Founded in 2001 by Dr. Paul S. Barth and Randy Bean, NewVantage is a partnership of executives with extensive industry backgrounds in business and technology planning and execution.
Managing Partner/Founder
Paul Barth co-founded NewVantage Partners in 2001. Paul brings decades of experience as a consultant to the nations largest companies. He is a recognized thought-leader and practitioner in leveraging information as a strategic asset and in emerging approaches and best practices in data management. Dr. Barth was founder and CTO of Tessera Enterprise Systems, a nationally-known systems integration firm formed in 1995. He became CTO of iXL Enterprises, a leading international Internet integration firm, following the merger of Tessera/iXL in December 1999. He holds a PhD in computer science from MIT, and a MS from Yale University. Paul was formerly vice president of technology at Epsilon Data Management (an American Express company), and held senior technology positions at Thinking Machines and Schlumberger.
pbarth@newvantage.com
Managing Partner/Founder
Randy Bean co-founded NewVantage Partners in 2001. Randy brings decades of experience as a line-of-business executive and general manager, a strategic planning and IT professional, and leader of marketing and business development functions. His expertise is in helping Fortune 1000 firms leverage their information assets. Randy was senior vice president and general manager with Harte-Hanks Data Technologies, and member of the leadership team which grew the firm from $9M to $150M during a 10-year tenure. He was a founder and vice president of market development for Wheelhouse Corporation, and held IT and strategic planning positions during 8 years with Bank of Boston (now Bank of America). He holds a BA from Washington University in St. Louis, attended executive programs at Amos Tuck/Dartmouth and Darden/University of Virginia, and has been a lecturer at Tuck.
rbean@newvantage.com
Practice Leader
Blaise Heltai joined NewVantage Partners in 2005 and leads the firms practice in the areas of customer management and web strategy. Blaise focuses on the application of technology to business transformation, particularly in the areas of multi-channel strategy and Internet delivery. As executive vice president for eBusiness for FleetBoston Financial/Bank of America, where he led the e-Catalyst online banking transformation during a ten-year tenure, Blaise was an early pioneer in online banking. He previously held executive positions at Bell Labs and was CEO of fileTRUST. He also held a professorship at Indiana University. Blaise is a board member and recent president of the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange (MITX), and current chairman of the Future Systems Advisory Panel for the Social Security Administration. He holds a PhD in Mathematics from the State University of New York.
Practice Leader
Steve Sheinheit serves on NewVantage Partners Executive Advisory Council and leads the firms IT Efficiency and Effectiveness Practice. He is focused on assisting clients firms in technology investment planning and governance issues and on ensuring IT and operational effectiveness and efficiency. Steve was Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for MetLife, where he oversaw MetLife’s worldwide information technology in support of all lines of business and corporate functions. He previously held the position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Steve’s leadership in technology was integral to MetLife’s $11.8 billion acquisition of Travelers Life & Annuity from CitiGroup in 2005. Prior to joining MetLife, Steve held the position of Executive Vice President and Corporate CIO for Chase Manhattan Bank. He is a graduate of the Harvard Advanced Management Program and holds an MBA in operations research from Baruch College and a BS in computer science from City College of NY.
Lynda Applegate is the Martin Marshall Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, teaching courses in entrepreneurial management, and technology and innovation. Lynda is chair of the HBS Entrepreneurial Management program, and an internationally recognized expert and author on business and technology innovation. Her most recent articles include “Exploiting Disruption to Jumpstart Innovation”. Lynda has served on numerous commissions and blue-ribbon panels.
Dave Ellard is CIO at Avery Dennison. He was previously CIO and Senior Vice President for EMC Corporation and before that held the position of CIO for Boston Scientific Corporation. In his capacity as CIO, Dave was responsible for the enterprise integration and scaling of all corporate IT processes. Dave also served as a senior vice president with Glasshouse Technologies.
John Fiore is CIO/Executive Vice President and head of investor services technology for Mellon Bank of New York. He previously served as Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Executive Vice President for State Street Corporation during a ten-year tenure, and was a Partner and Director with Coopers & Lybrand. John was recognized by CIO Magazine in the 1999, 2000, and 2002 "CIO 100".
John Keane is founder of King Hill Capital, a private equity firm focused on energy independence. He previously was a Board member and member of the leadership team with Keane, Inc., which grew from $60MM to $1.1B during his tenure, and Founder/CEO of ArcStream Solutions. John holds a BA from Harvard College and MBA from Harvard Business School.
Harvey Koeppel is Executive Director of the Center for CIO Leadership, a collaboration of IBM and leading academic organizations. He previously served as Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Global Consumer Group for CitiGroup from May 2004 through June 2007, and as a consultant led the integration of acquisitions including Travelers Insurance for CitiGroup, and projects for JP Morgan Chase.
Mel Taub was Corporate Technology Officer (CTO) for CitiGroup, where he chaired the CitiGroup Information Technology Leadership Council, until his retirement on December 31, 2003. He was previously Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Salomon Smith Barney, and held senior executive positions with Merrill Lynch, EF Hutton, and Shearson Lehman during his career on Wall Street.
Paul Zazzera was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Time Inc, and Chair of Time-Warner’s CIO Council (AOL, HBO, New Line Cinema, Time Warner Cable, Turner/CNN, Warner Brothers). He previously was a General Partner with Friday Holdings and an executive at the Wall Street Journal. Steve is a member of Kleiner Perkins CIO Exchange. He holds BS and MS degrees from City College of NY.
Paul Bergamo focuses on issues in the areas of data governance, IT governance, and process architecture. He brings extensive experience in the health care and insurance arenas. Paul served as Chief Technology Officer for Liberty Mutual from 2000-2005. He was previously Chief Technology Officer for Aetna. Paul holds a BS from Penn State University.
Neil Gardner focuses on back office financial service operations. Neil was formerly senior vice president with responsibility for back-office operations for Fidelity Investments, and prior to that was a senior vice president with Deutsche Bank. Neil holds an MBA from Babson College and a BS from Concordia University.
Peter Kim leads NewVantage Partners activities in the areas of CRM, customer analytics, and business intelligence. Peter has previously led professional services practices areas for Wheelhouse, Harte-Hanks, Spotfire, and iMarket. Peter holds an MBA from Babson College and a BA from Boston University.
Ken Krigelman brings extensive expertise in data management and enterprise architecture. Ken was formerly chief architect for CitiGroup’s Private Bank, and was previously senior principle and chief solutions and data architect, financial services, for Knightsbridge Solutions (now Hewlett-Packard Consulting). He also held senior technology positions with Naviant and National Grange Mutual Insurance. Ken holds a PhD, MA, and BA in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania.
