Stéphane Hamel joins Cardinal Path

This hit me like a splash of cold water. Stéphane Hamel – known to most analysts as the creator of WASP, gaAddons, the Online Analytics Maturity Model, the founder of the Web Analytics firm Immeria, and treasurer of the Web Analytics Association – has joined Cardinal Path as Director of Strategic Services.

What does Director of Strategic Services mean? From the press release:

In his new role at Cardinal Path, Stephane will create innovative company-wide solutions and digital measurement strategies to deliver maximum value and insight for Cardinal Path clients.

In other words, he’s making decisions that will make us more effective at making big companies more effective at making money. Nice.

For those who don’t know Stéphane, he has some fancy credentials including an MBA specializing in eBusiness from Laval University (Québec City), he was the first to receive the title ‘CWA’ as a Web Analytics Association-certified web analyst and was awarded the WAALTER Award for Leadership and Technical Excellence from the Web Analytics Association. He’s also a speaker at numerous conferences and teaches courses on web analytics at both Université Laval and University of British Columbia.

You can see Stéphane’s post on joining Cardinal Path at his blog.

Exciting times ahead for Cardinal Path.

Kent Clark

Some have compared him to the Dalai Lama, others to Kublai Kahn. When he isn't teaching third world children how to purify water with nothing more than a plastic bottle and a garden hose, he is creating mad waves for surfers off the west coast with little more than a paddle. Some say there is a boat involved, others that he walks on water. Little is known about his background. he appeared from nowhere 15 years ago and claims heritage from a land with neither want not need. He makes little comment, stating only that it was a pretty cool place. Fire does not burn him, cold does not hurt him. Words could... but they don't. When he passes, pedals fall off branches. When he speaks, hair tugs at skin, pulling just slightly in his direction. He does not sleep but he does dream. He has muscled his way into the lives of the famous and whispered his way into their hearts. And in the wee hours he plays oboe softly, as if to sooth the night to sleep.