Peter Hind

Peter Hind, is one of the foremost speakers on ICT in the Asia Pacific region. He regularly speaks at ICT seminars, conferences and roadshows where he consistently scores top ratings because of his skills as a public speaker. He has been an active Toastmaster for over 20 years and he places an emphasis in his presentations on being both entertaining and provocative.
Through his company Launch Pad Marketing Pty Ltd, Peter Hind is an independent analyst, researcher and commentator on the IT industry around Asia Pacific. With 25 years industry experience spent among major IT users, international IT suppliers, local distributors, IT industry bodies and research organizations Peter has acquired the all round skill to cut through the hype that bedevils the IT industry and to position technology in a business context.
For ten years Peter ran a series of regular bi-monthly management forums for IT executives on behalf of the research company, IDC. Such was the popularity of these forums among IT executives, Peter tripled the membership in his time at the helm. He drew on his work with this management group in 'The IT Managers Survival Guide', a book he co-authored with Rob Aalders in 2002. (John Wiley & Sons - 0470-84454 X)
Peter's work brings him in to regular contact with IT executives across Asia Pacific. He draws on this dialogue in his monthly 'At the Coalface' column in CIO magazine. He has written this column since 1996 and in this time it has earned a reputation for its insight in to what is really top of mind for IT professionals.
A full profile of Peter's research, written work and speeches can be found at his web sites www.launchpadmktg.com and www.coalfaceresearch.com