Doug Laney currently heads marketing for BMC Software’s Global Services business and is a member of BMC’s thought leadership council. He is an accomplished data warehousing professional, consulting practice leader and an internationally recognized authority on information management, analytics and data quality. Prior to BMC, Doug ran META Group’s enterprise analytics research & advisory service, then launched Evalubase Research, a market intelligence firm providing user reviews of IT vendors and technologies. After beginning his career with Andersen Consulting, he spent several years in the expert systems field developing complex decision support and natural language query systems. Doug has a B.S. in Software Engineering and Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, sits on a number of advisory boards and resides as close to Wrigley Field as possible.