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Experience-based perspective and Thought Leadership on topics relevant in Business and Technology.


From Legacy Chaos to Strategic Clarity: How We Cut Budgeting Time by 90% Using OneStream Workflows
What if you could reduce your budgeting cycle from weeks to days? For one government organization, that’s now reality. By combining the power of the OneStream platform with HPMarin’s proven implementation methodology, we transformed a fragmented process into streamlined, data-driven workflows. Before this transformation, the client was managing budgets across multiple districts and programs using legacy software and disconnected Excel files. Within each district, a single pro
Dillon West
2 min read


AI a Force Multiplier and What it Means to Your Organization
AI a Force Multiplier and What it Means to Your Organization
Robert Marinelli
8 min read


Trusting Your Data is Non-Negotiable; Why?
Data has become a strategic asset in today’s business world. Companies are striving to become data-centric as they seek to make more...
Harry Hanelt
5 min read


PRIVATE EQUITYSTRATEGY SHIFT FOR A CHANGING MARKETPLACE
According to Marc Nachman, Asset Management Chief at Goldman Sachs in a January 2024 Financial Times Article, he writes: “Private equity...
Robert Marinelli
7 min read


SIMPLIFYING PUBLIC SECTOR BUDGETING AND PLANNING FOR “PERSONNEL”
Public Sector budgeting and planning is complex and challenging, especially personnel budgeting. Most Public Sector Agencies provide...
Robert Marinelli
10 min read


Change Management: A Key Linchpin to the Success of Any IT Project
There are many reasons why an Information Technology Project might FAIL, but no reason more damaging than Failed Change Management!...
Robert Marinelli
5 min read


Planning for Value
The Finance-Function Dilemma The business analysis expectations of the finance operations of a company are ever escalating in the new...
Richard Drobner
6 min read


REITs and Fund Compliance: A Case for Modernizing Financial Systems
The regulatory environment is constantly evolving. In this variable state, real estate financial officers need to ensure they are...
Robert Marinelli
3 min read


Legacy Systems Fail As Businesses Face Adversity
When unexpected business adversity and crisis strike, will your legacy business systems fail or meet the challenge? This past year...
Harry Hanelt
3 min read


Part 2: Technology Decisions That Can Enable Success or Lead to Unwanted Results
In Part 1 of the Digital Transformation series, I described the importance of proper talent and the commitment from executives and the...
Gregg Fenton
7 min read


Part 1: Deciding on Digital Transformation of the Portfolio. Are we Committed? Is the Team Ready?
In this first part of our four-part series about Digital Transformation, I’ll discuss the critical beginning of a business’s digital...
Gregg Fenton
6 min read


4 Part Series: Keys for How Businesses Succeed with their Digital Transformation
In a 4-part series, we delve into how businesses transform into a digital first business, the pitfalls and the key pieces which must be...
Gregg Fenton
2 min read


Turning Legacy Systems into an Innovation Powerhouse
As the cost of Software Maintenance for legacy systems increase, can you turn these applications into innovation drivers? Understanding...
Gregg Fenton
5 min read


GDPR: A Strategic Opportunity?
Data privacy challenges are garnering worldwide attention, with data positioned as the new oil. When reports and interviews around data...
Harry Hanelt
4 min read


Hold the DAM: Why starting with a data strategy is key to successful Digital Asset Management
Digital asset: a trendy term or a transformative concept? A digital asset is simply content that is stored digitally, typically in...
Mark Katz + Harry Hanelt
4 min read


MONETIZING DATA: FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
Once Dorothy and her colleagues made the journey to OZ, they quickly found out that there was no there, there (every now and then, one...
Mark Katz
5 min read


Shift in the Computing Model for the Financial Services Sector
There has, in recent years, been a significant paradigm shift in computing. The original computing model was that you would write a...
Phil Teplitzky
2 min read


Fintech’s Biggest Trends of 2017 – What Were They?
This year there were several innovations in fintech that have represented true industry disruption. Each of these technologies has the...
Mark Katz
4 min read


For the Insurance Industry Implementing a Master Data Management is Key to Success
You can have data without information, but you cannot have information without data.” – Daniel Keys Moran The term Big Data is probably a...
Mark Katz
4 min read


Dramatically Lower Systems Maintenance Costs – By Rapidly Creating Documentation
It is a well-known Software Engineering axiom that the cost of building a system only represents 25% to 30% of its cost. The cost of...
Phil Teplitzky
3 min read
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