BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Blue Hill Research, a technology research firm focused on successful IT
vendor selection, today announced the acquisition of DataHive
Consulting, a leading B2B social media consulting firm, and the
appointment of DataHive President and co-founder Hyoun
Park as Blue Hill’s Chief Research Officer (CRO). This is Blue
Hill’s first strategic acquisition to bolster its world-class technology
analyst team.
Park is a 20-year technology veteran who has served as a trusted advisor
for Fortune 100 end users and vendors in the fields of analytics,
enterprise mobility, telecom expenses, and social business. Prior to
DataHive Consulting, Park was a research analyst at the Aberdeen Group,
a Harte Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS). Park has also managed billing
operations for multiple venture-backed startups and overseen project
management, IT budgets and enterprise mobility deployments at Bose and
Teradyne (NYSE: TER). His research includes insights on telepresence,
Bring
Your Own Device (BYOD), data
visualization, and social
marketing.
“Hyoun is an experienced, motivated, and high-energy executive with a
career and experiences that make him uniquely qualified to manage our
research team,” said Ralph A. Rodriguez, CEO of Blue Hill Research.
“Acquiring DataHive Consulting enables Blue Hill to combine deep social
and B2B marketing expertise with our existing research model.”
“The opportunity to manage Blue Hill’s outstanding research team and its
unique research methodology focused on multi-role vendor selection was
too exciting to resist,” said Hyoun Park. “This is a dream job, and I’m
excited to join a team ready to disrupt the IT research industry by
proactively reaching out to end users, focusing on new technology areas,
and conducting the most relevant and meaningful research on the market.”
Financial terms were not disclosed, but this acquisition is expected to
be accretive to 2014 earnings.
About Blue Hill Research
Founded in 1993, Blue Hill Research, an NTA company, is the research arm
of New Technologies, focused on providing end-users with a clear path to
successful and profitable technology implementations, and ensuring that
technology deployments align with a roadmap for success for the three
key stakeholders: technological, financial, and line-of-business
executives. Blue Hill’s annual research agenda includes legal
technologies, risk management, financial operations, the Internet of
Things, enterprise mobility, analytics, business intelligence, and
enterprise performance management.
Learn more about Blue Hill’s analysts at http://www.bluehillresearch.com/.
Blue Hill Research
Kay Rodriguez, 617-624-3600
krodriguez@bluehillresearch.com
Source: Blue Hill Research
