Kirk Teal has more than 28 years of experience working with public sector organizations, including 23 years of experience in the design, development, implementation, customization and support of financial and procurement applications. For much of that time, he has focused his expertise on general ledger, accounts payable, budgetary control, budget preparation, grant and project accounting, purchasing, inventory control and asset management. Prior to joining ISG, Kirk served as a manager for a Big 5 accounting and consulting firm. He is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and is also a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas. Kirk also has spoken at the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), the Conference of Urban Counties (CUC) and the National Association of State Auditors Controllers and Treasurers (NASACT).

David Hemingson leads Higher Education and Academic Medical Centers practice.  He has provided professional services to 200+ university systems, colleges, research universities and academic medical centers. He specializes in complex, enterprise-wide transformation projects that encompass strategic planning and implementation of leading practices often in conjunction with selection and implementation of enterprise systems.  He has led teams in evaluating university and AMC organizational structures, processes, and technologies, and identifying and implementing operational improvement, service enhancement, and cost reduction/containment initiatives, including shared services.  Prior to joining ISG, he was with KPMG, BearingPoint and PwC.

John has more than 30 years of experience in enterprise application software procurement, analysis, design, project management, development, quality assurance and implementation. For the last sixteen years, he has been helping public sector organizations develop their business case, author and procure their request for proposal, gather requirements, evaluate and select their enterprise-resource planning vendor and manage on-going enterprise software projects. He has hands-on experience with Workday, Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise and SAP, and has worked with or evaluated many other enterprise software packages. He is a proficient and organized technical writer and presenter, with skills in both the software/technical and management/marketing fields. Building on his experience as a project manager, he maintains his certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP).