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Alex Cullen

Vice President, Research Director serving Enterprise Architecture PROFESSIONALS

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Blog: Enterprise Architecture Blog

Alex serves Enterprise Architecture Professionals. He is a leading expert on IT planning and strategy, governance, enterprise architecture value, and enterprise architecture practices. Alex leads the team responsible for research and advisory services that address the needs, priorities, and concerns of Enterprise Architecture Professionals and IT strategists.

Previous Work Experience

Alex has been a principal analyst with Forrester, providing clients with insights in the areas of IT strategy and planning, architecture, and process improvement. Prior to joining Forrester, Alex was the director of enterprise architecture and IT process improvement with John Hancock Financial Services. His experience prior to John Hancock includes IT management consultancy, working with Fortune 500 companies on technology strategy and planning and with various high-tech firms in product management and strategy. Alex has published many articles and has spoken at conferences on technology strategy, IT planning, and architecture.

Education

Alex holds a B.A. in fine arts from the University of New Hampshire. He has also participated in and lectured at various executive training programs.

Research Coverage:

Cisco Systems, IT Management, IT Organization, Organizational Design & Change Management, Research In Motion (RIM), Strategy, Planning & Governance of IT

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Alex Cullen

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Healthcare – an industry transformed by technology. Could you be the Forrester analyst to cover it?
Alex CullenMay 15, 2013
The healthcare industry is undergoing transformation. What’s driving this? A wide range of factors, from new regulations and government programs, to new treatments and approaches,...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:2012 EA Award Winners — Where Are They Now?
Alex CullenApril 25, 2013
The InfoWorld/Forrester Enterprise Architecture Awards recognize excellent EA programs — ones that due to their business focus, and strategic yet pragmatic orientation, provide sustained value...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:The Context For EA Success Is Changing – Are You Changing For This New Context?
Alex CullenMarch 18, 2013
As architects, we all know the importance of context. The right architecture for one context – say, an organically growing company – doesn’t work for a company growing by...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:The Outcome Focus Of World Class EA Programs
Alex CullenMarch 8, 2013
I recently had a conversation with a new EA practice leaders in the investment management business unit of a large multi-line insurance company. They wanted to hear my perspectives on what a...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:2012 EA Award Winners: Business-Focused, Strategic And Pragmatic
Alex CullenOctober 8, 2012
In Forrester’s EA Practice Playbook, we describe high-performance enterprise architecture programs as “business-focused, strategic, and pragmatic.” They are business-focused so that...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Why Your Company Needs You To Attend Forrester’s Business Architecture & Process Summit
Alex CullenSeptember 1, 2012
The pace of business change is accelerating. The reason why it is accelerating is the mushrooming of disruptive factors: your customers expecting anytime/everywhere access to you through their mobile...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:How To Keep Up With Reality In IT Planning
Alex CullenMay 29, 2012
Uli Kalex from Alfabet, whom many of you know, has provided us with a guest post addressing one key fallacy which underlies much of IT’s work with their business. I hope you enjoy it and feel...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Are You An Enterprise Architecture Success Story?
Alex CullenMay 1, 2012
Some enterprise architecture programs become a key capability for the success of their business: ensuring aligned plans, shaping business transformations, or boosting the business value of IT. But...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:New Focus Of EA: Preparing For An "Age Of Agility"
Alex CullenApril 6, 2012
I just recently had a conversation with Peter Hinssen, one of our keynote speakers at Forrester’s colocated CIO Forum and EA Forum in Las Vegas (May 3-4) and our...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Peter Hinssen, The New Normal, And Enterprise Architecture
Alex CullenMarch 11, 2012
You already know it. Technology is completely pervasive in our lives, and in how businesses operate. It’s pervasive in how business execs think — they know that every change they make has...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Business Architecture Is The Foundation For EA – Join Our BA Research Team
Alex CullenDecember 13, 2011
Awkward title, I know. But this blog is about two related points. Forrester has long believed that business and technology have become inseparable. The Business Technology...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:The State Of Enterprise Architecture In 2011
Alex CullenNovember 28, 2011
To paraphrase a now-marginalized US political figure: “How you’all doing?” Every year, Forrester’s Enterprise Architecture team looks at how enterprise architecture, as a...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Client Inquiry:Can You Please Explain Jeff Scott's EA Justification From His 2009 Report?
Alex CullenNovember 14, 2011
I would like to get an idea of how Jeff Scott created the cost savings for reuse and standards in the profit and loss (P&L) he suggested in Forrester's November 17, 2009, "The Five Essential...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Client Inquiry:How Can We Calculate Spending On Enterprise Architecture?
Alex CullenOctober 7, 2011
We are trying to locate information about the amount of IT spend typically placed into enterprise architecture as a percentage of total IT budget. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Announcing The Winners Of The 2011 InfoWorld/Forrester Enterprise Architecture Awards
Alex CullenSeptember 19, 2011
Enterprise Architecture is a challenged role in IT. While more than 50% of all IT shops – and all large IT shops (greater than $100M budget) – have an EA practice in some form,...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Mastering Customer Data: The Next EA Opportunity – And Challenge
Alex CullenAugust 18, 2011
Several recent Forrester reports home in on what we call “The Age Of The Customer” in which firms must seek to become customer-obsessed to build differentiation and loyalty. Those...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Client Inquiry:Capability Maps
Alex CullenAugust 4, 2011
I read Forrester's July 20, 2011, "Eight Ways CIOs Use Capability Maps To Embed Business In The Management Of IT" report. I am interested in leveraging the concepts and techniques. Do you have sample...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Client Inquiry:Assurance-Based Architectural Activity
Alex CullenJune 20, 2011
Can you outsource all of architecture? Where do you draw the boundaries between the accountability of the internal architecture team and the architectural responsibilities of the supplier?
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Client Inquiry:Can You Please Provide Some Examples Of Big Rules For Architecture?
Alex CullenJune 6, 2011
Our company is relaunching our enterprise architecture function. One area of focus is "big rules" for architecture. We currently have a set of more-detailed principles, but we are looking for...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Follow The Conversation From Forrester's IT Forum 2011
Alex CullenMay 25, 2011
Today we’re kicking off Forrester's IT Forum 2011 at The Palazzo in Las Vegas. Prepare for three exciting days of keynote presentations and track sessions focused on business and technology...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Client Inquiry:What Is The Role Of The Business Architect In Support Of EA?
Alex CullenMay 12, 2011
What is the role of the business architect in support of EA?
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Is Your EA Program Making A Difference?
Alex CullenMarch 25, 2011
Several recent reports on Forrester.com start with the sentence: "EA organizations often toil out of the limelight . . . " There are fewer and fewer reasons why this should be the case. We...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Architect Angst On Their Readiness For Empowered Business
Alex CullenMarch 4, 2011
Forrester sees business empowerment — where business areas seek greater autonomy to address their own technology needs — as an inevitable trend. We’ve seen this...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Best Practices For Influencing Business? Tips For Revitalizing IT Standards? Join Our Community Discussions!
Alex CullenFebruary 2, 2011
Architects frequently tell us how much they value insights from practitioners like themselves. We at Forrester equally value these insights, as they are the foundation of our...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Forrester EA Forum Keynotes Map EA’s Shift From IT To Business
Alex CullenJanuary 13, 2011
When I started as an architect, I was part of the team called “IT Architecture.” It was clear what we did and who we did it for – we standardized technology and designs so...

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Blog:Healthcare – an industry transformed by technology. Could you be the Forrester analyst to cover it?

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:2012 EA Award Winners — Where Are They Now?

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:The Context For EA Success Is Changing – Are You Changing For This New Context?

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:The Outcome Focus Of World Class EA Programs

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:2012 EA Award Winners: Business-Focused, Strategic And Pragmatic

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Why Your Company Needs You To Attend Forrester’s Business Architecture & Process Summit

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:How To Keep Up With Reality In IT Planning

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Are You An Enterprise Architecture Success Story?

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:New Focus Of EA: Preparing For An "Age Of Agility"

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Peter Hinssen, The New Normal, And Enterprise Architecture

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Business Architecture Is The Foundation For EA – Join Our BA Research Team

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:The State Of Enterprise Architecture In 2011

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Client Inquiry:Can You Please Explain Jeff Scott's EA Justification From His 2009 Report?

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Client Inquiry:How Can We Calculate Spending On Enterprise Architecture?

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Announcing The Winners Of The 2011 InfoWorld/Forrester Enterprise Architecture Awards

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Mastering Customer Data: The Next EA Opportunity – And Challenge

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Client Inquiry:Capability Maps

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Client Inquiry:Assurance-Based Architectural Activity

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Client Inquiry:Can You Please Provide Some Examples Of Big Rules For Architecture?

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Follow The Conversation From Forrester's IT Forum 2011

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Client Inquiry:What Is The Role Of The Business Architect In Support Of EA?

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Is Your EA Program Making A Difference?

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Architect Angst On Their Readiness For Empowered Business

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Best Practices For Influencing Business? Tips For Revitalizing IT Standards? Join Our Community Discussions!

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Forrester EA Forum Keynotes Map EA’s Shift From IT To Business

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