Inside Info

Our Team

Information management and business intelligence solutions are a platform for decision making and organisational change.  As with any organisational change, it must be managed wisely and carefully.  It will affect the way your people work.  And while these effects may not seem revolutionary, the success of your project, and ultimately the return delivered to your organisation, is dependent on how well this change is managed.

That's why we've built a team of highly experienced and qualified information management and business intelligence professionals. These people are domain experts. Not only are they QlikView and Microsoft SQL experts but they are experts in how to apply these solutions within our core industries, understanding key measures and processes.  From business analysis, to data warehouse architecture, from project management to user training and customer support; our domain experts ensure your solution is embraced by your users and delivers your business outcomes.

It's all about our people working with your people.

Leadership Team

• Stuart Barnard, Managing Director

  Stuart Barnard is co-founder and Managing Director of Inside Info. From early 2003, Stuart has led the successful growth of the business to pioneer QlikView locally, personally responsible for over 100 clients. Stuart oversees all strategic and operational aspects of the business, while also leading the commercial sales arm. He has over fifteen years experience working within the IT industry for key players such as IBM where he held Senior Client Management roles, Deloitte and BI specialist vendors SAS and Crystal Decisions.

• Phil Langdale, Director & Managing Consultant – QlikView

  Phil Langdale is a seasoned management and business intelligence consultant with over twenty years experience working within finance, business intelligence and supply chain management roles in the UK, USA and Australia. Phil is a co-founder and the Managing Consultant for the QlikView Practice at Inside Info, responsible for overseeing all client scoping, development, delivery, integration, training and technical support. Under Phil's leadership, client engagements at Amcor and Fujitsu General both garnered industry awards for best-of-breed BI. Phil has strong business and technical capability as a certified Management Accountant, with previous roles as Financial Controller and Head of Supply Chain for manufacturer Barloworld coupled with strong cross industry experience in implementing ERP and BI projects throughout his career.

• Ian Forrester, Managing Consultant – Microsoft

  Inside Info’s Microsoft Practice team is led by Managing Consultant Ian Forrester. Ian is a seasoned IT and business intelligence professional with 20+ years experience. Prior to joining Inside Info, Ian was the former CIO of Wesfarmers Industrial & Safety and CIO of United Group Rail where he was responsible to lead the strategic direction of the IT function for the Group. Ian has also been responsible specifically for ERP,CRM and business intelligence solutions at CSR Group where he worked as the Head of Applications and earlier as the Lead SAP Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers managing key implementations. Ian has a hand in every Microsoft project overseeing all client scoping, architecture design, development, delivery, integration, training and ongoing support. He brings a wealth of insight to each client engagement through his experience. Ian is trained in ITIL, Prince2 and is a certified SAP SD Consultant.

• Sonia Johnson, Head of Marketing

  As the Head of Marketing, Sonia Johnson leads the marketing team responsible for Inside Info’s brand, corporate communications and lead generation activities across the organisation. Sonia has over fifteen years experience across most areas of the discipline, having worked in senior product, channel, segmentation and communication roles for companies like IBM and Vodafone for the majority of her career. Sonia also has an agency background, having previously established her own business-to-business marketing agency servicing a range of clients including Canon, CCH Australia, AMD and Mallesons Stephen Jaques.