About Us

First Head of Birst Services 20 years of experience in BI, Analytics, and SaaS

As the first director of services for Birst, Craig was instrumental in developing, architecting, and leading hundreds of Birst implementations across various industries. His experience ranges from hands-on implementation work to executive-level strategy and vision.

During his seven years with Birst Services, Craig ensured the delivery of complex analytic solutions and represented the voice of the customer in the ongoing evolution of the Birst product. This included expanding and improving the product to meet customer needs and drive success.

As a customer success executive for information management companies, Craig advises Fortune 500 and manufacturing companies, among others, on their data management and analytics roadmaps and strategies. His focus is on ensuring that organizations of all sizes succeed in transforming their data and systems into actionable insights for the business.

✉️ craigvigor@agiledragongroup.com

BIRST SOLUTION ARCHITECT WITH OVER 9 YEARS OF EXCLUSIVE BIRST DEVELOPMENT.

With over 9 years of Birst experience, focusing on high complexity data Birst Date Models, Bob has worked in about every permutation and combination of Birst Solution Architecture.  Whether it is a good old-fashioned ADR to Live Access or implementing new data access functionality connecting Birst to the Data Lake Bob has been there and done that.

Most recently, Bob served as a lead consultant with Koch Industries where he designed the Birst data security solution for a global HR application implementation. Prior to Koch Industries, Bob spent two years at Pandora Media. At Pandora, Bob served as the Birst Lead in designing, building, deploying, and supporting a Birst solution for the advertising sales group, integrating data between a customized Salesforce environment and an in-house order management platform. Bob has worked on Birst integrations with 3rd party applications, specifically Salesforce.com, Infor HCM, and Tableau. He resides in Boston with his dog, Manny.

✉️ boblarson@agiledragongroup.com

BIRST INSIGHTS ARCHITECT WITH OVER 35 YEARS OF BUSINESS EXPERIENCE and 20 YEARS OF FINANCIAL REPORTING EXPERIENCE.

With over 10 years of Birst experience, focusing on leveraging Birst’s Visualization capabilities, Mike’s work is both visually stunning and full of insights. During Mike’s 7 years on Birst’s Services team, he was the go-to resource for high-priority solutions requiring both accuracy as well as flair. Mike hammers through the fluff to identify the levers driving the business, creating analytics content that illuminates the business’s reality and disseminates actionable insights. He reminds the business, to remember the “why” instead of solely focusing on the “how”.

With over 35 years of business experience, Michael also brings nearly 20 years in financial business reporting experience. Michael has an Accounting/Finance degree from the most southern university in the world, the University of Otago, as well as credentials from the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants. Michael was fortunate to have started his business career in the accounting consulting profession, bringing Big 5 consulting skills as well as an affinity for understanding the business needs of his clients.

Michael is often seen shuttling between all his family as they have taken flight, with the youngest at college. He enjoys his 7 children and four granddaughters and spending time with his wife. And he loves sports, specifically rugby, and traveling and exploring new places.

✉️mstokes@agiledragongoup.com