Paper Explores the Critical Elements for Building Effective Business Networks that Link Collaborating Knowledge Workers

VIENNA, Va., November 23 – Tercon Consulting, a human capital resources consultancy to Fortune Global 50 organizations, today announced the publication of a new white paper, Business Value Network Implementation: Behavioral and Change Management Considerations.

Written by Steven Davis, Tercon Senior Vice President and COO, in collaboration with Eamonn McCormick and William White, the paper explores the key issues that arise when organizations seek to develop and implement collaborative network management systems and identifies the critical elements for long-term sustainability of such networks.

Davis identifies primary constituencies that must be addressed in establishing the objectives and operating protocols of business value networks, and then details the human factors that must be considered in order to ensure that network implementation goes smoothly and that the networks can be maintained effectively over time.

A copy of Business Value Network Implementation: Behavioral and Change Management Considerations is available on Tercon Consulting’s website: www.tercon.com in the site’s “News & Resources” section under “White Papers.” Registration is required to download the document.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Steve Davis has over thirty years of experience in the energy sector, most recently as a senior executive with Exxon Mobil Corporation. After the merger of Exxon and Mobil in 1999, he held the positions of Vice President-Downstream Business Services and Assistant Corporate Controller. He joined Mobil Corporation as Corporate Controller in 1998 after a 23 year career at Chevron Corporation. He led the start-up of significant new employment centers for support services in South America, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe. Davis has written several articles and publications on financial operations, enterprise system implementations and business value networks.

Mr. Davis holds a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from Auburn University. He attended several universities for post-graduate studies and executive education programs. In addition to his service as Chairman of the Fairfax County, Virginia Economic Development Authority Commission for the past seven years, he chairs the Advisory Board for the George Mason University School of Management, and formerly served on the Board of Directors of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, and as a member of the Virginia Business Council.

Eamonn McCormick brings a uniquely qualified view to the world of integrating intelligent edge devices into innovative business models. His talent for seeing the “big picture” when it comes to helping clients realize new business models using edge technologies is simply unparalleled. Earlier in his career Eamonn was founder of Dynamic Networks – a company that successfully delivered business network process and technology solutions to a number of prestigious clients. Eamonn has extensive experience building complex business process networks and trading markets. Prior to Dynamic Networks Eamonn was lead architect and managing associate at Coopers & Lybrand. Eamonn has been responsible for leading the design, development and integration of some of the most sophisticated transaction-based networks in existence. During his career he has led architecture business process network implementations at clients including Del Monte foods, Exxon Mobil, the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas, FurnishNet Inc and the California Power Exchange.

William White over 35-years of experience leading major consulting practices in the integration of strategy, operations improvement, systems integration (including network management), organization effectiveness and financial results (shareholder value creation). Previously, Bill headed the West Coast Consulting Practice of Coopers & Lybrand (subsequently Price Waterhouse Coopers), the Financial Services Practice of Ernst & Young (subsequently Cap Gemini Ernst & Young), and the West Coast Practice of the merged Towers Perrin and Cresap Consulting practices. He began his career at Booz, Allen & Hamilton in New York in the general management practice.

In recent years, he has worked with private equity firms and various venture capital firms to launch businesses in the high-technology and bio-tech fields. Mr. White attended Princeton University’s McCormick School of architecture and has a degree in English and Journalism from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a Certified Management Consultant and has published over twenty articles on issues of strategy, operations, and optimizing shareholder value.

About Tercon Consulting

Headquartered in the greater Washington, DC region, Tercon Consulting accelerates the performance of organizations, teams and individuals through the design and delivery of customized leadership, organizational, team development and training initiatives.  Through its Project Team EXCELerator™, Tercon employs a unique approach in creating “Speed-to-Competence” that capitalizes on the firm’s breadth of experience and vast intellectual property resources, enabling Tercon to consistently deliver measurable client results.  Tercon engages with clients to produce highly specialized business strategies and deliver the necessary change management consulting for both people and processes.  As a founding member of the Global Leadership Alliance, Tercon has helped its Fortune Global 50 clients build sustainable organizational capabilities, achieve their business objectives, minimize risk, and achieve reduced project costs.  For more information visit www.tercon.com or call 703-388-0059.