About the Company
Why the name?
IM = Information Management + Cue = The Key, Prepare to get started, Get ready!
Founded in 2007 by John Ladley, IMCue is a response to a growing need for enterprise level accountability for information management. IMCue is staffed by thought leaders and ground breaking practitioners in Enterprise Information Management (EIM). We practiced EIM long before the term became adopted as a "trend." Our mantra is business results, and we achieve these results with our expertise. Our consultants have literally hundreds of years of combined experience in delivering strategic, tactical, business-aligned solutions our clients.
We are not purveyors of templates or high theory. We are practical, realistic and innovative.
About the People
John Ladley
Founder and President
John Ladley is a Business Technology Thought Leader and Executive with 30 years experience in planning, project management, improving IT organizations and successful implementation of information systems. John is a widely-known data warehouse pioneer and a recognized authority in the use and implementation of business intelligence, information architectures and knowledge management. Mr. Ladley began writing about Enterprise Information Management in the late 90's. He is a demonstrated leader, offering communications skills and management techniques gained in Fortune 100 companies, Big 5 consulting firms and as an industry analyst. John heads the EIM practice area at IMCue.
He has served as a META Group Research Fellow, and was a board advisor to DAMA International. He is widely published, co-authoring a well-known data warehouse methodology, and trademarked process for data strategy planning. John frequently writes and speaks on a variety of technology and enterprise information management topics. He co-authored "Data Warehouse, Advice from the Experts" in 1996 and has had regular columns in various publications. His Information Management experience is balanced between strategic technology planning, project management and practical application of technology to business problems.
Sanford ( Sandy ) Beard
Project Management Practice Lead
Sandy is an expereinced IT Leader, business and technology strategist, and organizational developer. His career is characterized by large scale project management, customer service and support, management consulting and executive management accomplishments. Sandy has consulted across multiple industries including Insurance, manufacturing, financial services, and utilities. Highlights of his experience:
- Developed two business data warehouses to serve strategic and operational information needs
- Software development and implementation management using SDLC and Agile.
- Led the development of architectural and SOA technical requirements to replace a suite of legacy systems supporting claims, contract management billing and collections.
- Managed the information integration and financial reporting associated with the merger of 2 large insurance companies.
- Implemented a complete policy management system to save a large insurance broker 50% in annual processing costs.
- Was responsible for all policy administration, cash, billing, print and user interface systems including maintenance, enhancement and new projects.
- Combined 3 disparate policy administration systems into one.
Valerie J. Torstenson
Sustaining Services Practice Lead
Valerie is a seasoned IT professional with thirty years of results-oriented management and information systems experience. She has led visible information strategic planning efforts, large projects, enterprise information and technology architectures, and data resource management. Valerie has led teams in very turbulent industries in systems development, systems development methodologies and program and project level management, business intelligence, data warehousing, and operations technologies. She has performed as acting CIO, VP, and Director. She has experience in retail, financial services, public sector (e.g., education, county government), and healthcare industries.