The beginning of 2021 saw two more of our Brovanture friends and colleagues reach their ten-year anniversaries. Martin Skelly and Ram Gobhidesi joined us on the same day 10 years ago, they both have been at the centre of our company ever since.

Martin was part of the hardcore Essbase team at Comshare in the 1990s and is a fount of all Oracle Essbase knowledge. He has been a source of clever solutions in our industry for years, applying a mix of cynical doubt and technical brilliance to our various engagements. It was Martin who came up with our Student Placement Scheme. Martin has inspired our many placement students (all still with us today!) to become masters of Oracle Essbase and ambassadors for the Hyperion/Oracle planning on-premises and Cloud products.

Before Ram arrived at Brovanture he worked in North America and Canada for several years working with Oracle Hyperion Planning and Oracle Essbase. For the first 6 months we called Ram, Naresh! This must have been confusing for him! On his first day he went to Channel 4 as we’d just secured a support contract with them. We still support Channel 4 today and this is largely because of Ram’s dedication to support excellence and the support team he has grown and developed. An example of this is whilst holiday in India, from the beach, he talked through a solution for a client application via Facetime.

Marc and I, who founded Brovanture over 15 years ago, cherish these anniversaries with great pride. The expertise and ability of our team and the retention of staff and clients is something we have focused since day one. Thank you, Martin and Ram for all your hard work on our and their account. We look forward to the next ten years!

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Until next time

Malcolm