Inmon Associates, Inc.

Certified GIF Architects

Congratulations to our most recent (September 15-19, 2003) graduated class of "Certified GIF Architects". A special congratulations to Barry McConnell, the Valedictorian of the class!

Barry McConnell, Dept. Of Education, Tallahassee

Robert Buhrman, Accenture

John McCue, Library of Congress

Robert Stoker, Lockheed Martin

Perry Harts, City of Frisco

Perry Reynolds, Greentree Group

Albert Hinrichsm, Raytheon

John Proudfoot, Multi-Access Systems, Inc.

Dolores Quigley, DMQ Consulting

Tim Hunnicutt, Greentree Group

Dean LaGrange, EDW Group

Chris Chilton, Bearing Point

On May 19-23 the inaugural GIF Architecture certification class was held in Denver, Colorado at Denver University. The following people are now entitled to use "Certified GIF Architect" as part of their resume and qualifications. Congratulations to them all.

Michael S Connor, OnDemand, Inc

Cheryl K Estep, Estep Associates

Peter Ford, Gavroshe, USA

Stephen Fox, Inmon Meers Group

Lowell Fryman, Metrics Consulting Corp

Ken Hill, Gavroshe, USA

Thomas A. Hokel, The Enterprise Framework Group

Hans Hultgren, Denver University

Brian King, First Logic

Abhay Kulkarni, Informatica Corporation

Alistair McFarlane, Gavroshe, USA

Ethne McFarlane, Gavroshe, USA

Michael Matthews, The Infology Group, Inc

Dan Meers, Inmon Meers Group

Mark Jacobson, Jacobson Consulting, Inc

Michael Lampa, B A G, Inc

Genia Neushloss, Gavroshe, Inc

Joe Oates, Sybase, Inc

Bonnie K O'Neil, Westridge Consulting

Mark Palmer, DU

Joe Pignatello, B A G, Inc

Mark Reck, The Infology Group, Inc

Lou Schoeller, Infinis, Inc

Derek Strauss, Gavroshe, USA

Mary Stuart, JHU/APL

Carl Taljaard, Gavroshe, USA

Don Tang, Bearing Point

Jim Thomas, Meta Tech Consulting, Inc.

Peter Threadgill, Department of Defense

Michael Thornton, B A G, Inc

Bruce Winchester, NGIT-TASC

* Special congratulations go to Steve Fox who made the highest score on the certification exam. Following Steve was Peter Threadgill. And closely in third place was a tie between Dan Meers, Abhay Kulkarni, and Joe Oates.

Here's what our graduates have to say about the GIF Architecture class:

"Bill's GIF Certification was rigorous and extensive. We are already driving new and enhanced business using the GIF training and materials Bill provided. We also enjoy a distinct competitive advantage as a GIF Certified Architect."

"Bill's GIF Architecture is far and away the most powerful blueprint for enterprise success we have seen. We use it to identify project and enterprise impacts for our public sector clients including governmental and public agencies. GIF drives quality for clients and growth for our consulting business."

"Our customers value the Inmon name and materials we provide in our public sector work. Clients are far more accepting of advise and project assistance driven by Inmon-based training than generic alternatives from other firms. Bill's GIF training and materials provide a level of quality assurance and effectiveness previously lacking in our industry."

"Our software vendor partners are already working with us to align their offerings with the GIF. NCR Teradata, Informatica, FirstLogic and others understand the tremendous value they add by assuring architectural alignment with the GIF. We realize the need for a rational and validated plan for the use of these products and appreciate the integrity Bill is driving with the GIF."