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Bola Rotibi
Principal Analyst
Macehiter Ward-Dutton
Bola Rotibi has 16 years of industry experience spanning engineering, software development and IT analysis.
Prior to joining MWD, Bola spent 8 years at the analyst firm Ovum specialising in analysing and consulting on the latest software development technologies, processes and market trends. She is a Chartered Engineer and has industry experience spanning the full software development lifecycle across a variety of industry sectors, encompassing network computing and application development. She has worked as a senior software developer for Reuters and a chemical and process control engineer for Air Products.
At Ovum, Bola was the principal analyst leading the Application Lifecycle research service. She also held the management role of practice leader for the software applications team responsible for the research and content strategy of the Business Intelligence, Software Applications, Open Source, Enterprise Architecture and Software Development topic areas.
Over the years as an analyst, Bola has built an extensive portfolio of authored, in-depth product review/evaluations, technology reviews, strategy reports and competitive analysis reports.
Bola’s technology expertise include, Software development (technologies, product and processes), in particular, Application lifecycle management strategies for a variety of platforms (Mobile, Server, Desktop, Web etc.); software modelling, testing and performance. Other areas of expertise include Web 2.0 and Rich Interactive/Internet Applications; IT sourcing for software development projects; enterprise architecture and IT Governance and business management.
Bola is regularly sought after to provide input into and drive vendor and product selection decision processes. She has acted as an advisor to leading IT providers such as Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Fujitsu, Adobe, Accenture, HP, Compuware and Borland; to investment and education bodies; and to large (and small) IT user organisations in Retail, Manufacturing, Media, Government, Automotive, Financial Services, Telecommunications and consultancies. An experienced presenter, Bola is also regularly quoted in trade and business press in Europe, America and Asia Pacific.
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There are a total of 4 articles written by Bola Rotibi: