About the author

Dr Dan Remenyi has spent more than 25 years working as a computer consultant, during which he has been primarily concerned with the efficient and effective use of information technology. One of his special areas of interest as an IT consultant is the realization of IT benefits and thus obtaining the maximum value for money from the organizations’ information system's investment and effort. In recent years he has specialized in the area of formulation and implementation of strategic information systems and how to evaluate the performance of these and other systems. He has also worked extensively in the field of information systems project management specializing in the area of project risk identification and management. He has written a number of books in the field of IT management and regularly conducts courses and seminars.

He has worked over the years for many organizations both as a management consultant and as an executive development facilitator in different parts of the world. These organizations include IBM, Barclays Bank, Ernst and Young, FI Group, Caterpillar Division of Barlows, Andersen Consulting, National Health Service in the United Kingdom, Spoornet (the national railroad company of South Africa), Liberty Life Insurance Company, and the Anglo Vaal Mining Corporation.

Dan Remenyi holds a B.Soc.Sc., an MBA and a PhD. He is a Visiting Professor at Trinity College Dublin and an associate member of faculty at Henley Management College in the United Kingdom.