Gene Leganza

Vice President, Principal Analyst serving Enterprise Architecture PROFESSIONALS

Gene provides research and advisory services that address the needs of Enterprise Architecture Professionals. Gene has been researching best practices in making enterprise architecture programs effective since 1999 and focuses on helping clients implement a pragmatic approach to EA that has clear value to business and IT leaders.

Previous Work Experience

Gene has more than 25 years of IT experience, including enterprise architecture planning, infrastructure architecture, IT management, performance management, capacity planning, product strategy, and application development. Gene came to Forrester through its acquisition of Giga Information Group. Prior to joining Giga, he was director of infrastructure architecture and capacity planning at John Hancock Financial Services in Boston. Previously, he held senior IT positions at First Data Corporation and Fidelity Investments and development and marketing management positions at leading software firms.

He has published dozens of papers on various topics and has spoken at a variety of conferences in the US and abroad.


Education

Gene earned a B.A. in psychology and music from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

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    Tool:Intelligence-Driven Loyalty Self-Test: Customer Intelligence

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    Report:TechRadar™ For Customer Intelligence Professionals: Customer Loyalty Programs, Q1 2013

    Business Case: The Customer Loyalty Playbook

    Loyalty technologies play a central role in the execution and differentiation of customer loyalty programs and, more specifically, in driving consumer participation in a program across channels...

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    Report:Case Study: SCENE Uses Customer Insights To Deliver Value To Loyalty Customers

    This report provides a case study supporting Forrester's best practices for customer intelligence professionals working to drive customer loyalty. Forrester identifies four crucial best practices for...

    • Downloads: 167
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    Charts & Figures:Marketing-Led Stakeholder Map

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    Report:The Customer Loyalty Ecosystem

    Tools And Technology: The Customer Loyalty Playbook

    Customer loyalty is top of mind for most marketers, but with so many vendors claiming to drive explicit or implicit loyalty, it's often difficult to identify a solution that best fits marketers'...

    • Downloads: 1936
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    Report:The Forrester Wave™: Loyalty Program Service Providers, Q1 2012

    Epsilon And Kobie Marketing Lead, With Brierley+Partners And Aimia Close Behind

    Companies turn to loyalty program service providers for support across the loyalty value chain — from program strategy, technology, and program management to creative, fulfillment, and...

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    Report:Consumer Attitudes Toward Loyalty Programs Deteriorate

    Landscape: The Customer Loyalty Playbook

    Consumers join programs of brands they like, but they limit their participation to only a few programs and are motivated by the desire to seek out discounts. Since 2008, consumer attitudes toward...

    • Downloads: 796
  • For Customer Intelligence Professionals

    Tool:Intelligence-Driven Loyalty Self-Test: Offer Management

  • For Customer Insights Professionals

    Report:Two Approaches For Socializing Your Loyalty Program

    Direct Integration With Social Channels Creates The Richest Engagement And Data Opportunities

    Across the globe, more and more consumers are interacting socially than ever before. When it comes to loyalty, social channels provide an opportunity for brands to engage with members beyond the...

    • Downloads: 128
  • For Customer Insights Professionals

    Report:Base Your Plan For Intelligent Loyalty On Maturity

    Strategic Plan: The Customer Loyalty Playbook

    Loyalty programs that attempt to implement a cookie-cutter strategy and ignore customer insights typically struggle and usually lack meaningful results. Organizations seeking to build a program that...

    • Downloads: 149
  • For Customer Insights Professionals

    Report:Understanding The Anatomy Of A Loyalty Technology Platform

    Technology plays an integral role in managing and executing a loyalty program. But buyers face an array of technology solutions that support their loyalty needs in different ways. This report is...

    • Downloads: 195
  • For Customer Insights Professionals

    Tool:The Intelligent Customer Loyalty Maturity Assessment

  • For Customer Intelligence Professionals

    Tool:Intelligence-Driven Loyalty Self-Test: Measurement

  • For Customer Insights Professionals

    Report:Five Ways To Mobilize Your Loyalty Program In 2013

    Mobile Channels Offer Rich Opportunities For Rewards And Engagement

    Mobile continues to grow in importance for reaching and engaging empowered consumers and loyalty program members. From a data perspective, it opens up new streams of information that provide better...

    • Downloads: 274
  • For Customer Insights Professionals

    Report:Intelligence-Driven Loyalty

    Vision: The Customer Loyalty Playbook

    This report outlines the vision of Forrester's solution for customer intelligence executives working on driving customer loyalty. Many loyalty programs fail because they focus too heavily on...

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    Report:Building A World-Class Loyalty Program

    Continuous Improvement: The Customer Loyalty Playbook

    Successful loyalty programs offer a boost to customer retention, customer satisfaction, and the bottom line. But today, many programs fail to reach success because they haven't mastered even basic...

    • Downloads: 492
  • For Customer Insights Professionals

    Report:Measuring Loyalty Program Effectiveness

    Performance Management: The Customer Loyalty Playbook

    This report outlines Forrester's performance management solution for customer intelligence executives working on driving customer loyalty. Measuring the performance of loyalty programs remains a...

    • Downloads: 931
  • For Customer Insights Professionals

    Report:Evaluate And Evolve Your Loyalty Program's Intelligence Quotient

    Assessment: The Customer Loyalty Playbook

    Successful intelligence-driven loyalty involves five major components: strategy, data, customer intelligence, offer management, and measurement. This report outlines Forrester's assessment process...

    • Downloads: 873
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    Report:Drive Smarter Customer Loyalty With Customer Intelligence

    Executive Overview: The Customer Loyalty Playbook

    Customer loyalty is a hot topic. Companies look to loyalty programs to enhance customer knowledge and drive customer retention, revenue, and engagement. But, while they see the potential of loyalty...

    • Downloads: 520
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    Report:Marketers Are Overconfident In Their Loyalty Strategies

    Benchmarks: The Customer Loyalty Playbook

    Forrester recently surveyed 81 loyalty program marketers about their loyalty programs and strategies in an effort to understand the size, structure, and performance of customer loyalty programs. This...

    • Downloads: 862
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    Report:Enable Loyalty Program Success With Sound Processes

    Processes: The Customer Loyalty Playbook

    Loyalty programs promise to increase retention and satisfaction, but they often fall short of delivering results because they lack an innovative strategy to set them apart from the competition. This...

    • Downloads: 870
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    Report:Organizing For Intelligent Loyalty

    Organization: The Customer Loyalty Playbook

    This report outlines the organization process of Forrester's solution for customer intelligence executives working on driving customer loyalty. It is designed to help firms use stakeholder mapping to...

    • Downloads: 244
 
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