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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, Strategy, Planning & Governance of IT

Alex Cullen's Research

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Report: Create A Business Architecture Program That Helps Your Business Manage Change
Alex CullenNovember 14, 2012
Strategic change initiatives are proliferating in organizations. There may be multiple programs to improve customer experience, co-existing alongside projects to reduce costs, streamline interna...
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Report: Build A Business Architecture Program Road Map
Alex CullenOctober 24, 2012
Too often, business architecture (BA) programs struggle to create a clear identity for the value they can deliver and get pulled in multiple directions. Successful BA programs — th ose wit...
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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Report: Drive Process Innovation Using BPM Technologies, Methods, And COEs
Alex CullenOctober 04, 2012
In the midst of continuous change — from technology, market, and competitive forces — businesses must become skilled at transforming and inventing new processes while improving their...
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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Report: Develop A Business-Centered Enterprise Architecture That Boosts Agility
Alex Cullen, Henry PeyretAugust 31, 2012
Faced with continuous change — from technology innovations, new markets, and competitive shifts — businesses must become more agile. Sustainable business agility, the ability to cont...
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Report: Focus EA Strategy On Changing Business Expectations
Alex CullenJune 07, 2012
This report is designed to help enterprise architecture (EA) professionals construct a strategy to become more business-focused, strategic, and pragmatic. Many EA teams strive to be more busines...
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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Report: The Top 15 Technology Trends EA Should Watch
Alex CullenOctober 06, 2009
IT organizations need to inform their annual and longer-term plans with an understanding of how changes in technology will enable business outcomes. EA groups are the logical leaders for this ef...
- Downloads: 3794
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Report: Shaping The IT Organization For Today And Tomorrow
Marc Cecere, Alex CullenJanuary 10, 2008
Business expectations of IT continually change, driven by business context and needs and the embedding of technology in their strategy and operations. CIOs realize that with these changing busin...
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Report: BT 2020: IT's Future In The Empowered Era
James Staten, Alex CullenJanuary 07, 2011
Over the next 10 years, three sets of forces will change the relationship of business, technology, and the IT organization. Technologies that are increasingly easy to acquire and use will empowe...
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Report: CIOs: Must-Read Research In Economic Downturns
Alex CullenNovember 05, 2008
The signs all point to an economic recession having started in 2008 and continuing into 2009, although there is no useful consensus on how long or how deep this recession will be. CEOs, CFOs, an...
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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Report: Sample Business Capability Map: Insurance
Alex CullenMarch 01, 2010
Business capability maps provide a framework for capturing key characteristics of a firm's business model and core functions that can then be used to assess business needs, understand IT costs, ...
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