Edward O'Hara

Current

• Managing Partner at Nordic Research Partners for Forrester
• Member of the Board at Retail Planit A/S

Past

• Member of the Board at CDM
• Director, for Nordics at Giga Information Group (Forrester Research)
• Advisory Board Member at Copenhagen Capacity

• Board Member at Confirmit
• President & CEO at In2itive Technologies (SPSS Nordic)
• VP, Northern Europe at International Data Corporation
• Managing Director/VP Northern Europe at IDC (International Data Corp)
• Project Manager at NCR
• Contracts Manager at European Space Agency CRI A/S

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Education

• Trinity College, Dublin

Recommended

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Connections

323 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• My Blog

Edward O'Hara’s Summary

Management Partner for NordicResearch partners in conjunction with Forrester Research providing eBusiness and interactive marketing research and consulting.

Board member of Retail Planit A/S and OpenAdExchange. Previously associate partner for Internet Ventures Scandinavia currently NorthCap.

Edward O'Hara’s Specialties:

Strategic insight and marketing for Web 2.0 implementation

Edward O'Hara’s Experience

• Managing Partner

  Nordic Research Partners for Forrester

  (Public Company; FORR; Research industry)

  September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  Nordic Partner for Forrester Research providing digital strategy & marketing to media, telecoms and financial services industries.

• Member of the Board

  Retail Planit A/S

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  August 2000 — Present (9 years)

• Member of the Board

  CDM

  (Computer Software industry)

  June 2001 — July 2005 (4 years 2 months)

  CDM provides high performing solutions for Customer Relationship Management to large pharmaceutical and telecoms companys in Scandinavia. Contribution to establishing a strategic focus and web centric approach.

• Director, for Nordics

  Giga Information Group (Forrester Research)

  (Public Company; GIGX; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 1997 — January 2002 (4 years 4 months)

  IT advisory and Research for Nordic Top 1000 companies. Currently Forrester Research

• Advisory Board Member

  Copenhagen Capacity

  (Government Agency; International Trade and Development industry)

  November 1998 — November 2001 (3 years 1 month)

  Supported initiatives to increase inward investment of IT Companies to the Greater Copenhagen Area

• Board Member

  Confirmit

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 1997 — April 2001 (3 years 11 months)

  Fellow founding board member of Confirmit, a successful online software research company Listed on the Oslo Stock exchange in 2003

• President & CEO

  In2itive Technologies (SPSS Nordic)

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 1996 — October 1997 (1 year 2 months)

  Software start-up for market research applications, currently SPSS Inc

• VP, Northern Europe

  International Data Corporation

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1986 — 1996 (10 years)

• Managing Director/VP Northern Europe

  IDC (International Data Corp)

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Market Research industry)

  March 1986 — September 1996 (10 years 7 months)

  Market Research Analysis and Advisory for European IT Vendors and users. Analyst European Unix, Professional Services and Internet strategies. Senior Research Manager, and Nordic Director. Board member of IDC Europe

• Project Manager

  NCR

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

  March 1984 — March 1986 (2 years 1 month)

  Project Manager for the marketing of the worlds first temporal data base
  Assignments with SITA/ITS for airlines in Europe & Asia
  Assigned to marketing of the hyperchannel network for AT&T Paradyn

• Contracts Manager

  European Space Agency CRI A/S

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  September 1979 — March 1984 (4 years 7 months)

  Space industry project tendering for contract IT Projects in a consortium consisting of Logica, Christian Rovsing, British Aerospace and Marconi. Projects included on-board guidance computer for Space Lab and Ariane

Edward O'Hara’s Education

• Trinity College, Dublin

  M.A. BA (Mod) Econ. , Economics , 1977 — 1981

  Thesis in Econometrics: A MacroModel for National Growth and Development

  Activities and Societies:

  Member of the Trinity Alumni Association

Additional Information

Edward O'Hara’s Websites:

• My Blog

Edward O'Hara’s Interests:

Reading Global Strategy and Organization remotely at MIT Sloan School of Management.

Edward O'Hara’s Groups:

Jury Member for Awarding eBusiness Prize of the year for FDIH. Board Member of Retail Planit A/S. VL 70: Member of the Danish Management Society, DSV, FDIH eBusiness Association: CH3. TEKNOFO CIO Association.

•    Trinity College Dublin - Alumni and Friends
•    JupiterResearch Alumni
•    The Wikibon Project

Edward O'Hara’s Honors:

Chairmans Award IDC 1990, 1991, 1992, Giga Group Presidents Cup 1994, 1995, 1996. CH3 Award Honor 2005

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