Tony J. Read

Tony J. Read has over 25 years of international IT experience, within the high-tech, computing, telecommunications, financial, banking, and retail industries. Tony has led global IT teams and successfully implemented key corporate initiatives, contributing millions of dollars to the top and bottom line. He established Read & Associates in 2002, an international IT value-based management and project delivery consultancy practice. The aim of the company is to provide IT value network solutions, delivering stakeholder economic value and network advantage. Prior to establishing Read & Associates, he served as CIO and IT senior vice president within several international corporations.

Tony is also a visiting professor at various universities, with several published papers on the subject of IT investment portfolio value, IT strategy, and IT governance. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in management science, and subsequently earned an M.B.A. and a M.Ed. in organizational change management. In 2005, Tony earned his Ph.D. in Information Systems and was elected into the Honor Society of Computing Sciences, being awarded the Upsilon Pi Epsilon. Tony is a dual U.K.-U.S.A citizen, residing in Canada; he regularly travels for speaker engagements at various conferences and corporate events.

The Vision = IT VALUE and Mission = VALUE IT.