This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is an internationally recognized thought-leader in the area of IT strategy and management. He founded SIG411 to provide resources to support enterprise and individual sustainability efforts.

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is a SIG411 Associate and a principal at ValueBridge Advisors, an advisory firm focused on the intersection of business effectiveness, technology economics and decision making. There he helps leader get more business value from business-technology investment through a risk-return approach.

Prior roles include: IBM (including IT strategy, governance and risk management in the CIO Office, and leading the global community of practice on governance, risk and compliance), Lucent Technologies, and AT&T/SBC/Ameritech. He led teams to nine U.S. patents and co-holds the copyright on the “Value-Added Diamond” business planning model.

Mr. Barnier is a frequent speaker for professional organizations such as ISACA, RMA, GARP and IIA, and a writer for  business and technology publications, including contributing to the Wiley & Sons book Risk Management in Finance (May 2009). He has conducted research on effectiveness of management actions to improve IT and business outcomes, most recently as co-leader of a study and two papers sponsored by IBM and MIT’s Center for Information Systems Research. He has served on several industry best practices committees such as the ISACA IT-ERM Task Force (that created RiskIT), ISACA education task forces, the ISACA Professional Influence and Advocacy Committee, the OCEG Redbook Foundation Review Committee and the Shared Assessment Program Agreed Upon Procedures committee for supply chain audit.

He taught Operations & Financial Management at the University of Detroit Mercy and guest lectured at several other institutions, including the Siberian Federal University in Russia. He earned an MBA and BBA with Distinction, Beta Gamma Sigma, Financial Management Honor Society, Delta Sigma Pi and other honors from The University of Michigan. Certified by ISACA in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT).

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is a SIG411 Associate and President of Clabby Analytics, an information technology (IT) research and analysis firm that specializes in analysis of systems, storage, and networking trends, infrastructure, and related management environments.

Mr. Clabby has been in the information systems marketplace for 32 years.  His background includes computer sales and marketing, product management, and research and analysis.  This background gives Mr. Clabby a unique perspective when it comes to research and analysis because:

• His sales background enables him to understand computing challenges from an enterprise buyer perspective;

• His marketing and program management background enables him to understand market positioning as well as developmental challenges from a vendor perspective; and,
• His research and analysis reflects his understanding of both IT buyers as well as IT vendors.

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is a SIG411 Associate and Managing Director Information Security and Legal Services at Tal Global.  Mr. Dietz has over 30 years of diversified military and commercial information security experience. Recent projects include work for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention in Atlanta, GA and assignments in support of the US Department of Defense Joint Chiefs of Staff and the US Special Operations Command. Previously at Symantec Corporation for 6 years, Dietz formerly served as Sr Director of Government Solutions, Corporate Strategist, Director of Enterprise Marketing for North America, and Director of Market Intelligence, Analyst and Government Relations. A well respected analyst, he held key analyst roles with Sageza Group, Zona Research and Giga Information Group. Mr. Dietz has been an analyst of the market for information security products and services since 1978. He has published a wide array of articles and reports and is a sought after speaker.

A licensed attorney in California and a recognized authority in compliance, Dietz has lectured internationally critical legal issues related to the Cyber warfare, the Internet and Electronic Commerce. He retired as a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, where assignments include a variety of Intelligence and PSYOP positions. He holds BS in BA from Northeastern University, MBA from Babson College, JD from Suffolk University, LLM in European Law from Leicester University, United Kingdom and Masters in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. Dietz is an Adjunct Faculty Instructor for American Military University, an on-line graduate and undergraduate institution where he teaches courses on military intelligence and security.

Jim Turner is an Associate Analyst at SIG411 and Principal of Affinity Communication.  He is a Trainer, Mediator, Project Manager, and Strategic

Communications Consultant with over 20 years experience creating and facilitating game-changing dialogue and managing projects that tackle important business and social issues. Jim is expert in facilitating cross-sector collaboration and breaking down silos to create sustainable and practical solutions.

Since 1994, after a short career producing professional theater, Jim has worked in private education, corporate training, advertising, marketing, video production, information technology, and media.  Most recently, he managed the three-year BayPrep project, a cross-sector initiative to develop and implement preparedness standards for social safety net non-profit organizations as a means of increasing the overall disaster response readiness of the San Francisco Bay Area.  Prior to that, he produced a series of conferences on CO₂ Cap-and-Trade markets and early stage investment for Clean Energy and Technology start-ups.

Jim specializes in the intersection of business and public policy to help clients collaborate, solve problems, and innovate.  Current projects include: managing stakeholder engagement on a regional donations management program with URS, rolling out the new Disaster Asset Registry (CRADAR)  with the California Resiliency Alliance, and  evangelizing as an Ambassador with AidMatrix for their suite of humanitarian logistics management tools.  He is also an MBA student at the Masagung school of Management at University of San Francisco concentrating in organizational development and sustainability.

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is an Associate Analyst at SIG411 and a veteran of over 25 years in high-tech business and thought leadership.  As principal of MLR Associates, Mr. McCullough delivers strategic insight to technology vendors, and actionable plans to organizations utilizing technology to obtain business goals.  His past experience entails stints at such renowned industry analyst firms as IDC, Yankee Group, and Hurwitz, as well as strategic marketing and consulting roles at a variety of software and professional services vendors.  Mr. McCullough also co-founded a research firm (Experture LLC), and for over a decade has held adjunct faculty positions, teaching business and e-commerce courses at the graduate level at noted Boston-area universities.

Mr. McCullough holds a BS in business from Suffolk University in Boston and an MBA from Babson College.  He is a frequent speaker at industry events, as well as leader of workshops and seminars.