“Ade McCormack sounds a much-needed clarion call for IT to "grow up" and become a mature business function.” Nicholas Carr, author of ‘Does IT Matter?’ and ‘The Big Switch’ Former executive editor – Harvard Business Review

Ade McCormack is an author, market commentator and leadership advisor.

Here are some highlights:

• Ade McCormack’s career has extended from real-time software engineer to business adviser. You might say ‘from bits to boardroom’.
• He has an opinion column in the Financial Times advising business leaders on IT issues.
• He is a visiting lecturer at MIT Sloan on the subject of digital leadership.
• He was also editor of IT Leadership a publication targeted at business leaders with turnover in excess of $0.5bn.
• He is a visiting fellow of the City University School of Informatics with specific involvement in the Information Leadership programme.
• Nick Carr ex Harvard Business Review editor and author of ‘Does IT Matter?’ fame states that “Ade McCormack sounds a much-needed clarion call for IT to "grow up" and become a mature business function.”
• He also has an opinion column in CIO magazine.
• He advises both business leaders and CIOs on how to maximise the business return on their IT investment.
• He is an established keynote speaker including several Gartner Summits.
• He is the author of 3 books:
  • IT Demystified – An IT guide for business professionals.
  • The IT Value Stack – A boardroom guide to IT leadership.
  • The business-friendly IT glossary.
• He is also the author of the European Commission’s ‘The e-Skills Manifesto – A Call to Arms’.
• He has over 26 years experience at the business-IT interface.
• Ade has worked in 20 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the US and Africa.