Scott McCready, President, CIOview
Scott McCready has over 20 years experience in both management and technology consulting, and specializes in the areas of finance, return on investment, and business process automation. He has provided his expert finance and technology consulting services to both large and small organizations, as well as major systems, software and ecommerce vendors, ISVs, VARs and Wall Street analysts.
McCready is President of CIOview Corp., the company he founded in 1998. CIOview (http://www.cioview.com/) develops software tools used by IT purchasers, IT consultants and IT vendors to assess the ROI (Return on Investment) and TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) of technology purchases. Scott and the CIOview team have created over forty TCOnow! and ROInow! products. Customers include technology vendors (IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Novell and more); technology consumers (CapitalOne, Kraft, US Postal Service, Dow Jones, SEI, Credit Suisse First Boston, and many more); and consultants of all sizes (Ernst & Young, Compucom, Cap Gemini and more).
Prior to founding CIOview Corp., Mr. McCready directed International Data Corporation's (IDC) research and consulting in the area of electronic workplace technologies. He is the author of several landmark studies on Return on Investment and the business impact of technology, including Lotus Notes: Agent of Change. This report detailed the experiences of more than 65 companies around the world that automated a variety of business processes with Lotus Notes. The study provided a unique level of insight into measuring the costs and benefits of technology investments, as well as return on investment (ROI) calculations for each company. In addition, Mr. McCready conducted similar studies on e-mail, Internet, data warehousing, collaborative technologies.
Prior to International Data Corp., Mr. McCready held positions at several technology and management consulting organizations. Mr. McCready writes and speaks regularly on the topic of quantifying the business benefits of technology. His speaking engagements include appearances at COMDEX, Lotusphere, NetWorld+Interop, and AIIM, as well as numerous vendor conferences. He is widely quoted in the trade, business and general press, including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Fortune, BusinessWeek, CIO Magazine, and others. He has appeared on ABC, CBS, and NBC television affiliates as well as National Public Radio and CNN. Mr. McCready has an undergraduate degree in Business from Edinburgh University, and holds an MBA from Rutgers Graduate School of Management. In addition, Mr. McCready has done extensive post-MBA study in the area of international finance.
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