In this role I lead global teams of analysts who research the emerging technologies and trends that are changing today's world and shaping the future. Our overarching goal is to better the world by accelerating technology innovation and its positive impact on business and society. To do this, we strive to provide technology product leaders with unique, high value research and indispensable advice. Research and advice that helps them leverage emerging technologies and trends to create and deliver highly successful products. Information technology now impacts pretty much every business function in all companies, all industries, and all geographies. Technology providers are absolutely critical to the technology and business innovation that will define the world of tomorrow. Innovation depends on technology providers. By helping them, we help the world. This is our mission, and also our calling.

In 2015 Gartner completed the acquisitions of three internet companies including SoftwareAdvice.com, Capterra.com and GetApp.com. These web sites assist small business leaders in finding and implementing the software needed to accelerate their business success. In my new role am responsible for the research content that we publish through those three web sites. These responsibilities include creating and leading the research organization and infrastructure needed for the strategy formulation, planning, research, creation, editing, production and distribution of the content. I have four global teams of highly talented people who are advancing the worlds greatest destination for information on how small businesses succeed through information technology.

I lead a group of 8 global content teams covering the software needs of small businesses.Specialties: My personal areas of research center around how social collaboration, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding can change the way organizations work. I'm also doing research on the Internet of Things, smart machines and the economics of mesh networks. I assist clients in understanding the technologies, how they can deliver business value, building a social media strategy, and best practices in achieving effective implementation.

Senior Associate in the IT Strategy and Innovations Team. Responsible for maintaining and building consulting business around service oriented architecture (SOA) and enterprise collaborative solutions including Enterprise 2.0 (E2.0).

Co-founded Appergy to build a new class of collaborative business applications (i.e., business execution systems) that empower teams to better execute on complex business and technology initiatives. Developed three working applications. Each combined business execution function, best practice process models, actionable content, and collaboration technology to deliver a robust collaborative application.Responsible for product portfolio strategy, evolution, and life-cycle planning including market research.Devised and documented the 12 principles of business execution upon which Appergy applications are based.Invented a set of collaboration behavioral models that enumerate the business, system, and state rules for constructing next generation collaborative applications.Conducted research and development on coordination theory, business execution, and collaboration technologies.

Digital Products Division was tasked with assembling, transforming, and productizing META Group intellectual property for sale and delivery via the Internet and other sophisticated digital media.Developed two META Group collaborative applications and a 6-month BETA program with eight clients. Formulated the packaging, pricing, and go to market strategy for METAmethod membership licenses as a separate product and bundled within a META Group services offering (Infusion Programs). Led the research and technology development of eight Predictive Cost Modeling (PCM) products. PCM is an algorithm-based application that translates the complexity of an IT application scenario into estimated hardware, software, and personnel requirements and related costs. Formulated and executed the packaging, pricing, and go to market strategy for all PCM products resulting in over $3 million in 2000 and 2001 revenues.

Advised over 500 Global2000 clients on building and implementing IT infrastructure including database, application, and web server technologies, data warehouse systems, and middleware integration.Assisted over 25 vendors in analyzing markets, formulating strategy, and crafting marketing messaging.Assisted over 80 clients with software contract negotiations and management resulting in over $50 million in potential contract savings.Created the Predictive Cost Modeling (PCM) methodology and built a working prototype tool that was developed into a new META Group product line (see previously listed position). Authored over 50 articles and contributed to two META Group IT infrastructure books (Intel Press). Also co-developed a 3-day META Group “Building Adaptive Infrastructure” Infusion workshop.Personally conducted over 10 META Group workshops and presented at over 20 information technology industry conferences in the US, Australia, Europe, and South Africa.

Completed a 5-year information technology strategic plan for modernizing the Recruiting Command. Sought and obtained a $38 million life-cycle project budget to automate the recruiting sales force.Identified over 35% reduction in operating costs after planning and leading a 10-month business process reengineering and requirements definition effort utilizing over 100 recruiting experts and 17 consultants. Planned and supervised 3 year construction of $7 million IT infrastructure build-up including a frame relay WAN, 60 LANs and over 1400 PCs, achieving 100% readiness to implement information systems strategy. Developed and deployed a mobile sales force application using a RAD prototyping methodology that increased recruiter productivity and proved the DoD concept of mobile recruiting. Responsible for an annual IT operations budget exceeding $3 million with direct supervision over a staff of 10 and oversight on 30.