Dr. Fairchild has more than seventeen years experience in global IT market analysis, and has worked for many of the major market research agencies as both an analyst and as a consultant. She has also performed as a consultant for the European Commission, as well as major multinational IT companies throughout Europe.
Her special area of interest is the development and use of intelligence and technology in product planning and business strategy. Her technical expertise lies in open architectures and interoperability. Recent areas of research have included knowledge management and productivity metrics for technology.
Her forthcoming book, "Technological Aspects of Virtual Organizations", is available from Kluwer Academic Publishers as of July 2004.
As an acknowledged IT market expert, Dr. Fairchild has been quoted by many of the leading business and technology journals. She is a member of both the American Economic Association (AEA) and The Strategic Planning Society (SPS).
She is the author of three books: "Interoperability for Enterprise Information Systems", published in September 1996, "Year 2000 Compliance: The Guide to Successful Implementation" published in May 1997, and "Reengineering and Restructuring the Enterprise", published in February 1998, all published by CTR.
Dr. Fairchild received her Doctorate in Applied Economics from Limburgs Universitair Centrum in Belgium, in the area of banking and technology. She has a Masters degree in International Management from Boston University/Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, and a Bachelors degree in Business Management and Marketing from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. |
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