Business intelligence software company Business Objects
plans to offer professional services aimed at vertical markets, and
has hired a new head of services from consulting company Ernst
& Young.
Mark Doll has been appointed senior vice-president of
professional services. He was most recently a partner at Ernst
& Young, where he managed the firm’s security and technology
solutions group, among other duties.
Doll will report directly to chief executive John Schwarz and
concentrate on expanding Business Object’s professional services
globally.
Schwarz said, “Mark will lead our team to transition from
product enablement services to business intelligence
consultancy.”
Business Objects has numerous UK customers, with one of the
latest being Staffordshire Police.