John C. McCarthy John C. McCarthy
Vice President, Principal Analyst

Research Coverage

Sourcing Strategy & Execution, Offshore Services, Offshore Product Development, Outsourcing, IT Services, Systems Integration, Sourcing & Procurement, Alternative Offshore Geographies, Supplier Scorecarding, Vendor Management

Research Focus

John contributes to Forrester's offerings for the Sourcing & Vendor Management professional and is part of Forrester's industry leading offshore research team. With more than 20 years of experience at Forrester, John leads Forrester's research efforts on vendor management, supplier scorecarding, and alternative offshore geographies and the development of a global delivery model for IT services and product development. 
To define their vendor management, offshore, and IT management/governance strategies, John has worked with leading-edge firms and governments in many countries, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, and the UK.
In his offshore and alternative geography research John has been to India more than 20 times and has visited the major alternatives ― Argentina, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia, and Vietnam.
In a cover story, Time named John's report on offshore a "landmark study." In January 2004, The Economist stated, "The debate on offshore has been brewing since a study by Forrester and John McCarthy in 2002 claimed that 3.3m white-collar American jobs (500,000 of them in IT) would shift offshore to countries such as India by 2015." In addition to writing the first report in the industry defining client/server computing, he has done groundbreaking research on the Internet, privacy, and the Net's impact on government.
He has delivered keynote addresses on the Internet and distributed computing at such premier industry events as Strategic Sourcing Interest Group, NASSCOM, COMDEX, the Milken Institute Global Conference, Business Week CIO Conference, Interop, Politics Online Conference, and Unix Expo. He has also appeared on NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, NDTV, CNBC, CNN, CNNfn, and Bloomberg TV.

Previous Work Experience

Before joining Forrester, John was an industry marketing consultant with Wang Laboratories. John also served as a consultant to John Hancock's Office Automation staff, designing and implementing personal computers and distributed midrange systems.

Education

John holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in European history and economics from Connecticut College.

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Recent Media Citations
BusinessWeek, "Outsourcing Shops Feel The Street's Pain," October 9, 2008
Financial Times (UK), "Slowdown Sparks Cuts In IT Spending," September 9, 2008
The New York Times, "Survey Says: I.T. Spending Is Getting Trimmed," September 9, 2008
Associated Press, Analyst group: Some companies cutting IT spending," September 8, 2008
DM Review, "IT Futures And Tech Populism," June 12, 2008
Computerworld, "Companies Can't Afford Not To Have Vendor Management ," June 6, 2008