Ted Williams
Ted Williams serves as Executive Director of The Information Management Forum and Global Information Partners. In 2001 he founded Global Information Partners, a benchmarking company dedicated to more meaningful IT comparisons than were, or are, available in the market. As Global grew with some great clients and a 100% repeat business rate (which it still maintains) Ted became familiar with the Information Management Forum. The quantitative Global and the qualitative IMF were a perfect match as they shared the same values: open information exchange, extreme objectivity and close client relationships. In 2005 IMF and Global were combined under the umbrella of Information Companies, Inc. Ted works actively in day to management of both companies and is very involved with benchmarking activities and assisting members with decision support and guidance for all aspects of IT.

Ted started with IBM in Detroit after college and has been in IT for 25 (short) years. He is a frequent contributor to IT and business management publications and a regular presenter at industry forums, addressing a variety of topics related to IT value, best practices and performance improvement strategies. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Wittenberg University.

David Burkett
David Burkett has a distinguished career in IT with roles ranging from Data Center Manager to CIO to heading an international consulting firm. Prior to joining IMF, Dave served as President of Compass North America and was responsible for the activities of the offices in the U.S. and Canada. He joined Compass in 1992, establishing the Canadian operation. Under his direction, the Company grew to become the largest of its kind in Canada. Dave became President of Compass America in 1998. He has 30 years of experience in all aspects of Information Technology. Dave is an expert in technology planning, systems management, achieving cost effective operations, IT trends and directions and IT outsourcing.

Before joining Compass, Dave was the Information Systems Executive with The Mutual Group. During his career, he has shared his expertise in regular speaking engagements, including IT Best Practices, IT Outsourcing and IT Trends and Directions.

Dave is a graduate of the Queen’s University Executive Business Program, and he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Math from the University of Waterloo. Dave is a Fellow of the Life Management Institute

Caleb Masland
Caleb Masland is the Managing Director with Global Information Partners and the Information Management Forum, overseeing Consulting Services and IT Benchmarking. Through these roles, Caleb strives to uncover improvement opportunities for clients and to deliver quality projects for client satisfaction. He has also been a contributor at IT Finance conferences on subjects such as IT Benchmarking Trends and Best Practices and Effectively Leveraging and Presenting Benchmarking Data, and has written book chapters and white papers on IT benchmarking that have been featured in the US and internationally.
Caleb is a Wake Forest Demon Deacon, holding a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology with a focus on statistical design and analysis.

May Advincula
May serves as the Director of Communication for The Information Management Forum and Global Information Partners. Through this role May manages the organization’s communication efforts and helps to provide clients with IT-related information from previous studies and engagements held throughout the year. She accomplishes this primarily through management of the reports process involving editing, and publishing in addition to the management of social media applications to update clients with the latest information from the IT community. May graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism specializing in Publication Management.

Natalie Phillips
Natalie serves as Director of Operations for Global Information Partners. She has more than 20 years of experience in a variety IT marketing and project management roles. She also has extensive hands-on leadership experience in integrating disparate IT, Marketing and Operations initiatives, including more than eight years at Home Depot, where she most recently directed the global B2B Services organization. In that capacity, Natalie successfully enabled cutting-edge electronic invoicing, logistics and distribution processes across one of the retail industries largest and most diverse supply chains. While at The Home Depot, Natalie also managed several large projects including the International SAP project and Y2K initiative. Natalie has also held several management positions at companies such as BetweenMarkets, Borland, Powersoft/Sybase and has been able to build bridges from industry-standard to industry-leading by developing innovative competitive advantages in rapidly changing environments.Natalie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from The University of New Haven.

Greig Holder
Greig Holder brings more than 30 years of IT expertise, with a focus on strategic planning, analysis, and business problem solving through technology best practice. Greig was recently an executive consultant and Vice President of Consulting with Compass, where he assisted clients in financial services, transportation, government, and utilities in Canada and the United States.

Before joining Compass, Greig held increasingly senior IT positions with Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited, including Director of Process Leadership and Information Technology, the CIO position. While at Ford, Greig was responsible for many major IT achievements, including a benchmarking program which identified improvements of 50 percent in application development productivity levels. Greig also led a major consolidation of Ford’s data centers, culminating in improved efficiency and service levels.

Greig has continued his commitment to professional development through the Western Executive Program at the University of Western Ontario, Leadership Education and Development at the University of Michigan, and the National Quality Institute’s Framework for Effectiveness program.