Sourcing Strategy & Execution, Manufacturing, Application Development, Systems Integration, Sourcing & Procurement, IT Management, Software Licensing, Total Economic Impact™, Integration Technologies, High-Tech, Sourcing Execution, Data Management, Retail, Portfolio Management & PMOs, Master Data Management, Data Integration, Contract Negotiations, Media & Entertainment, Telecommunications Services, Mergers & Acquisitions, Package Implementation Services, Outsourcing, Software As A Service, Sourcing & Procurement Applications, IT Services, IT Spending & Budgeting, Marketing & Advertising, Service-Oriented Architecture, Financial Services, eProcurement , Healthcare & Life Sciences, Vendor Management, Packaged Applications, Government, SOA Platforms, SOA & Web Services, Application Strategy & Selection, Instance Consolidation, Customer Data Integration, Customer Relationship Management, Application Platforms & Programming Strategy, Information & Knowledge Management, Midmarket ERP, Hosting & Managed Services, Order Management, Tech Sector Economics, Enterprise Resource Planning Applications, Architecture & Technology Strategy, Professional Services
Ray serves Business Process & Applications professionals. He analyzes trends in enterprise resource planning (ERP) for the enterprise and midmarket. He also delivers strategic guidance in software licensing and pricing, researches business processes such as the order management cycle and continuous customer management, and assesses functional areas such as customer data integration and the impact of service-oriented architecture (SOA) on packaged applications. With this understanding of the overall ecosystem of solutions, technology, and system integrators, Ray provides strategy and guidance for many clients navigating through the vendor selection process.
Ray brings enterprise software experience honed from more than a decade of product management, management consulting, and marketing roles. Prior to joining Forrester, he headed up the customer relationship management (CRM) analyst relations program for PeopleSoft. At Oracle, Ray served senior product management roles for both the ERP and CRM product lines. And while at Personify, he was the marketing chief for a Web analytics startup valued at $500 million. Before working for packaged application vendors, Ray developed his management consulting and strategy experience at Capgemini, Ernst & Young, Deloitte Consulting, Detroit Medical Center, and the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He specialized in SAP implementations, general strategy, program management, change management, mergers and acquisitions, and healthcare operations.
Ray graduated from the Johns Hopkins University with a B.A. in natural sciences and public health. His graduate training includes a master's degree from the Johns Hopkins University in health policy and management and health finance and management. He is also certified in SAP FI/CO modules, facilitation, and program management office.
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SAPs Partner Ecosystem And Partners You Should Get To Know June 2008 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
Apps Strategy: How To Make A Good Argument For Best-Of-Breeds In Entrenched Apps Environments July 2008 Receive an alert when this document is published: email RSS
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