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“Ade McCormack sounds a
much-needed clarion call for IT to "grow up" and become a mature
business function. And he provides a practical management framework and a
rich set of case studies that will help companies achieve that difficult
goal.”
Nicholas Carr, author of Does IT Matter? and The Big Switch
Former executive editor – Harvard
Business Review
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An
experienced, forward thinking and pragmatic business-IT expert
About Ade McCormack
Education
Honours degree in Physics with Astrophysics
- University of Leicester, England
Past
The first half of Ade’s career was spent in
software development. Initially as a real-time software engineer/technical
project manager at Ferranti Computer Systems (three years) and then with Logica
(seven years).
Whilst at Logica, Ade worked with the
European Space Agency, Credit Suisse First Boston, Royal Navy, Coastguard
Agency and the Ministry of Defence. He also had account and line management
responsibilities.
Ade noticed that in general there was a lack
of communication between IT and business people. He also noted during a
particularly bad sports accident whilst in hospital that those working in the
Health Sector consistently exhibited a high degree of professionalism in
comparison to the IT Sector. These observations led Ade to conclude that the IT
industry as a whole was under performing.
Consequently Ade set up Auridian to help
organisations realise the full value of their IT investment. Since 1995,
Auridian has worked with over 500 clients in this respect.
Typical engagements Ade has worked on
include:
- Advisory
- Advising the group board of a global bank on how to encourage
the organisation’s top executives to use IT to deliver business growth.
- Advising a global staffing company on the procurement of a
number of enterprise wide applications. Also set up a Quality system for
their IT department.
- Coaching
- Working with CIOs to enable them to become more influential in
business strategy.
- Training
- Design and delivery of a programme to help new entrant IT staff
understand the role of IT in a global financial services organisation.
Plus how to be more user-centric in their approach.
- Writing
- Editing and providing customer-facing content for a number of
publicly quoted technology companies.
- Columnist in the Financial Times advising business leaders on
IT issues.
- Public speaking
- Keynote speaker at breakfast meetings on behalf of technology
companies looking to position themselves as thought leaders in the eyes
of their clients.
Interests
Ade is married with one son. He is an
ex-county level sprinter and was once in the top 10 UK rankings for high jump
for under-15 boys. Since then he has morphed into a competing cross-country and
roadrunner.
He also enjoys French jive and ki-aikido.
High Profile Clients –
Past and Present
Citigroup, HSBC, ITV, Manpower, EDS, GSK,
Goldman Sachs, Barclays, T-Mobile, Financial Times, Kent County Council,
LogicaCMG, Chelsea Building Society, HP, Royal Bank of Scotland, HBOS, Siemens,
British Airways, Roche, Adecco, Russell Reynolds, Carlson Marketing, Sky,
SThree, Vedior.
Ade McCormack’s Areas
of Engagement
Advisory
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Public speaking
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Writing
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Coaching
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IT leadership
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IT talent management
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IT market trends
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IT value maximization
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IT executive talent acquisition
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Technology procurement
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IT value audit.
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Client marketing events
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Client sales conferences
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Client IT department motivational
events
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International summits for CIOs and
CFOs
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Chairman
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Breakfast / after dinner speaker
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Facilitator.
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Author
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Articles and market guides
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Editor
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White papers
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Tech Sector Review
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FT columnist – Boardroom Debate –
Advising business leaders on IT issues.
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Business leaders
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CIOs
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Sales directors
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HR Directors.
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Representative
speaking engagements
FiTech (Finance)
‘Boardroom-driven
IT’
Switzerland
Alternative Strategies for Recruiting IT Staff (Recruitment)
‘What
makes techies tick?’
London
The IT Director’s Forum 2005
‘Aligning
IT Staff to the Business’
On board Aurora cruise liner
London Connects (Public Sector)
‘The
IT Talent Challenge’
London
IT Strategies for Managing Regulatory
Compliance
‘Absorbing
regulatory compliance into the IT strategy’
London
Retail IT Summit
Chair
/ ‘Moving Beyond Alignment Towards Business-IT Entwinement’
Switzerland
European Banking Forum
Chair
Monte Carlo
The IT Director’s Forum 2008
‘Leading
IT to the Boardroom’
On board Arcadia cruise liner
Popular Speaking
Topics
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IT value
optimization
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Technology
trends
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The trusted
IT adviser
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The 21st
century IT recruiter
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The hybrid
business technologist
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The future of
IT
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The future of work
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IT in the
boardroom
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IT
demystified
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The
IT-business Value Chain.
Click here
to hear Ade speak.
Selected articles by
Ade McCormack
“We must stop the CIO rushing to mend the printer”
Financial Times – 22nd November 2006
“How core is IT to your business?”
Financial Times – 21st June 2006
“Preparing the IT Department for life in the wild”
Financial Times – 18th October 2006
“Words – The Final Frontier”
Financial Times – 30th May 2007
“At the controls of the Digital Dashboard”
Financial Times – 30th May 2007
“Information is a religion and it needs its high priest”
Financial Times – 28th March 2007
“Zen can aid spiritual development in the boardroom”
Financial Times – 12th February 2007
“Tell your CIO of the need to cool IT”
Financial Times – 9th May 2007
“In an e-world, IT controls the customer experience”
Financial Times - 12th
February 2007
Ade has also had articles/columns in:
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IT Leadership (editor)
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CEO
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Computing
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MIS
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Local Government Chronicle
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IT Training.
Click here
to read some of Ade’s articles.
For more information
Email: ade@auridian.com
Click here for Ade’s blog
Phone: 00 44 (0) 1494
866 799.
