In June of 1992, Claudia formed her consulting company, Intelligent Solutions, Inc., to support clients developing business intelligence and analytical applications using data warehouses, decision support systems, and operational data stores. Her company helps businesses determine their information needs by:- performing strategic assessments of analytic readiness and BI and analytics best practices compliance,- facilitating design sessions and prioritizing projects, then generating design documents and project plans- developing requirements for and selection of data warehouse and BI tools and databases, and- ensuring the quality of BI and analytic applications.To date, her company has successfully completed the design and construction of business intelligence environments for most vertical industries and federal and state governmental agencies.In 2006, Dr. Imhoff founded the Boulder BI Brain Trust - a consortium of international independent analysts and consultants who meet with interesting and innovative DW and BI companies for deep dive briefings. See www.BBBT.US for more information on becoming a member or subscriber.Specialties: Dr. Claudia Imhoff is a popular speaker and internationally recognized expert on analytics, business intelligence and the infrastructure to support these initiatives. Dr. Imhoff has co-authored five books on these subjects and writes articles for technical and business magazines (>150). She is a Fellow and advisor for The Data Warehousing Institute and delivers keynote addresses at conferences throughout the world.