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consultant
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A person who acts as an advisor to users or to the technical staff. Consultants are available for all aspects of the computer industry, including electronic circuit design, information systems analysis and software development. In a business environment, consultants are often used to create the functional specifications from which vendors can respond. Consultants typically come from third party consulting firms, but the title is also used for internal specialists. See job descriptions.


(job)consultant - A person who facilitates organisational change and/or provides subject matter expertise on technical, functional and business topics during development or implementation. Consultants perform business requirements analysis, recommends selection of packaged software, develop proposals for consulting services and manage implementation projects at client sites. They provides expert knowledge of products such as SAP R/3, PeopleSoft, HRMS/Financials, and SmartStream.

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As managing director, Smit was involved in many consultancies for a large number of companies and international organizations.
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It has over 80 advisory clients, including telecom operators, suppliers to the industry, and banks and consultancies with an interest in the sector.
 
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