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As founder and CEO, Dr. Carsten Bange has built BARC into Europe’s leading market analysis and consulting firm for data & analytics over the past 25 years. With his team of 50 people, he helps companies make the strategic, organizational and technological decisions that ensure their successful transformation into data- and analytics-driven organizations.

Dr. Bange is considered one of the leading experts on the technology market and the beneficial use of data & analytics, which makes him a sought-after speaker, author and consultant for companies, software vendors and service providers as well as investors.

Larissa is Senior Analyst Data & Analytics at BARC. She specializes in front ends for dashboarding, reporting, analysis, planning, data discovery and in self-service BI and analytics.

As part of the BARC Advisory practice, Larissa supports companies in their software selection processes and in strategic decisions regarding their BI front end portfolio including architecture and usage scenarios. She is also an expert in landscapes and requirements of SAP customers.

In the area of research, she is responsible for the BARC Score product line and acts as product manager for “BARC Score Enterprise BI & Analytics Platforms”. She is also acting Head of Data & Analytics Research and co-author of various market analyses, including “The BI & Analytics Survey”, “Data & Analytics Manager” and the BARC Scores.

Robert is Managing Director and Senior Analyst at BARC Austria. His areas of expertise are analytics, BI and CPM.

He supports companies in all industries in software selection as well as in the design and optimization of strategy, architecture and organization.

Robert has many years of experience managing analytics and BI projects, hands-on expertise with many BI tools on the front end as well as the back end, designing, coaching and implementing reporting, analytics and planning solutions with a focus on self-service BI, information design and advanced planning.

Dr. Christian Fuchs is a Senior Analyst and Head of Data & Analytics Research at BARC. He is the author of numerous BARC studies as well as a sought-after speaker at conferences. His areas of expertise are decision support information systems in corporate performance management (CPM), planning, consolidation and analytics front ends.

As a consultant, he supports companies in the software selection process and in the implementation phase as well as with strategic questions regarding tool portfolios, architecture and usage scenarios.