With an MBA from one of the top business schools in the country, Rice University, in Houston, Texas, Cindi understands business. She was awarded Jones Scholar in 1999, an award to the top students in the school who have excelled in all aspects of business. She uses this business understanding to ensure your BI solution is aligned with your company's goals and takes into account organizational and political issues in developing a successful BI strategy.


Cindi has 15 year's experience in management information systems and business intelligence tools, initially working for a Fortune 500 company as a BI standards leader and later as Manager for Deloitte & Touche, leading a local decision analytics practice. As an instructor for The Data Warehouse Institute (TDWI) and author for Intelligent Enterprise , she tracks industry trends and evaluates leading BI products hands on. She is the author of Business Objects: The Complete Reference with an XI version due out early in 2006. She publishes in-depth research on BIScorecard.com.

Sometimes you need one expert and sometimes you need a staff of experts to implement a total solution. For a full solution, ASK partners with Myers-Holum and The AXIS Group based on a shared commitment to customer success and technical expertise.

Myers-Holum (www.myersholum.com) is exclusively focused on business intelligence and data warehousing solutions. We offer services in data integration and business intelligence, specializing in a number of the leading ETL and BI tools. Myers-Holum serves Fortune 1000 clients in energy and utilities, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, retail, telecommunications, and other industries. Myers-Holum employs 45 professional staff.

The AXIS Group (www.axisgroup.com) provides consulting and advisory services for the education, architecture, design, and implementation of Business Intelligence solutions. AXIS works with companies in developing enterprise solutions that deliver timely, secure and accurate information while leveraging our expertise with today's leading BI tools for the customers benefit. A XIS ' services encompass the complete Business Intelligence lifecycle from business transactions, data integration and information management thru reporting, analysis, forecasting and performance management.