Executive Leadership Team

President, Kathleen Barret

In June of 2009, Kathleen Barret became International Institute of Business Analysis’s full-time President and CEO after having held the role as a volunteer since the organization’s inception in October 2003.  IIBA, a professional association for Business Analysts, focuses on defining and enhancing the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge^® (BABOK^®) and implementing a certification program for qualified practitioners.

With over 25 years of experience in information technology, Kathleen has held many roles including most recently, managing offshore software development work for a large financial service organization.  Her involvement in the field of business analysis began when she was asked to create a centre of competency for BAs for her company. She is experienced in CMMI and benchmarking, and through her many years of consulting, brings cross industry knowledge to her role at IIBA.
 

To contact Kathleen Barret, please send an email to kathleen.barret@iiba.org.

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Chief Operating Officer, Dave Bieg

In February 2010, Dave Bieg became International Institute of Business Analysis's first Chief Operating Officer after having held the role as a volunteer since June 2006.

With 28 years of experience in business and information technology, Dave has held many roles including, operating his own consulting and facilitation business where his team provided knowledge transfer strategies and solutions to achieve their client's business objectives. Dave previously worked General Electric and Lockheed Martin, where he served as a Program Manager as well as a Business Analyst and Systems Engineer.

Dave holds a MS in Business Administration and Information Systems Management from Johns Hopkins University and is active in the greater Atlanta chapter of IIBA. Dave resides in Marietta, GA with his family where he volunteers his time to his daughters soccer and track & field activities

To contact Dave Bieg, please send an email to dave.bieg@iiba.org .

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Michael Gladstone, CBAP, Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President

Michael Gladstone is Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President of International Institute of Business Analysis.

In his Certification role, Michael is responsible for the vision, development and management of IIBA's Certification programs. As CIO, Michael is responsible for IIBA's IT Applications and Infrastructure. Michael is also responsible for relationships with BA tool vendors as well as training providers.

Previously, Michael was Senior Manager, Business Analysis & Quality Assurance at Meridian Credit Union, responsible for developing the BA and QA practices and overseeing BA and QA activities across the organization. Michael is a graduate of York University with a BSc. in Computer Science and the Schulich School of Business with an MBA.

To contact Michael Gladstone, please send an email to michael.gladstone@iiba.org.

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Kevin Brennan, CBAP, Chief Business Analyst and Executive Vice President            

Kevin Brennan, CBAP, PMP, is the Chief Business Analyst and Executive Vice President for IIBA®. He led the development of Version 2.0 of The Business Analysis Body of Knowledge^® (BABOK^® Guide) and was also one of the authors of the CBAP exam. He is a frequent speaker on business analysis, project management, and software quality assurance topics at conferences. Kevin has over a decade of experience as a business analyst and project manager across several industry sectors, including regulated professions, utilities, automobile manufacturing, courier services, and mortgage banking. During this time he has performed just about every task a business analyst could be expected to do, from developing corporate and product strategies to being paged by end-users looking for technical support. Kevin has taught project management and requirements analysis at Humber College, and has a B.A. degree in History and Political Science from the University of Toronto. He is also a graduate of Second City's improv comedy program.

To contact Kevin Brennan, please send an email to kevin.brennan@iiba.org.

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Neil Bazley, Vice President Chapters

Neil Bazley is a Business Analyst specializing in strategy, business process management (BPM) and organizational change management (OCM) with more than 15 years of industry experience, spanning multiple verticals and geographic locations.  Drawing on over a decade of experience as a Business Analyst Neil provides value to his clients by focusing on the strategic issues of helping to make business decisions and improving performance through a framework that integrates business process and rules, business intelligence and decision and risk analysis. 
 
Neil has had many roles with IIBA, including Calgary Chapter Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Calgary Chapter President, Chapter Start Up Co-ordinator, Deputy Vice President of Chapters and now the role of Vice President Chapters. Neil has a bachelor's degree in Commerce, a diploma in Object Oriented Software and a certification in BPM.  He has lived and worked in Canada and the United States and is expanding his practice to include global consulting.

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Ashish Mehta, CBAP, Director Emerging Markets, IIBA

Ashish is a Vice President and a Global Practice Head – Business Analysis at NTT DATA. With 16+ years of experience, Ashish has proven industry leadership in building and leading Business Analysis & IT Consulting organization along with the expertise in Strategic Management, Business Development and Quality. 

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Director Latin America, Rafael Dorantes, MBA, PMP

Rafael Dorantes, MBA, PMP, (CBAP candidate Q2-2011), is a Delivery Project Executive and a Certified Managing Consultant with IBM Canada, with twenty-two years of progressive experience consulting and managing the implementation of business solutions in domestic and multinational projects. He has hands-on experience with a variety of Business Analysis, Project Manager and Software Development methodologies and techniques. His current area of focus is the implementation of Offshore Development Centers, where he is putting to practice new emerging approaches to business analysis.

Rafael is a member of IIBA’s Experts Advisory and Review group for the BABOK, as well as part of IBM’s Expert Panel which provides direction to IBM’s worldwide Project Management methodology. He also acts as VP of Education for the Mexico City Chapter of the IIBA.

As a member of the Rational Center of Competency, Rafael consulted extensively in Agile Development and Business Analysis, and contributed to a number of best practices initiatives with organizations such as the IBM’s Project Management Centre of Excellence and Rational Software.

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