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Ideology
Combining your Business strategies effectively with IT technologies can be a daunting process.
Bloor consulting is a company founded with one principle:
To enable people to choose the optimal technology solution for their needs.
Bloor Consulting provides a comprehensive guidance service enabling your organisation to optimise its IT Sourcing Decisions and Technology Strategy.
History
Bloor was founded back in 1989 by Robin Bloor. Our consistently high standard of research, analysis & consulting is acknowledged by international press and other industry analysts and commentators as being some of the most authoritative work on computing and business issues.
We are constantly innovating the way we provide advice and guidance by leveraging the impartiality of our analysts' solutions with direct consultation on businesses IT investments. By combining our deep understanding of technology with current trends and drivers in business, and by constantly evolving through use of vendor & customer surveys, we are able to offer a consultancy service that always has its finger on the pulse of todays business needs.
People
Bloor is a people-driven business; the quality of our Consultants and Analysts defines the service level we provide to our customers. For over 19 years we have recruited and developed some of the best analysts in the industry.
Ian RichmondOur head of consultancy Ian Richmond has over 35 years of industry experience working with IT. As an I.T. strategy consultant he has worked internationally for clients in a wide array of sectors including finance, petrochemical, airlines, and government.
Ian's expertise and knowledge are a testament to his esteemed past record: Vice President for Gartner Consulting in the UK (also managing the Middle East, Central Europe and South Africa), Managing Director of Microport International, and Software Technology manager for CAP Group. His extensive background covers consulting, procurement, management of computer services, hardware development and system development.
To contact Ian Richmond, please email: ian.richmond@bloorconsulting.com
Dr. Richard SykesRichard is Research Director, Services, guiding the development of the Bloor practice in the rapidly evolving services market place. His personal practice is as a strategic coach and trusted adviser in the impact of 'virtualisation' as services on technology & business process sourcing, outsourcing & offshoring business models.
He is a Main Board Director of Intellect (UK trade association for the hi-tech industries), chairing their Outsourcing & Offshore Group. He serves on the global advisory board of Quick Start Global Ltd and the UK Business Development Board of Cordys. He is an Associate of CSC's Leading Edge Forum. He has co-authored with Mark Kobayashi-Hilary a business book 'Global Services: Moving to a Level Playing Field' (BCS, 2007).
Richard was Group VP IT at ICI 1993–1999, then (1999-2004) chaired the outsourcing consultancy Morgan Chambers plc (acquired by Equaterra Inc), Site Confidence Ltd (acquired by NCC Group) and Solcom Ltd (which he still chairs).
To contact Dr Richard Sykes, please email: richard.sykes@bloorconsulting.com
David NorrisDavid Norris started in the computer industry working on the LACES computer Systems at Heathrow in 1978, starting off life as an Assembler programmer.
Realising that programming was not his strength he moved rather rapidly into analysis playing a major role in the design of ACP 80 DEPS the customs entry system. After the implementation he left and joined Rank Xerox as a systems analyst. Arriving just as they lost their patents he spent four turbulent years leading projects to revamp the costs and efficiency of Xerox in a competitive market.
After a brief stay at Calor Gas in search of RDBMS experience, David joined Coopers & Lybrand (C&L) in 1984 and, at the age of 30, turned his back on enterprise systems for the delights of business intelligence and the life of a consultant, a move he has never regretted.
In 1986 he designed a star schema database for the AA without realising that was what it was! After eight years at C&L he joined Dun & Bradstreet, rising to become a VP of Technical Strategy and Quality - in which role he worked in the US as a pioneer on very large data warehouses. Returning to Europe, he worked as an independent consultant before joining Tandem to look after Telco BI, specialising in operational data stores and near real-time warehousing. As a result of acquisitions David ended up working for HP. With David approaching 50, he decided a change of career was called for.
To contact David Norris, please email: david.norris@bloorconsulting.com
Martin BramptonAn internationally known IT Industry Analyst, Martin has an unrivalled grasp of the complexities of the IT sector built on research and practical experience. His ability to offer clear explanations of the issues, spoken or written, is widely valued.
Martin's grasp of IT is founded on the early years of his career, when he built major software systems in both financial and technical application areas. Several of his systems were acclaimed as "legendary" in their reliability, and they went on to join the much discussed software legacy.
Taking responsibility for the entire IT provision of a well-known City professional firm, Martin pursued both innovation and efficiency. He was the driving force behind, amongst others, an advanced OO practice management system and early Internet adoption.
For three years, Martin worked as a director of Bloor Research, handling research and consulting roles. He wrote an influential paper for IBM describing the deployment of CRM in the insurance industry. He chaired numerous Bloor Research conferences. He was keynote speaker at prestigious client events such as Computer Associates' CEO Exchange and Hewlett Packard's EMEA Storage Roadshow. He completed high level consultancy assignments with major financial companies and government organisations. And he wrote numerous papers and articles.
Now independent, Martin continues to have a strong interest in trends across the IT sector. Areas currently studied in depth include CRM, security, software development and infrastructure. Martin's work continues to include consultancy assignments, research and writing. He frequently speaks in public at conferences and other events and his weekly Devil's Advocate column is one of the most popular features on silicon.com.
To contact Martin Brampton, please email: martin.brampton@bloorconsulting.com
Analysts
Leveraging our consultancy service is our analyst & research team. They provide the foundation of knowledge, research and expertise in the IT industry that Bloor is renowned for.
