Author Archives: Patrick Shields

About Patrick Shields

A seasoned business technology executive with over 38 years of industry experience and a decade in international executive roles, he excels in global and regional technology go-to-market initiatives. His extensive expertise spans strategy, solution sales, and multiple technology domains. Based in South Africa, he’s also an influential public speaker, coach and advisor.

Cloud BPM: Look before you Leap

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Patrick Shields

Cloud computing must be economically viable, commonly accessible and must ensure strategic ownership of infrastructure and operations in order for business process management (BPM) to derive value from it. This is according to Patrick Shields, senior principal consultant and pre-sales … Continue reading →

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Fifty Surprising Facts about South Africa

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Patrick Shields

Economy The Rand (South Africa’s currency) was the best performing currency against the US Dollar between 2002 and 2005 (Bloomberg Currency Scoreboard) South Africa has 55,000 high net-wealth individuals holding at least US$1million in financial assets (World Wealth Report 2008) … Continue reading →

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Terminology: American words vs South African words

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Patrick Shields

I though it might be interesting to compare how some of the terms we commonly use differ between Americans and South Africans. I’ll update this note as I encounter more interesting terms, so check back again later: American term -> … Continue reading →

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