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 Joe Taylor
CFO/COO-Partner
Joe is one of the founders of Business Performance Management
Northwest, Inc (BPM NW) and in his career has served as the CFO &
COO of two technology consulting companies focused on Business
Performance Management/CPM solutions. He has extensive
experience in translating strategy and vision into tactical
plans and measurable goals. For almost 2 decades, Joe’s career has been focused in Corporate Finance, Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Operations.
The most rewarding part of the job for Joe is to work directly
with BPM NW’s clients to assess and improve their practices by
achieving strategic alignment among divisions, improving
collaboration and communication in the objective setting
and planning process, and increasing the operational
efficiency of the organization. The end goal is to develop
an organization’s business performance management (BPM)
capabilities by landing great software solutions for enterprise
planning, forecasting, metrics management, and business
intelligence (reporting and analytics) processes that allow
the managers of the company to make the best and most timely
decisions possible.
Joe holds an MBA from the University of Portland and a Bachelor’s
degree in Business Administration with a focus in Finance and
Accounting from the University of Oregon. He was a member of
the U of O’s football team where he was a 4 year letter winner
and was selected to the Pac 10 All Academic Team.
Matt Mercier
CTA/CIO-Partner
Matt began his professional career as an IT developer at Intel, where he
built one of Intel's first-ever enterprise systems based on Microsoft's SQL
Server database. "SQL Server v4.2 for OS/2" was a new product released
that year, and Matt has been heavily involved with SQL Server ever since.
After Intel, he entered the IT consulting world in 1995 as part of UDP, Inc
(which later became Cotelligent). At UDP, Matt lead architecture and
development teams in delivering solutions for a variety of local
companies, including James River, Associated Press, CorVel, Nike, and
First Interstate Bank.
During this time, Matt also became an MS Certified Trainer for
SQL Server, and taught SQL Server Development, Adminstration, and
Performance Tuning to hundreds of local-area developers.
In early 1999, Matt left UDP to form a Database and Web
Technologies consulting company with his brother. In 2001, Matt started
OnDemandAnalysis, LLC, with a friend and former co-worker from UDP. Both
companies continue to thrive today. BPM NW is his latest venture, and will
focus specifically on Data Warehousing and Cognos solutions in key verticals, such as health care.
When not extolling the virtues of Dimensional Modeling to anyone who
will listen, Matt enjoys spending time with family and friends, running,
and travel to sunny destinations in his relentless pursuit of the perfect
margarita.
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