1 November 2013: Adam Stockwell: ‘Head in the Clouds?'
The Amsterdam MBA program welcomed Adam Stockwell (MBA 2009) on Friday, November 1st, 2013 as the first ever Amsterdam MBA alum to speak in the Amsterdam MBA Leadership Speaker Series.
In an insightful and engaging talk, Adam Stockwell, Managing Director Europe of ECI Software Solutions, explained to the audience the significance of three interconnected data-related trends with profound impacts. First, the staggering amount of data generated and stored each year creates amazing opportunities for companies. At the same time, it means our conception of privacy and identity security are largely illusory, because “computers remember everything.” Second, the companies behind the collection and storage of this data are often unknown, but they are emerging powerhouses. Managing a gigabyte of data in a well-run company costs $6 a year while companies that run “the cloud” can do the same for pennies on the dollar. Third, demographic shifts mean that the talent market is increasingly mobile, and employees are gaining bargaining power as their loyalty declines. From “the rise of the Virtual Enterprise” to the “collapse of traditional mass markets,” Adam painted an exciting—if not slightly disturbing—picture of our lives on the “front line” of the digital revolution.
To view his complete presentation, click here.
Adam Stockwell (Amsterdam MBA 2009) is an Australian national with over 27 years of international sales management and business development experience around the globe, particularly the US, the UK, Russia/CIS and Western Europe. Prior to joining ECi, Adam fulfilled senior management roles at Staples, PeopleSoft, IBM, and Xerox, among others. In his free time, Adam enjoys motorbikes, photography, guitar and hiking. Find his profile on LinkedIn: Adam Stockwell.
About the Amsterdam MBA Leadership Speaker series
The Amsterdam MBA Leadership Speaker Series is a series of events organized on a bi-monthly basis during the academic year, in which members of the business community are invited to speak on topics related to leadership and management. The series aims to serve as inspiration and provide networking opportunities to MBA students, alumni, friends, colleagues, and other interested members of the Amsterdam MBA community. For information on upcoming events or opportunities to speak in the series, contact the director of the MBA programme, Dr Alan Muller (amuller@uva.nl).