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Ullrich
Loefller
Country Manager
IDC New Zealand
Ullrich Loeffler is the Country Manager
for IDC New Zealand. Prior to moving into
this position, Ullrich spent 3 years in
IDC's software team across Australia and
New Zealand, where he provided ongoing analysis
on software trends in the South Pacific
Region.
Most recently, Ullrich held the role of
Program Manager Software where he was responsible
for the management, coordination and further
development of the software research programs
across Australia and New Zealand. In addition,
Ullrich took over the Program Manager role
for the New Zealand Services business in
2008.
In his current position of Country Manager,
Ullrich is responsible for the overall business
management and the ongoing development of
consulting engagements, strategic analysis,
product development and business planning
advisory services to IDC clients across
the full range of ICT platforms.
During his time at IDC, Ullrich has been
a regular speaker at IDC and industry events
across Australia and New Zealand and he
is frequently quoted in IT and trade publications
throughout the Asia/Pacific region.
Prior to joining IDC, Ullrich worked in
project management for sales and marketing
for several international companies in Germany
and New Zealand. He holds a masters degree
in Business/Economics with majors in Industrial
Economics, Industrial Management and Marketing.
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Angelo
Koulos
Project Director, Finance Transformation and
Integration
Westpac Banking Corporation Angelo
Koulos joined Westpac from St George Bank
as part of the merger process in 2008. He
has more than 15 years experience within
financial services in senior finance, operations
and project roles. He also has had experience
in tertiary education, recruitment services
and has been a regular presenter and contributor
at leading conferences and business forums.
Angelo is currently responsible for the
enterprise deployment of a Finance Datamart,
which is being leveraged to produce business
intelligence and reporting across the Westpac
business. He is also managing the roll-out
of planning and forecasting processes and
models, to enable strategic and management
decision-making across the business, and
the redesign of regulatory reporting using
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David
Merchant
Sales Manager, Business Analytics
IBM
David Merchant manages a team of sellers across
ANZ within the IBM Software Group focusing
on Business Analytics. He has been with Cognos
(acquired by IBM in January 2008) for over
nine years with a variety of roles across
sales, channel management and marketing. He
has been involved in the area of Business
Intelligence and Performance Management for
over 12 years and during that time has worked
with many of Australia’s leading organisations,
both as customers and business partners.
Mr Merchant has over 25 years experience
in the IT industry, both in the UK and Australia.
He has held sales positions with SAS Institute,
Silicon Graphics, Hewlett Packard and Digital
Equipment Corporation. Mr. Merchant holds
a degree in Marine Engineering.
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