Mr. Connors is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of ISG, a leading global technology research and advisory services firm. Mr. Connors is responsible for the global strategy and operations of ISG and is an expert in helping clients achieve operational excellence in their organizations.

Prior to ISG, he served as Chairman & CEO of the Media Measurement & Information (MMI) group of VNU, now The Nielsen Company, a leading global information and media company.

In 2001, he led the formation of the MMI group, comprised of VNU’s media information, entertainment, software and Internet businesses, including Nielsen Media Research, NetRatings and Nielsen Entertainment. He also served as Chairman of VNU World Directories business, a leading Yellow Pages Directories company operating in seven countries. Before joining VNU, Mr. Connors was Vice Chairman of ACNielsen Corporation, the world leader in marketing information services, where he helped lead the turnaround of ACNielsen into a profitable company.

During his leadership, ACNielsen’s equity value grew from $893 million, its market capitalization immediately following its spin-off from the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation in November, 1996, to $2.3 billion, its sales price to VNU in February, 2001. Mr. Connors also led the integration of ACNielsen into VNU after the acquisition. Earlier, Mr. Connors was Senior Vice President with The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, which owned such companies as Moody’s Investors Service, Reuben H. Donnelley, IMS Health, ACNielsen, Nielsen Media Research, D&B Credit Services and a majority stake in Gartner Group. He played a leading role in D&B’s break-up into three separate publicly traded companies in 1996.

Mr. Connors is a director of both Eastman Chemical and Chubb Ltd. He has appeared on CNBC Power Lunch, CNBC Fast Money and is quoted in the New York Times and other leading publications on media, information services and the Special Purpose Acquisition Company investment vehicle.

David E. Berger, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.  He is responsible for Finance, Investor Relations, Legal and IT Operations.

Previously, Mr. Berger was Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Investor Relations with The Nielsen Company, a $5 billion global information and media company where he spent more than eight years and participated in a number of strategic acquisitions for the company. Prior to Nielsen, he was with Simon & Schuster (S&S) and Viacom for nine years where he held a variety of increasingly important financial positions including Senior Vice President of Finance and Controller of S&S. He was the lead on development and strategic initiatives; financial and operational matters; and managed a staff of over 200 financial professionals. Mr. Berger is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and earned his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.

Lois is a recognized expert in the field of Service Management and Governance. As Partner and Global Leader of ISG’s Managed Services Practice, she drives innovation and industry leading practices in the area of service integration, operational effectiveness and operating model transformation. She brings more than 25 years of experience in IT operations transformation to her work with such ISG clients as Abbott, CNA, Excelon, Loblaw, Monsanto, Pitney Bowes and United Technologies.

Todd Dreger is a Partner and the Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer at ISG. A business strategist and turnaround expert, Todd has more than 20 years of internal and external sourcing experience that spans all aspects of information technology and business processes. His perspective has been shaped by stints as a sourcing procurer, service provider and advisor. He develops creative yet practical strategies and solutions that preserve a corporation’s culture while navigating challenging economic conditions. He has served clients in India, Israel, Eastern Europe and Central, North and South America. Todd has a bachelor’s degree in strategic management from the University of North Texas and an MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Steve Hall is responsible for the firm’s Europe, Middle East & Africa region, as well as its global Digital Advisory Services business. During his time with ISG, Mr. Hall has led some of the company’s largest and most complex engagements with clients as diverse as United Airlines, Symantec, BP, World Bank, CEMEX and Motorola. He is a seasoned professional who brings considerable experience in emerging technologies to ISG clients. Prior to his position at ISG, Mr. Hall held senior roles at a number of renowned IT services companies, including Unisys and MCI. He also led large-scale eBusiness initiatives for technology solutions providers C-Bridge and CBSI and gained deep outsourcing and offshore software development experience as a delivery executive with Covansys. Mr. Hall co-authored Managing Global Development Risk: A Guide to Managing Global Software Development. He earned his degree in Computer Science from Regis University.

Esteban Herrera is Partner and Global Leader, ISG Research. He also leads ISG’s Latin America region. He is an outsourcing thought leader who is passionate about the opportunities of globalization and specialization in the industry. A recognized speaker and author, Esteban writes a regular column for CIO Magazine and has been published in numerous other industry publications, including MWorld and Directorship. He is a contributing author to the book, Outsourcing: The Definitive Point of View, Applications and Implications. His focus is for ISG Research to produce knowledge products that solve real business problems for clients. Through his involvement in hundreds of enterprise-size transformation initiatives, he has developed unique insight and the ability to ask the right questions to set an organization on the correct outsourcing path.

Tom Kucinski is responsible for the firm’s overall human resources function, with a particular focus on strategic talent management, leadership development and organizational change initiatives.

An accomplished global Human Resource leader with more than 30 years of experience in the professional services, finance and consumer products industries, Tom joined ISG in 2013 as its Global Leader – Total Rewards and HR Operations and was named to his current post in 2017. Prior to ISG, Tom held HR leadership roles at NASDAQ OMX, Nielsen and American Express, with a particular emphasis on compensation and benefits strategy and design.

An avid distance runner, Tom holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., and a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Psychology from the University of Scranton, Scranton, Pa.

Todd Lavieri is responsible for ISG Americas, the firm’s largest region, encompassing the United States, Canada and Latin America and representing more than half of the firm’s revenue. He also is responsible for the Asia Pacific region. He joined ISG in July 2014 with 24 years of experience in the global services industry. 

Previously, Todd was with IBM, where he served as general manager of IBM Global Consulting and more recently as general manager, Global Business Services, IBM Canada. Before joining IBM in 2010, Todd was president and CEO of Archstone Consulting, a strategy and operations advisory firm he founded in 2003 and sold to The Hackett Group in 2009. Earlier, he was a partner at Deloitte Consulting and a member of its Global Management Committee during a distinguished 13-year career with the firm. 

An expert on business transformation and growth strategies, he has personally advised Global 1000 clients across such sectors as manufacturing, retail, life sciences, healthcare, energy and consumer products. Todd is a graduate of Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, and holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

Mr. Roüast is Partner and President, ISG South Europe, Middle East & Africa. Lyonel was previously President of the Europe, Middle East and Africa region for Compass Management Consulting. He joined Compass Management Consulting France in 1999 and is responsible for managing the fast-growing European presence of the company. Previously, he held the posts of Managing Director Compass South Europe and Director of Europe. Prior to joining Compass, Lyonel spent much of his career with IBM France where he was a Sales Manager specializing in the banking sector. In 1995, he was appointed Sales Director for the banking sector of CGI and then for the banking department with IBM Global Services. Lyonel is an engineering graduate from the ESIEA and has a post graduate degree from IAE Paris.

Chip Wagner served as the Chief Executive Officer of Alsbridge from 2013 to 2016, when he helped merge the firm with ISG. Over the past 30 years, Chip has become a recognized industry expert, specializing in ITO and BPO strategy development and implementation, business transformation, contract negotiations and telecommunications. Committed to helping clients understand and respond to emerging trends, he is a thought leader in the nascent field of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and a regular speaker on the impact of innovative and disruptive technologies. As CEO of Alsbridge, Chip directed the firm’s business strategy, oversaw global operations and worked closely with key client and service provider organizations in a variety of industries and countries. He maintained a keen focus on top line growth and profitability, and was been directly involved in more than $15B in sourcing transactions.