Bio

Global Senior Managing Director of Accenture R&D Labs, Accenture Ventures, Accenture Strategic Growth Initiatives and Accenture Studios. Lead a variety of groups within Accenture for over 23 years, and have had the privilege to work across all the five industries we serve. I joined the Technology Research & Development team from Advanced Technology & Architecture where I was the global lead for Emerging Technology. I have held several global leadership roles within our technology group for Application Portfolio Optimization and SOA/Integration Architecture. I have worked at the leading edge of technology, notably in voice recognition, knowledge-based systems and neural networks. One of 105 Accenture certified Master Technology Architects, a Solution Architect and Select Quality Assurance director; I have a broad software engineering and delivery experience, particularly in IT areas such as component and object-oriented technologies. Before joining Accenture in 1998, I was part of IBM Global Services where I published several articles and books on C++ and Java programming with Prentice Hall. Specialties: Enterprise Architecture, Large International IT Program Delivery, SOA, Component and Internet-based Architectures, Artificial Intelligence, IT Banking, IT Transport