Success
An IT project is a success when it begins to deliver the benefits that originally justified the investment. We help our clients get to that point.

Amherst Information Architects
Our expertise is in organizational performance on IT projects.

We work with senior and business managers, professionals, staff and IT specialists. We speak the language of the business world as well as the language of the technology world.

We work on the "process" of creating and deploying successful IT solutions. We act as a catalyst, promoting the project process without taking sides on business and technical decisions. For this reason, we can provide an independent perspective from which we can:

• challenge assumptions
• ask probing questions
• brainstorm alternatives
• identify problems
• facilitate conflict resolution

Amherst Information Architects was founded in 1989.

Collaboration
Because of the comprehensive nature of our work, we often collaborate with other consultants on projects. We have worked with management, organizational development, and technology firms.

David Washburn
Principal Consultant and Founder
David Washburn is an international consultant and speaker. Over the course of 25 years working with various organizations, he became aware of the critical importance of "people factors" in IT projects. He now specializes in helping organizations optimize the way people work together, to ensure project success.

David has a degree in psychology from Boston University. He worked for major healthcare institutions and a top IT consulting company in Boston. He lived in Geneva, Switzerland for two years to consult at the United Nations. Before founding Amherst Information Architects in 1989, David spent eight years as an IT manager at a large agricultural bank, where he became the director of information services.

David has developed innovative approaches for using information technology to solve challenging business problems. He has presented seminars in the US, Europe and Asia on:

• strategic IT planning
• designing executive information systems
• strategies and techniques for developing end-user support organizations
• design of distributed databases and applications

He has led seminars for sales personnel at high-tech companies on "how to understand and communicate with business managers."

David was the chief architect of several large computer applications including: a bank-wide loan accounting system; a web-enabled enterprise-wide hazardous waste tracking system; special-interest websites for top diabetes doctors and educators in Asia and Europe; and virtual team collaboration tools for projects in the aerospace industry.