Coming from an IT background, i've had the chance to learn to play many instruments on the way to becoming a one man band and an orchestrator: being a Gigaom analyst, serving Fortune 500, startups and NGOs as a consultant, building and managing projects, products and teams of all sizes and shapes, and getting involved in award-winning research among others. I enjoy researching, developing, applying and talking about cutting edge concepts and technology, was among the pioneers in enterprise application integration and am among the pioneers in big scale data integration. Experience has taught that it takes both soft and hard skills to get things done, so besides problem solving ability, analytical perspective and can-do attitude, you have to add adaptability, teamwork and communication to the mix.