Celerant Consulting Appoints Howard Lamb Chief Technology Officer and Leader of Its Technology Transformation Service Line.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2003 Operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. leader further expands U.S. presence with latest executive appointment Celerant Consulting, the global operational strategy and implementation specialist today announced the appointment of Howard Lamb as Chief Technology Officer, and leader of its Technology Transformation Service Line. Prior to his appointment to CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , Lamb spent more then three years at Celerant helping clients fully leverage their existing infrastructures to support a wide range of business objectives and operational imperatives, including: IT effectiveness, management information, application integration, e-commerce, and intranet/extranet applications. "Most organizations have very large investments sunk in their IT, and - on average - have seen only ten percent of the benefits - or value for money - that had initially been anticipated. Rather than recommending to clients that they replace their existing systems, effectively doubling their IT costs, Celerant's approach focuses on unlocking the value of the systems already in place," said Lamb. "Celerant views it as a new pragmatism pragmatism (prăg`mətĭzəm), method of philosophy in which the truth of a proposition is measured by its correspondence with experimental results and by its practical outcome. in IT, and prefer to focus on the 'right time data' over 'real time data'. Typically, we have found that, by spending only ten percent of what they have already invested in IT, clients can unlock the remaining ninety percent of latent Hidden; concealed; that which does not appear upon the face of an item. For example, a latent defect in the title to a parcel of real property is one that is not discoverable by an inspection of the title made with ordinary care. value." "Howard has significant hands-on experience which covers the whole IT spectrum. He has assessed system needs, built software solutions, run data centers and delivered technical services," said Dwight Gertz, President of Celerant's North American operations North American operation Surgical oncology Radical surgery of a 'frozen pelvis', consisting of radical en bloc resection of the uterus and urinary bladder. See 'Frozen pelvis.'. Cf 'All-American' and 'South American' operations. . "His deep knowledge of the IT industry, coupled with his expertise in designing and implementing major change strategies to deliver significant, measurable results will continue to provide our clients with competitive advantage in their respective industries." Howard's career in IT spans 25 years. Before moving into consultancy, he held several senior IT management positions at Digital Equipment Corporation - he was the youngest manager in DEC's IT organization. He was global solutions IT director, and internet and web technologies director at Wang Global. He held the position of e-technology director and global solutions IT director at Getronics, a $4 billion computer services Data processing (timesharing, batch processing), software development and consulting services. See service bureau, SaaS and ASP. company. He has also worked as an analyst, programmer and in operations support for the British Government and at IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . About Celerant Consulting Celerant Consulting enables leading companies to achieve significant increases in quantifiable value. The company provides operational strategy and implementation services and prides itself on being the consultant most able to help organizations progress rapidly from thinking differently to acting differently. Headquartered in London, Celerant Consulting has a 15-year track record and an established presence throughout Europe and North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The majority of its clients are the top 1000 companies in the world across Energy, Process, Manufacturing, FMCG FMCG Fast Moving Consumer Goods , and Infrastructure industries. Celerant Consulting is an affiliate of Novell, Inc. For more information, please visit: http://www.celerantconsulting.com |
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