Neil Ward-Dutton is a Vice President Automation, Analytics and Ai Europe at Idc Emea. He possess expertise in strategy, it strategy, enterprise software, business process improvement, business strategy and 40 more skills. He is proficient in French (conversational, not technical/business). Colleagues describe him as "I first worked with Neil at Ovum and it wasn't long before I realised that he is a truly superb IT industry analyst. He is both technically very competent and an excellent an imaginative writer capable of explaining complicated concepts in a highly effective manner appropriate to the target audience. When we co-founded MWD it became clear that Neil combines these skills with an entrepreneurial flare and creative business brain that propelled the company forward and sees it where it is today. It was a real pleasure to work with and learn from Neil, not only as an industry analyst and business partner but also as a considerate friend." and "Neil was widely regarded as the best IT analyst to come through in a long time at Ovum and his work was very highly regarded both internally and by clients. Such was his ability, his rise through the ranks was rapid and he went on to run the entire technology practice. He was a pleasure to work with and always helped us in working out and providing the best solutions to aide the business. Neil is a throughly nice person and I wish him well in his new venture."