Jane Affleck - posts
Jane is on TEC’s writing and editing team, and has contributed blog posts and articles about a variety of software topics, including customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP) for services, and learning management systems (LMS).

Mihai Badescu - posts
Mihai is TEC’s senior project manager in the end-user projects and delivery team. He is responsible for coordinating the delivery of selection projects. With an extensive background in project management methodologies and consulting, he is a valuable asset to the company. Before joining TEC, Mihai worked for over eight years as a project manager for a software company in the electric utility sector.

Larry Blitz - posts
Larry is TEC’s promotion copywriter—and yes, that really is his last name. Larry brings his knowledge of advertising, business communications, IT, and the all-around foibles of human nature to bear on TEC’s daily newsletters, e-mail campaigns, and Vendor Showdowns.

Lynne Brash - posts
Lynne works with our analyst services team, and contributes random zeitgeist observations on the unexpected parallels between the software business and pop culture. Perez Hilton, you’ve been warned.

Josh Chalifour - posts
Josh is TEC’s director of knowledge services. He’s responsible for the groups developing, managing, writing, translating, and publishing TEC research (including knowledge bases and related content). In addition, Josh writes on enterprise software subjects and enjoys a particular concern for the free and open source software (FOSS) space. He graduated with a degree in philosophy from the University of California at Berkeley (US). Follow Josh on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Yu (Kurt) Chen - posts
Kurt is a research analyst with TEC. He is a fan of Kurt Cobain, Steve Vai, and fashion icon Yves Saint-Laurent. His areas of interest include product lifecycle management (PLM), total quality management. and environmental issues. Follow Kurt on Twitter or LinkedIn.

David Clark - posts
David is TEC’s managing editor. With over 13 years of experience as a writer, translator, and editor, his current focus is on best practices in enterprise software selection. Prior to joining TEC, David worked at the Canadian Space Agency. He has also worked as a production manager and stage manager in the live performance industry, and as an apprentice in a saxophone repair and restoration workshop.

Sherry Fox - posts
Sherry is not only the manager of TEC’s research analyst group, she is also its resident “rock star.” When she’s not working (managing her team, conducting vendor briefings and certifications, or researching the latest in software technology), she’s writing music, raising two wonderful boys, and learning everything there is to know about “the art of living Zen.” Follow Sherry on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Jorge García - posts
Jorge is TEC’s BI research analyst, and a fan of soccer, reading, and rock and roll. He also enjoys Mexican tacos, mole, and pozole. With 14 years of experience in applications development and BI, he’s always interested in learning something new from IT and life. Follow Jorge on Twitter.

Gabriel Gheorghiu - posts
As a teenager, Gabriel discovered the wonderful world of science fiction, with its robots and galactic empires. A few years later, when he had his first computer, he was fascinated by the amazing things a “plastic box” can do. When the time came for him to choose a career, it was inevitably related to computers—and since he was very interested in business and management, working with IT systems was the natural choice. Follow Gabriel on Twitter or LinkedIn.

P.J. Jakovljevic - posts
Besides being a rookie father and a Starbucks addict (the two may or may not be related), P.J. is a TEC veteran and an APICS buff. He is an equal opportunity analyst (EOA)—one of the first to pay due attention to the little guys that tend to be overlooked by the big analyst houses. P.J. is a proponent of “separation of church and state” (both in society and in the analyst world) and is committed to writing equally “tough but fair” analyses about all vendors and solutions, whether they are TEC clients or not. Follow PJ on Twitter, LinkedIn, or Facebook.

Lane Leskela - posts
Lane R. Leskela is an accomplished enterprise technology professional with 15 years of influential enterprise technology market research, software marketing, and governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) program consulting experience. He is an acknowledged expert in IT risk and compliance, enterprise software program management, risk and compliance software functions, and the GRC software marketplace. Leskela has been involved in the evaluation of numerous GRC technology strategy, product selection, and implementation planning programs for large and medium businesses.

Chuck Luffer - posts
Chuck is TEC’s champion of distraction. He is superbly adept at dog-walking, janitorial odd jobs, 3-and-a-half-star cuisine, and setting up C-level face-to-face meetings by breaking down the “impossible doors” that are inaccessible to TEC’s other, more focused employees. He is also blessed with the ability to fish, sail, golf, grow weeds, and think out of the box in which he fishes, sails, golfs, and grows weeds.

With 23 years of experience in the advertising, promotion, and sports marketing business, Chuck is also one of TEC’s co-founders, and an active contributor to TEC Insights. His role as co-founder of the Canadian Entrepreneur Organization, $3.85 (USD), and his perverse blend of unusual talents, gets him a latte at Starbucks, on a good day.

Anna Mallikarjunan - posts
Anna is on our R&D team and is tirelessly dedicated to the development of TEC’s decision support and business intelligence software. She enjoys the positively meditative quality of writing articles, and hopes—possibly in vain—that someday, writing will become her destiny.

Nergis Mazid - posts
Nergis is a senior editor at TEC. She’s currently exploring the nexus between enterprise software and foodie trends. “I know Lynne says that it’s about enterprise and pop culture, but really, it’s about the bread.”

Aleksey Osintsev - posts
Aleksey is a research analyst with TEC. His interests are broad and cover topics ranging from manufacturing and information technology to music and raising kids. He is an experienced optimist and highly appreciates a sense of humor.

Khudsiya Quadri - posts
Khudsiya is TEC’s supply chain analyst. Khudsiya has been with TEC’s end user sales team for the past two years, and is now exploring the TEC analyst world. Prior to joining TEC, she did some SAP consulting work for Imperial Tobacco. She loves Canada’s frosty climate, and enjoys each winter day with her two beautiful children. Follow Khudsiya on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Jamal Rahal - posts
Jamal is a technical writer who’s currently trying to wrap his head around the enterprise software market. He enjoys (gently) poking fun at the way software companies write about their products on the Web.

Paloma Somohano - posts
Paloma works on special projects for various departments at Technology Evaluation Centers. She has a BBA in management and an MBA in corporate social and environmental responsibility. Her areas of interest include corporate strategy, the environment, and international trade. In her free time, she enjoys sharing in other intellectually stimulating activities with close acquaintances. Follow Paloma on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Neil Stolovitsky - posts
Neil has more than eight years of IT experience with end-user, consulting, and vendor organizations, along with extensive expertise in business development, software selection, and channel strategies. He has published numerous white papers and articles covering ERP for service industries, project portfolio management, professional services automation, IT governance, and new product development to a global audience.