Wayne Kernochan

Current

• President at Infostructure Associates LLC

Past

• Senior Analyst at Illuminata
• President at Infostructure Associates LLC (Sole Proprietorship)
• Senior Vice President at Aberdeen Group

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Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management

Connections

7 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Company

Wayne Kernochan’s Summary

Extensive experience in computer industry competitive analysis, vendor strategy consulting, TCO studies, business development, analyst management, presentations, press relations. Long-term coverage of databases, development, Enterprise Information Integration (EII), middleware, frameworks, service-oriented architectures, hardware.

Wayne Kernochan’s Specialties:

Major agile programming, Software as a Service, SOA, SMB, and event-driven architecture coverage.

Wayne Kernochan’s Experience

• President

  Infostructure Associates LLC

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  Single-person firm, delivering competitive analysis, marketing consulting, TCO studies, and white papers/reports in the areas of middleware/frameworks, infrastructure software, Software as a Service, open source databases and information systems, development/SOA platforms, event-driven architectures, mainframes.

• Senior Analyst

  Illuminata

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Market Research industry)

  October 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 6 months)

  Lead analyst providing competitive analysis and marketing consulting in the areas of middleware/frameworks, infrastructure software, databases and information systems, development/SOA platforms and operating systems, mainframes. Presented at Webinars, podcasts.
  
   Pioneered Application Strategies coverage area, including major agile programming, Software as a Service, SOA, SMB, and event-driven architecture coverage.
   Led company expansion into TCO studies and Webinars.
  
   Prolific writer, producing approximately half of the 114 major Illuminata publications.
  
   1,500 Google citations. Quoted on computer industry trends in IT Business Edge, Enterprise Systems, searchcio, Techtarget, Red Herring, Computerworld, and other trade publications.

• President

  Infostructure Associates LLC (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Market Research industry)

  April 2003 — October 2006 (3 years 7 months)

  Single-person firm, delivering competitive analysis, marketing consulting, TCO studies, and white papers/reports in the areas of middleware/frameworks, infrastructure software, databases and information systems, development/SOAs platforms and operating systems, mainframes.
  
   Improved differentiation by strategic marketing consulting for clients including IBM, Oracle, Progress Software.
  
   Pioneered and successfully carried out new TCO/ROI methodology for SMB markets.
  
   Identified TCO/ROI improvements averaging 40% for specific vendor engagements.
  
   Issued major comparative reports on databases, Enterprise Information Integration, web services development solutions. Over 200 Google citations.
  
   Quoted on computer industry trends in Business Week, PC Week, SD Times, and other trade publications.

• Senior Vice President

  Aberdeen Group

  (Computer Software industry)

  1992 — 2004 (12 years )

Wayne Kernochan’s Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management

  1978 — 1980

Additional Information

Wayne Kernochan’s Websites:

• My Company

Wayne Kernochan’s Interests:

Wrote books on personal finance (with agent), mathematics of infinity, violin method, Play violin, Speak French.

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