
Dave Hatch is Research Director of Aberdeen Group’s Business Intelligence Practice, where he benchmarks user organizations’ BI strategies, actions and planned technology investments. His research focuses on the collection (DQ, EDI), assembly (data modeling, data access, business rules and KPIs), and delivery (reporting, dashboards, scorecards, analytic tools, portals, On-Demand/SaaS, and software licensing) of information throughout the enterprise. Dave has been involved as a user, marketer, and analyst of BI technologies for 15 years within many industry environments including life sciences, manufacturing, wholesale/distribution, retail, publishing/media, and insurance. Prior to joining Aberdeen, Dave was VP of Marketing for Dimensional Insight, a privately held business intelligence software developer and marketer. Dave holds a BA, Communications degree from the University of Massachusetts.