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Alex Cullen

Alex Cullen
Vice President, Research Director

Research Coverage

IT Management, IT Organization, IT Strategy, Planning, & Governance, Organizational Design & Change Management

Research Focus

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.

Latest Research

Planned Research

Building Business Cases For Architecture Foundations July 2009
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Recent Media Citations
Computerworld, "Keep Your Key Projects Off The Chopping Block," February 23, 2009
CIO (UK), "Business's Expectations For Technology Can Marginalize Its Role," February 2, 2009
Computerworld Canada, "Recession: There's An R, An O, And An I In It," December 3, 2008
SearchCIO, "Forrester: How IT rides out the recession," November 5, 2008
Baseline, "5 Tips for Managing the Perceptions of Information Technology," September 9, 2008
Network World, "In Hard Times, A CFO Is The CIO's Best Friend — Or Worst Enemy," May 22, 2008