Happy Valentines day! We're continuing to show love for our Constellation Orbits members by highlighting a few each day with our "Meet the Constellation Orbits Influencers" series. Today we'll meet change management visionary Paul Van Essche and all-things-cloud expert, Louis Columbus. Catch the latest insights from Paul and Louis right here on the Constellation blog.

Paul Van Essche is a change management expert tapped for his deft hand at successfully transforming change-resistant businesses.

Paul van Essche is the founder/owner of the independent management and tech consulting firm van Essche & Associates. He is a Swiss and South African citizen with qualifications in electronic and industrial engineering as well as project and business management. He has 29 years experience gained in over 20 countries on five continents in multiple industries, serving a range of blue-chip firms and international organizations. As a change management specialist, Van Essche has successfully effected radical change in some of the most resistant business environments. Van Essche has been independent since 1999, is an accomplished public speaker and negotiator, and is bilingual (English-French).

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Constellation Profile: https://www.constellationr.com/users/paulve
Twitter: @paul_vanessche
LinkedIn: ch.linkedin.com/in/paulvanessche

Louis Columbus is a Cloud Philosopher and an international business strategy professor.

Louis Columbus is a Product Marketing Executive at Plex Systems. He's focusing on how manufacturers can streamline their business strategies with cloud computing.   Previously Louis was senior manager at Cincom Systems and an industry analyst at AMR Research. He earned his MBA from Pepperdine University and completed the Strategic Marketing Management & Digital Marketing Programs at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Louis teaches graduate-level courses in International Marketing, International Business and global competitive strategy in the MBA Program at Webster University.  When he's not teaching or writing for Forbes, he spends his time musing all aspects of the cloud-present and future.

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Constellation Profile: https://www.constellationr.com/users/louiscolumbus
Twitter: @louiscolumbus
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/louiscolumbus
 

The Constellation Orbits influencer network extends the reach of Constellation's coverage area to the bleeding edge of digital disruption, and establishes Constellation Research as the authoritative source for analysis of the latest developments in disruptive technology. Constellation hand-picked twenty thought leaders to join Constellation Orbits for their expertise, influence, and fearlessness in identifying trends, cutting through marketing hype, and informing their early adopter audience of significant developments in disruptive technology. You can find analyses from these thought leaders (along with analyses from Constellation Analysts) on the Constellation blog--the enterprise's authoritative source for disruptive technology analysis. https://www.constellationr.com/blog-news