Hackathorn has extensive experience in the IT industry as a well-known industry analyst, technology innovator and international lecturer. He has published numerous articles in trade and academic publications, presented regularly at leading industry conferences, and conducted professional seminars in eighteen countries. He is currently involved with the Boulder BI Brain Trust with Claudia Imhoff and has been a member of the BeyeNetwork Experts and IBM Gold Consultants.
Hackathorn founded MicroDecisionware Inc. (MDI), an early vendor of database connectivity products, growing the company to 180 employees, to be acquired by Sybase in 1994.
He has written three professional texts, titled...