Hitachi at OpenWorld 2012

Andre Butler is a Vice President in the Hitachi Consulting Oil & Gas Practice. Andre, who is based in Houston, Texas, has over 20 years of industry and technology consulting experience.

He has been involved in numerous engagements related to process improvement, ERP implementations, software design and development. Andre has experience in the Legal, High-Tech, Distribution and Oil & Gas industries. Most recently, Andre’s clients have spanned contract drillers, mid-stream, oil field services and manufacturing clients.

He earned his BBA in Finance from Texas A&M University and an MBA from the University of Houston.

Douglas Allen is executive vice president of our U.S. Consulting business. He previously handled U.S. Managed Solutions, including Managed Services, AMO, and Offshore Development, and prior to that was responsible for business development, strategic account development, and managing the delivery team in the Gulf Coast and Southeast regions of the United States.

Allen has a strong background in IT strategic planning, systems integration and business process reengineering. Prior to joining Hitachi Consulting, he was CIO at a billion dollar public transportation company. He led the company through the systems integration of more than 60 acquisitions and the deployment of Oracle Applications and other third party systems. He was also CIO of an Internet infrastructure company, which he led through the integration of five acquisitions and the implementation and deployment of Oracle E-Business Suite. He has worked with numerous manufacturers and distributors during that last 10 years, mainly overseeing enterprise-wide process and IT system implementation initiatives.

Allen graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration in accounting from Washington State University.