August 15, 2008. Redmond, WA - Brightlight Consulting - Brightlight Consulting today announced that its President and CEO, Mark Kettering, has been elected to the Board of Directors as Co-President, for the Northwest Chapter of the Data Warehouse Institute (TDWI). TDWI sponsors Chapters in regions throughout the world to foster education and networking at the local level among business intelligence and data warehousing professionals. Chapter meetings are open to any BI/DW professional.

“I am thrilled to be part of the leadership team of this important new organization”, states Kettering. “ There has been a pent up demand for a number of years now, for a vehicle to help build and foster the BI/DW community here in the Pacific Northwest. This is also consistent with the mission of Brightlight Consulting and our exclusive focus on BI and Data Warehousing Consulting services. We believe this new organization will become a positive, vendor neutral place for the sharing of BI best practices and emerging BI/DW capabilities.

The Northwest Chapter of TDWI will hold meetings at least 4 times annually and will have its first meeting on October 23rd, 2008 at Starbuck’s Headquarters. For more information and to register for this event, go to the TDWI website: http://www.tdwi.org/education/Chapters/display.aspx?id=8973

About Brightlight Consulting
Brightlight Consulting is a Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing consultancy dedicated to helping our clients get exactly the right information - to the right people - at the right time, to empower decision-making that will significantly improve profitability, cost efficiency and competitive advantage.  Brightlight brings deep technical knowledge of all the latest BI tools, but our experience tells us Business Intelligence technology is only as effective as the strategy it fulfills and the people it enables. 

Brightlight Consulting's success is based on the belief that building a consulting firm exclusively focused on Business Intelligence Services will attract a community of deeply experienced consultants with a passion for Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing. In turn, we are able to bring our clients a depth and breadth of capability and a commitment to deliver with uncompromising dedication to quality and integrity. 
Web site: www.brightlightconsulting.com.
 

About TDWI
TDWI, a division of 1105 Media, is the premier provider of in-depth, high-quality education and research in the business intelligence and data warehousing industry. Starting in 1995 with a single conference, TDWI is now a comprehensive resource for industry information and professional development opportunities. TDWI sponsors and promotes quarterly World Conferences, regional seminars, onsite courses, a worldwide Membership program, business intelligence certification, resourceful publications, industry news, an in-depth research program, and a comprehensive Web site: www.tdwi.org.