Real Name: David Vellante
Professional Role: Analyst
Peer Group: Business Operations
Company Size: 2 - 10
Country: United States
Location: Boston, MA

Vellante started his career at IDC as an analyst in the enterprise server group, launched IDC's storage service and became a Senior Vice President of the company's largest division. At IDC he architected the launch of several growth initiatives including investment research services for Wall Street and various CIO practices. He was also active within the IDG publishing groups forming joint ventures with Infoworld and Networkworld and was a member of Computerworld's Board of Directors. As a CEO, he successfully helped bootstrap and launch companies, building organizational infrastructure and securing world-renowned customers such as EMC, HP, Hitachi, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Fidelity, Pfizer, Unisys and The World Bank. Throughout his career, Vellante has been an active proponent of leveraging technology to create measurable business value. He is a frequent speaker and active writer having published several hundred articles on the business of technology. Vellante is holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Applied Mathematics from Union College in New York.

Please contact me at: david DOT vellante AT wikibon DOT org

What I'm Working On: I'm doing lots of white-boarding these days with the development team to get out some Wikibon enhancements. Thanks to everyone who filled out the Wikibon user survey; it was a great help!