Ward Yaternick Email & Phone Number

After leaving Business Objects, I founded Next Analytics. The goal was create analytic middleware, which is the valuable processing that occurs between the raw data in a database and what the user sees when they look at charts and crosstabs. Having had so much experience in BI, I knew this was where the core value proposition for any reporting or analysis venture sits and created something thats unique and powerful.

Led teams of R&D people including developers, writers, quality contro and more; participated in executive planning sessions

Co-founded and grew OLAP@Work from 2 to 45 people in about a year and a half. Oversaw several rounds of financing, company relocations, and spent a great deal of time travelling to public relations events and visiting clients. In early days, developed a significant portion of the software. The company was acquired by Business Objects for $22 million (CDN) days before the .COM crash. OLAP@Work was a solid company with solid product which returned an incredible ROI.

When I started at Cognos, I had ten years of development experience. I was assigned to PowerPlay, an obscure product (at the time) where there were efffectively only two developers and one customer. Maintaining an aggressive R&D pace and paying attention to customer needs, I developed code and managed a team that grew to 45 people and created a product which eventually reached hundreds of millions dollars in revenue (if not a billion). By 1997, it was time for it to go mainstream and I was no longer a good fit, so I moved on back to my core interest as being an innovator and entrepreneur. I took some time off and then co-founded OLAP@Work.