Burton Group has recruited Ken Anderson as an Executive Strategist for its Executive Advisory Program. Part of an organic business expansion underway at Burton Group, the Executive Advisory Program brings Burton's signature blend of independent thinking, indepth expertise, and actionable advice to the executive IT office. Mr. Anderson brings an impressive track record in IT leadership from Google and Novell.

Former positions include director of global IT for Google, CIO for Novell’s worldwide information systems, president of NoBounds IT, and CIO for PeopleCapital.

Overall, Mr. Anderson brings more than 16 years of experience in IT strategy and leadership helping global enterprise IT organizations align capabilities to support business objectives. He managed Google’s Corporate Information Technology department during their transition to a public corporation. In addition, he contributed to Google’s unique solutions such as Google’s Tech Stops, a collection of IT help centers with the look and feel of a mall store.

While CIO at Novell, he led efforts to leverage Novell product solutions internally to increase productivity and improve collaboration with business partners and clients.

"Ken’s deep, hands-on experience from his various positions will help provide our clients a full spectrum of perspectives on business and IT issues. This experience is Burton Group’s defining feature as we continue to offer sound advice for IT executives -- applied strategy, not just theory," said Chris Howard, vice president and director of Burton Group’s Executive Advisory Program.

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