Montage’s well deserved reputation is due to its team of over 30 very experienced and senior people. Within Montage BI our key people have over 150 years of collective business experience.
CEO / Principal Consultant
Tony has over 14 years of experience of driving value from organisational investments in IT. After starting off in management accounting and transforming a large UK retailer’s BI and performance management function, Tony has spent the last decade consulting and leading large complex BI projects in varied sectors throughout the UK, Europe, US and Australasia.
Along with his business knowledge in various sectors, Tony completed an MBA in 2003 researching the key variable in IT/IS success and concludes that any “IT payback” ultimately depends on the need for alignment between the IT and organisational strategy. Other qualifications include a B.Com from Canterbury (NZ), post graduate accounting (ACCA,UK) and project management ( PRINCE2 accredited practitioner).
As CEO of Montage; Tony brings a passion for success along with strong leadership that ensures alignment between people, process and technology.
BI Practice Manager / Principal Consultant
Craig began his IT career 16 years ago, developing a capital budgeting system in the telecommunications sector, before moving into Corporate Data Warehousing, and then consulting, Project Managing and leading teams in the implementation of Business Intelligence and CRM projects. Craig’s Business Intelligence engagements have seen him work in sectors as varied as Utilities (telecommunications and energy), Banking, Insurance, and Online business in New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.
Craig holds a BSc in Computer Science, a diploma in Project Management, and has been a certified Project Manager with the Project Management Institute (PMI) since 2006.
Craig prides himself in forming close, professional relationships with senior business stakeholders, and is highly valued for his clear grasp of commercial and operational processes and governance, including Programme Delivery and PMO functions. Craig’s passion is in leading teams to add maximum value to customer engagements, to ensure technology integrates and contributes to commercial success.
CTO / Principal Consultant
Rob has 17 years of experience in the architecture, design and delivery of Business Intelligence solutions with a focus on the data structures required to effectively deliver business information.
Over this time he has worked for some of the largest enterprises in Australia and New Zealand. These include Telstra, Air New Zealand and AMP Insurance. As well as hands on experience Rob was Program Director for Meta Group where he was responsible for the delivery of research on Data Warehousing and CRM in the Asia Pacific Region.
Rob specializes in BI strategy consulting. As CTO of Montage Business Intelligence, Rob is responsible for researching and setting the technical direction for the company which is then used to assist clients in technology choices for their BI environments.
CIO / Principal Consultant
Chip has spent the past two decades helping organizations turn data into actionable business information (BI). He has extensive experience in the health care and government sectors, including health policy and program development, program evaluation and research, health informatics, performance management, and executive leadership. Chip has Master Degrees in Computer Science and also Social Welfare.
Before moving to New Zealand in 2008, Chip served as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the New York State Office of Mental Health in the US, the agency responsible for all public funded mental health services delivered to New York’s 19 million citizens. He was responsible for all clinical and administrative information systems, led the development of a comprehensive performance management system and the supporting BI platform, and led organizational change efforts to develop an agency-wide culture of information use and data-driven decision making.
At Montage, Chip is Principal Consultant in the healthcare and government sectors, and works with all clients as needed concerning dashboards and advanced analytics. Within Montage, he assesses emergent BI technologies, evaluates BI products, and conducts quality assurance to ensure that the methods and technologies used with clients are state-of-the-art best practices.
Senior BI Consultant
Stuart has over 17 years experience in implementing Business Intelligence solutions at some of the largest organisations in the UK, Europe, USA and New Zealand spanning sectors which include Health, Agribusiness. Telecommunications, Retail and Travel.
Stuart is a Microsoft Certified IT Professional and specialises in leading the architecture and development of BI and Data Warehouse solutions.
BI Consultant
James has over 10 years experience in designing and delivering Business Intelligence solutions. A former Team Leader at Waikato District Health Board and Senior Developer at Fonterra, James has a strong background in Health and Manufacturing. With a BCOM in Information Science and excellent knowledge of multiple Business Intelligence technologies and methodologies, including implementation on Oracle, SAP, and Microsoft platforms, James brings a diverse range of skills to any BI project.
Senior Consultant
Peter is an experienced consultant and project manager, specialising in the fields of business analysis and modelling.
Over the past 10 years his decision support expertise has delivered measurable benefits to major private and public sector organisations both in NZ and the UK.
At Montage, Peter brings his experience in the fields of business intelligence, compliance, quality and risk management to ensure solutions provide decision analysis and performance improvement capabilities.
CRM Specialist
Ian ’s strong sense of customer advocacy, built up over 20 years specialist experience in Customer Support and management of Sales and CRM business systems, drives him to deliver CRM solutions that fit the real world needs of Montage’s customers. Ian also has IT infrastructure management experience and he spent several years as the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Architect in a global manufacturing company. Ian is an expert in the configuration and deployment of this very popular platform.
BI Reporting Specialist
With 10 years experience leading the provision of reporting solutions to financial, health and Agribusiness clients, Dave’s expertise covers a wide range reporting tools, most notably MS Reporting Services, Tableau, Excel and the SQL Server Business Intelligence product range. Dave has a passion for optimising the reporting and analytics ‘user experience’. This, combined with over 6 years in a BI role at one of Australia’s blue chip banks, his flair for visual design and his ability to build in data driven web applications, positions Dave as our preeminent visualisation and reporting authority.
Consultant
Paul worked as a Management Accountant for over 10 years in the UK and Australia. He then managed a Business Support Team of business analysts and data warehouse specialists at a south island District Health Board. In this role Paul oversaw the delivery of a BI solution to provide financial and activity reporting and analysis. Using his considerable experience he now provides business consultancy services to public and private enterprises and has been working with Montage Business Intelligence for a number of years.
At Montage Paul uses his background in both accounting and health in the areas of business requirements, process redesign and aligning operational accountability with strategic goals. Paul provides the necessary connection between the needs of business users and the design and delivery of the IT solution.
Chairman
Mike founded the Montage group of companies 20 years ago and drove the emergence of Business Intelligence as a new Montage service line through to the point at which it has become a separate, sibling Montage company under the leadership of Tony Millar.
Mike continues as CEO of Montage Interactive which offers web presence management platforms and services to US manufacturing enterprises.
Mike is a founder and Director of my7q.com, a specialised BI offering providing customer satisfaction analysis and management and has driven the development of H2, a Montage owned new technology that extends the reach and value of Montage BI’s solutions.
