Professional Development Mentoring Programme


Would you like to boost your BA skill-set and transform your success on the job? Are you striving to be seen as a ‘top tier’ BA so you can get the best BA positions?


Having access to an experienced BA that knows you and your challenges is the perfect solution. They can give you expert advice on your tasks and feedback to rapidly boost your effectiveness, saving you learning slowly through painful trial and error. Click here to find out more, or read about the mentors below.

Tom Karasmanis

Canadian BA Mentor. Tom is the Product Owner for the IIBA’s “Being a BA – Technical Excellence” and “Vendor Showcase” webinar series. Previously he was the IIBA’s Chief Architect. An experienced business architect and enterprise analyst, he has a track record of many years building and managing Business Analysis practices. He is one of the [...] Read more »

Malcolm Eva

UK BA Mentor. Malcolm has worked in the fields of systems analysis and business analysis since 1985, having finally seen that programming is all very well, but it’s not like the real thing. He has worked in large public sector organsiations including Ministry of Defence and BT, and also helped private sector organizations such as [...] Read more »

Doug Goldberg

US BA Mentor. I first met Doug over two years ago through my blogging activities. Doug was very active and getting a lot of satisfaction from helping out his fellow BA’s. The first time we worked together was when Doug invited me to contribute to a free study group that he had designed and set [...] Read more »

Joan Davis

US BA Mentor. Joan has a unique combination of experience in business process design and information technology, bringing strengths to BA Mentor in virtual facilitation, business modeling notations, and tools. With over 20 years of practical BA experience, her current emphasis is the design and facilitation of elicitation and problem-solving workshops for both local groups [...] Read more »

Nick de Voil

UK BA Mentor. Nick has been working in IT for 26 years with 21 of those years with his own company. He has a wealth of experience gained mainly in investment banking and the public sector. He has experience in many techniques which include data/class modeling, activity modeling, soft systems analysis, surveys, user interface design, [...] Read more »

Mike Eckersley

UK BA Mentor. I’ve known Mike for over two years as we have served on the board of the UK Chapter of the IIBA together. Mike is what you might call a life long learner. He has consistently amazed me that he seemed to have read the books of all the speakers at IIBA events [...] Read more »