Clive Finkelstein

Clive Finkelstein is acknowledged worldwide as the "Father" of Information Engineering, and is Managing Director of Information Engineering Services Pty Ltd in Australia. He has over 50 years' experience in the Computer Industry. He has published many books and papers, and contributed Chapters and Forewords to books published by McGraw-Hill and Springer-Verlag. Clive has authored the following books:

• “Information Engineering”, James Martin and Clive Finkelstein, Savant Institute, Carnforth: Lancs UK (1981). This was the book that started the Information Engineering Revolution in the 1980’s.

• "An Introduction to Information Engineering", Clive Finkelstein, Addison-Wesley, Sydney: Australia (1989). This book covers the history and evolution of Information Engineering.

• "Information Engineering: Strategic Systems Development", Clive Finkelstein, Addison-Wesley, Sydney: Australia (1992). This is the “how-to” book on using Information Engineering.

• "Building Corporate Portals with XML", Clive Finkelstein and Peter Aiken, McGraw-Hill New York: NY (2000). This book covers methodologies and technologies for Enterprise Portals.

• “Enterprise Architecture for Integration: Rapid Delivery Methods and Technologies”, First Edition, Clive Finkelstein, Artech House, Norwood, MA (March 2006). This first edition of the EA book is available in hardcover from the publisher Artech House or Amazon. The book brings together the methods and technologies for rapid delivery of Enterprise Architecture in 3-month increments. Read the Book Review.

• “Enterprise Architecture for Integration: Rapid Delivery Methods and Technologies”, Second Edition, Clive Finkelstein, (June 2011). This second edition of the EA book has a Foreword written by John Zachman. It is available for purchase online and for download in PDF, or as an iBook for the Apple iPad and as an eBook for the Amazon Kindle.

Clive Finkelstein is an internationally renowned consultant and instructor, and has completed projects for Defense, Government and Commercial organizations throughout the world and in most industries. Many projects have involved the Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture, using the latest methods and technologies for rapid delivery of priority areas into implementation. These methods use Enterprise Engineering for rapid definition of Enterprise Architecture. His technology focus addresses Enterprise Integration technologies using XML, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), Enterprise Portals, Web Services and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) for Business Process Management (BPM) using XML-based BPM languages.

He provides training and consulting in all aspects of the Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture, with rapid delivery of priority areas using Enterprise Engineering. His application of these methods in large and medium Government, Defense and Commercial enterprises results in Business Transformation Enablement, so that business and IT managers and their staffs can plan for and achieve rapid business change. Enterprise Architecture provides a Governance Analysis Framework that supports Sarbanes-Oxley and other Governance Audit requirements. It provides direct support and linkage to Balanced Scorecard for Strategy-Focused Organizations, to ensure that IT systems and databases support defined Scorecard Measures, Strategy Maps and Governance requirements.

Clive gained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1961 from the University of New South Wales in Sydney. He has been a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society since 1972 and was inducted into the Pearcey Hall of Fame of the ACS in Australia in 2008.

He publishes a free, quarterly technology newsletter via email: “The Enterprise Newsletter (TEN)”. Past issues of TEN are at: http://www.ies.aust.com/.  His books and papers are at http://www.ies.aust.com/cbfindex.htm. He can be contacted at clive.finkelstein@ies.aust.com. Many in-house skills-transfer courses and seminars presented by Clive Finkelstein are at http://shop.ies.aust.com/. 

Contact Details Clive Finkelstein, Managing Director Information Engineering Services Pty Ltd 59B Valentine Ave, Dianella Perth WA 6059 Australia   Phone: Fax: Email: Details: Web Site: +61-8-9275-3459 +61-8-6210-1579 clive.finkelstein@ies.aust.com http://www.ies.aust.com/cbfindex.htm http://www.ies.aust.com/

Courses by Clive Finkelstein

The following latest versions of courses are presented as public seminars or workshops world-wide. They can also be tailored to the unique requirements of an enterprise or a project and presented in-house as skills-transfer workshops. Visit the following Web Sites for the current schedule of public courses in your location:

Alternatively, please email Clive Finkelstein directly with a description of your training needs, your location and your time-frame.

Click here to view the Course Description, Objectives and Outline of many of the following courses in our Online Store.

In the Online Store, click on the "In-house Courses" link or the "Self-Study Courses" link and drill down to review details of relevant courses below that are of interest.

• Introduction to XML for Management (1 day)
• XML for Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) (1 day)
• XML, EAI, Web Services and SOA (1 day)
• XML for 21st Century e-Business (2 days)
• XML Web Services and EAI (2 days)
• Enterprise Integration Technologies (2 days)
• Enterprise and e-Government Portals (3 days)
• Rapid Delivery Technologies for Enterprise Architecture (1 day)

Methodology Courses

• Management Strategies for e-Government and e-Business (1 day)
• Data Modeling Methods for Enterprise Architecture (3 days)
• Enterprise Engineering Implementation (5 days)
• Strategic Planning Workshop (5 days)
• Business Planning Workshop (5 days)
• Strategic Modelling Workshop (5 days) + Enterprise Architecture Portfolio Plan Report (15 days)
• Tactical + Operational Modelling Workshop (5 days)
• Advanced Data Modelling Workshop (5 days)
• Activity Modelling, Activity Based Costing and Process Modelling Workshop (5 days)

Enterprise Architecture Courses

• Enterprise Architecture for Business Integration (half-day)
• Enterprise Architecture for Technology Integration (half-day)
• Rapid Delivery Methods for Enterprise Architecture (1 day)
• Advanced Concepts for Building Enterprise Architecture (2 days)
• Enterprise Integration Technologies for Enterprise Architecture (2 days)
• Strategic Modeling for Building Enterprise Architecture (3 days)
• Data Modeling Methods for Enterprise Architecture (3 days)
• Enterprise and e-Government Portals for Enterprise Architecture (3 days)
• Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Engineering  (5 days)
• Successfully Implementing Enterprise Architecture (5 days)
• Business Transformation Using Enterprise Architecture (5 days)

Certified Business Data Modeller (CBDM) Self-Study Course

• Business Data Modelling Concepts Self-Study Course
• Business Normalisation Concepts Self-Study Course
• Business Data Modelling Case Study Workshop (Self-Study)
• CBDM Certification Self-Study Exam

Click here to view the Course Description, Objectives and Outline of many of the above courses in our Online Store.

In the Online Store, click on the "In-house Courses" link or the "Self-Study Courses" link and drill down to review details of relevant courses of interest.

Email Clive Finkelstein directly with a description of your training needs, your location and your time-frame.