As a Vice President and Principal Analyst, Michael oversees two main research practice areas at Aberdeen: Business Analytics, and Business Planning & Execution. Between these two areas of coverage, the team conducts cutting edge, user-driven research in some of the most critical and growing areas of the business world including business intelligence (BI), big data, enterprise resource planning (ERP), corporate performance management (CPM), financial management & GRC, and business process management (BPM). Michael’s own research focuses on business analytics and the usage of these vital tools and strategies among a growing base of non-technical, line-of-business decision makers. The research covers emerging trends such as self-service BI, collaborative analytics, operational intelligence, and embedded BI. Michael’s fact-based research explores the end-user’s perspective of business analytics and continually seeks to draw a connection between analytical activity and tangible, repeatable business performance.