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Diego Lo Giudice

Diego Lo Giudice
VP & Principal Consultant

Research Coverage

Application Architecture, Application Development, Application Development Processes & Tools, Architecture & Technology Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Domains, Enterprise Architecture Practices, IT Management, Open Source Strategy, SOA & Web Services, Sourcing & Procurement, Sourcing Strategy & Execution

Research Focus

With Forrester since July 2005, Diego primarily contributes to Forrester's offerings for Application Development & Program Management professionals. He leads Forrester's IT project consulting activities in EMEA for strategic accounts and is a leading expert on software architectures and development, covering model-driven development, enterprise architecture, SOA programs, and open source. His 24 years of IT experience, in addition to application development topics, also covers enterprise architecture programs and IT management areas, such IT strategies assessments, EA metrics, and application management sourcing strategies and comparisons. He has seasoned experience in complex, mission-critical project and client engagement management.

Previous Work Experience

Prior to joining Forrester, Diego held international management positions covering various roles such as director consultant at METAGroup, head of product development for advanced reuse methods and technologies at Quartersoft, regional VP and director for consulting at Genesis/IONA, and enterprise architect and project/product manager and software engineer at Olivetti. Diego has also been very active in global open software standards consortia such as OMG, contributing to the early specifications of middleware standards such as CORBA and model-driven architecture. He has been a frequent speaker and panelist at many European conferences on software development. Diego has published various research reports on open source, software reuse, semantic Web, and object technology, including the book Practical Experience in Building Expert Systems.

Education

Diego received a master’s degree in computer science from Pisa University in Italy, and he specialized in artificial intelligence through on-site courses at Stanford University and SRI Palo Alto during a two-year working internship with Olivetti in the US.

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Did You Know?

Diego's favorite hobby is gardening, but he also is an advanced scuba diver and good enough skier, plays tennis, and hikes in the Alps.

Languages Spoken

English, Italian


Diego Lo Giudice serves Application Development & Program Management professionals.
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Recent Media Citations
Il Corriere delle Comunicazioni (Italy), "Clouds Over Enterprise Sky?," November 17, 2008
Computerwoche (Germany), "How Open Source Software Spreads," August 1, 2008
Computerwoche (Germany), "Germany And France Are Leaving The US Behind," July 24, 2008
CIO (France), "France Leads In Open Source Adoption," July 15, 2008
Le Monde Informatique (France), "France Is Leading Country For Open Source Adoption," July 11, 2008