Marc Cecere Marc Cecere
Vice President, Principal Analyst

Research Coverage

Cost Control, IT Strategic Planning, Application Development, IT Organization, IT Strategy, Planning, & Governance, IT Spending & Budgeting, Architecture & Technology Strategy, Organizational Design & Change Management, IT Management, Budgeting & Forecasting

Research Focus

Marc serves CIO professionals. He is a leading expert in the design of IT organizations, focusing on their structures and processes and has helped redesign more than 200 IT shops.

The scope of Marc's research includes the design of IT organizations, insurance systems and processes, IT planning, metrics, and M&A.

Previous Work Experience

Marc came to Forrester through the acquisition of Giga Information Group where he was a manager and analyst with his groups focusing on IT management and IT services.

Marc has more than 20 years of IT management experience. Prior to joining Giga, he was director of IT at Sun Life of Canada, where he was responsible for the project office, executing a Y2K readiness plan and technology strategy. At Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (HPHC), Marc was director of MIS, responsible for the introduction of new information technologies, including groupware, object-oriented development, the Web, and videoconferencing. Before joining HPHC, he was at CSC Consulting where he performed numerous re-engineering projects.

Education

Marc earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and an M.B.A. from Babson College, where he is an adjunct professor.

Latest Research

Planned Research

Forrester Wave, IT Organizational Redesign Firms, Q3 2008 September 2008
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Hot Roles In IT August 2008
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ITÂ’s Ability To Execute Is Table Stakes In The CIO's Ability To Enable Business Change August 2008
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Business Leaders Have Responsibilites If IT Is To Enable Business Change November 2008
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CIO, "Why You Should Create A Vendor Management Office," October 29, 2007
InformationWeek, "Tips For Assessing Your IT Organization For A Restructuring," October 24, 2007
Insurance & Technology, "Time To Spend," July, 2007
eWeek, "Small Shop IT: Agile But Frenzied," May 3, 2007
eWeek, "Why Big IT Is A Different Place To Work," May 2, 2007
SearchSMB.com, "Application Maintenance Colossal Pain Point For SMBs, April 11, 2007

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