Stuart Lauchlan

Stuart heads up the editorial team for Sift's own publishing titles. Stuart's expertise in all aspects of enterprise and public sector IT, cloud computing, CIO strategies, software as a service (SaaS), CRM, outsourcing and other areas is second to none; and has made him one of the country's most in-demand business journalists and industry commentators. Stuart also chairs Sift's Software Satisfaction Awards and he proposed and co-developed Sift's cloud computing website Businesscloud9.com and the inaugural Business Cloud Summit in December 2009.

Stuart's rigorous, incisive and hard-hitting journalism, and his extensive knowledge make him the business journalist that CEOs fear, but also feel they should speak to. As a result, he has access to the boardrooms of most of the big players.

His previous experience has included being news editor of Computing; editorial manager for Computing Intelligence; launch editor for the VNU pan-European newswire in San Francisco and editorial development manager for CMP. His past freelance editorial work has included features and news for: Computer Business Review; the FT; Internet World; MIS; CIO; The Sunday Times; The Times; The Daily Telegraph; Sydney Morning Herald; San Francisco Chronicle; Connexion; Network News; IT Week; Software Futures; Business IT; Information Age; Information Week (US), and Computer Reseller News (US). Stuart started writing for Sift in 2005, before taking on the Head of Editorial role in November 2009.