Control) . He
combines his BI skills with Rightpoint’s SharePoint and strategy
talent to create solutions which are relevant, relative and
business focused. Marcello holds a bachelor's degree in
International Business and a master's degree in Information
Technology, as well as various certifications in applied Math,
Physics, Predictive analysis and Fractal Encryption. He
developed 12 patents and is a citizen of the United States and
Brazil. He is fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian,
French and German.
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 Rod Cleary
Rod Cleary is a Senior Manager of Process Quality
Assurance at Sallie Mae, the largest provider of student loans in the
United States. At Sallie Mae he is responsible for the IT Performance
Management Program. He is also responsible for the IT Strategic Project
Portfolio. Rod has spent most of his career in application
development, process improvement and IT governance. He has successfully
implemented multiple enterprise-critical IT programs and is responsible
for the development and implementation of IT Performance Management
programs in multiple Fortune 500 companies. Rod is a graduate of
the Indiana University School of Business and holds a Master's
Certificate in project management from George Washington University. He
is a certified project management professional (PMP), is Certified in
the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT), and is a Six Sigma Black Belt.
Rod currently lives in Indiana with his family and enjoys coaching youth
sports.
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 Andrew
Fletcher
With more than 20 years' experience in the BI/DW field as an
architect, consultant, sales executive, practice manager and business
owner, Andrew Fletcher has a reputation for delivering high value
information to information consumers throughout North American and
Europe. Throughout his career, Andrew's focus has been on solving
business problems through the application of process (re)design and
appropriate technology. Fletcher has a track record of successfully
cultivating talent and leading diverse teams in technology focused
organizations. In 1998 Fletcher was appointed to the Microsoft BI
Partner Advisory Council, and in 2000, his consulting company was named
Microsoft ‘BI Partner of the Year’ for the North Central region of the
US. Prior to joining Business & Decision, Fletcher was responsible for
the global sales, channel, delivery, pre-sales, and customer support
organizations for the correlation database vendor Illuminate Solutions,
headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.
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 Mike Kerrigan
Mike Kerrigan started his career
with 17 years of practical, real-world logistics expertise as
the COO for a Global Japanese company. In 1994, Mike
Kerrigan was part of one of the first mid-sized SAP
implementations in the
US. As one of the key client team
members, he was responsible for implementing materials
management and production planning, including all core SAP
modules and strategic corporate functionality using SAP’s
Profitability Analysis. His company became one of SAP’s top
client success stories in 1994. More importantly, SAP used his
company as the top reference site for future customers. The
implementation methodology used on his project eventually became
the SAP ASAP methodology. In 1995, Mr. Kerrigan was hired
to create a middle market focused SAP implementation consulting
practice for a Midwest-based consultancy. He overachieved in
this role, creating a 250 person, highly successful SAP
implementation group that won the prestigious SAP Partner of the
Year Award for three consecutive years. Over the last 15
years, Mike Kerrigan has been the executive in charge of helping
over 100 clients go live on SAP. In 2001 Mike was the partner in
charge of ERP solutions with a global consulting and operations
staff of 700 people. Mike continued his SAP implementation
successes for the last 15 years across all major industry
sectors. His combination of real world logistics/management
experience and SAP Global expertise place him in an unrivalled
position of value to our clients.
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Carole
Wittemann
Carole Wittemann is a PMI certified Principal
Consultant with Analytics8. She has
consistently demonstrated expertise and
achievement in the obtainment of cost savings
and competitive advantage for clients through
the design and implementation of appropriate and
well integrated business intelligence
technologies. She has extensive experience
leading business requirements gathering used in
collecting business intelligence and making
strategic marketing, operations, and business
development decisions. She has consulted dozens
of companies that are industry leaders for over
sixteen years.
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