Mark Smith explores the performance management trends and issues facing finance organizations and the impact of recent market consolidation among financial management software providers.

As CEO and executive vice president of research, Mark Smith is responsible for the overall direction of Ventana Research and drives the global performance management research agenda covering both business and technology areas. He is an expert in performance management, business intelligence and information management across fi nance, operations and IT. An industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience, Mr. Smith worked at companies including SAP, META Group, Oracle and IRI Software before founding Ventana Research.