Ventana Research Veteran Alan S. Kay Promoted to SVP Research Management

    SAN RAMON, CA, January 05, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Ventana Research has promoted industry veteran Alan S. Kay to Senior Vice President of Research Management.

Alan, who recently celebrated his sixth anniversary with Ventana Research, formerly served as Vice President of Research Management. In his new position, Alan will continue his management role and growth of the development, publication, accessibility, delivery and syndication of Ventana Research's educational research spanning its industry recognized benchmark research, value index, syndicated research, educational white papers and research perspectives. This research is the foundation for the firm's research, advisory and assessment services.

"Alan is a core part of the foundation at Ventana Research. He is a great leader and motivator, which helps his team produce such superb results and is congratulated for his well deserved promotion," said Mark Smith, CEO and Chief Research Officer of Ventana Research. "Alan's dedication and passion plays a vital role in making Ventana Research the world's best business technology research and advisory services firm by ensuring the quality and timely delivery of research deliverables."

In 2011 alone, Alan managed his team on the delivery of more than 20 benchmark research reports, each of which take approximately six months of work from concept to delivery to the industry. In addition, he oversaw the delivery of hundreds of research notes and dozens of educational white papers and research perspectives for use around the world. Along with his operations and research work, Alan has helped improved Ventana Research by being a member of the management team.

Before he joined Ventana Research, Alan was a veteran business journalist and his writing has appeared in BusinessWeek, CIO, Forbes, Fortune, InformationWeek, the Washington Post, Wired, and many more prestigious publications.

About Ventana Research
Ventana Research is the most authoritative and respected benchmark business technology research and advisory services firm. We provide insight and expert guidance on mainstream and disruptive technologies through a unique set of research-based offerings including benchmark research and technology evaluation assessments, education workshops and our research and advisory services, Ventana On-Demand. Our unparalleled understanding of the role of technology in optimizing business processes and performance and our best practices guidance are rooted in our rigorous research-based benchmarking of people, processes, information and technology across business and IT functions in every industry. This benchmark research plus our market coverage and in-depth knowledge of hundreds of technology providers means we can deliver education and expertise to our clients to increase the value they derive from technology investments while reducing time, cost and risk.

Ventana Research provides the most comprehensive analyst and research coverage in the industry; business and IT professionals worldwide are members of our community and benefit from Ventana Research's insights, as do highly regarded media and association partners around the globe. Our views and analyses are distributed daily through blogs and social media channels ncluding Twitter, Facebook,LinkedIn and Business Week's Business Exchange.

To learn how Ventana Research advances the maturity of organizations' use of information and technology through benchmark research, education and advisory services, visit www.ventanaresearch.com.

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