 Royce
Bell
CEO
Accenture AIMS
Royce Bell leads Accenture Information Management Services
and is based in London, England. Through his wealth
of international experience in the US, Europe and Asia,
Royce brings both the vision and business know-how to
lead the global information management group.
During the past 23 years, Bell has gained his deep
experience in management consulting, technology and
outsourcing services while working with a number of
large multinational companies. He has worked with Shell,
BP and several government institutions and today is
part of the BP Leadership Development group.
Bell is thrilled to lead Accenture Information Management
Services. As the fastest growing and developing industry,
he believes information management is the most interesting
and exciting area of IT for organizations. He is attracted
by the ability to impact the direction and help define
the solutions that are on the cutting edge of the market.
Bell has a profound respect for the people at Accenture.
"I believe we have the best people. With their deep
industry knowledge, they simply just technically produce
the best stuff. The solutions are flexible and diverse
and can seamlessly deal with the multiplicity of client
environments."
He trained as a professional actor in his youth and
continues to embrace theater arts today in and out of
the business environment. He currently leads Accenture's
sponsorship of National Theater in the United Kingdom.
As an engaging speaker, Bell looks to remove boring
presentations that take the energy out of a room. Recently,
conference attendees were entertained by his rendition
of Chicago's "Razzle Dazzle".
Born in the north of England, Bell went to Cambridge
and studied natural sciences and law. Later in life,
he would like to pursue a career as a professional singer.
Bell is married and has four children.
 Marty
Colburn
CTO
FINRA
Martin Colburn is the Executive Vice President and
Chief Technology Officer for FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority). As such, Mr. Colburn
is responsible for all technology-related efforts for
the FINRA. He manages the FINRA technology staff and
oversees all technology-related, third-party service
contracts. Prior to the commencement of his work with
FINRA in August 2001, Mr. Colburn was the Chief Operating
Officer and the Chairman of the Australia Asia Joint
Venture from 2000-2001 for Metiom, Inc. From 1996-2000,
he worked for Fannie Mae as the Senior Vice President
of the Technology Management Center. From 1993-1996,
Mr. Colburn was the Vice President for Customer Service,
Technology. He began his stint with Fannie Mae in 1988
as a Director of UNIX Technical Services. From 1985-1988,
Mr. Colburn was the Vice President for Advanced Technology
Planning for Sovran Bank. He began his technology career
with the Marriott Corporation in 1980.
Mr. Colburn received a Bachelor of Science in Finance
from the University of Maryland, College Park. Additionally,
he has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Montgomery
College and also holds an Advanced Business Management
certificate from Harvard Business School. Mr. Colburn
was a Corporal, Special Services with the United States
Marine Corps for 3 years prior to his technology career.
Donald
MacCormick
Chief Transformation Officer
Business Objects
Donald MacCormick is responsible for product marketing
across the complete Business Objects product suite and
is also heavily involved in the development of overall
product strategy. Donald joined Holistic Systems in
1992, which was acquired by Crystal Decisions in 1996
and which in turn was acquired by Business Objects in
2003. After a number of years running the European consulting
group at Holistic, Donald transitioned into product
management and over the years has had responsibility
for many of the Crystal and Business Objects products.
Most recently he looked after the product management
for the Business Objects Performance Management Tools
and Applications. At the beginning of 2006 he moved
over to his current role running product marketing.
Prior to joining Holistic Systems, MacCormick was part
of the Business Dynamics group in the management consulting
practice of Deloitte Haskins & Sells (now part of
IBM after their acquisition of PwC consulting).
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