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Roy C. Wildeman

Roy C. Wildeman
Senior Analyst

Research Coverage

Automotive, B2B Sales & Marketing, Healthcare & Life Sciences, IT Management, IT Strategy, Planning, & Governance, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma, Manufacturing, Packaged Applications, Product Life-Cycle Management

Research Focus

Roy serves Application Development & Program Management professionals. He focuses on the strategies, practices, and technologies that enable high-performance product design (PLM), embedded systems design, and manufacturing execution systems (MES). As part of this coverage, he also participates in research on bringing product-centric roles, practices, processes, and behaviors to application development organizations.

Previous Work Experience

Prior to joining Forrester, Roy was a manager in Accenture's supply chain management practice, where he led operations strategy and improvement engagements for a variety of industrial and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Prior to that, Roy was at Intel, where he conducted research on applying lean manufacturing principles within a semiconductor production process.

Education

Roy has an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management and an S.M. in mechanical engineering from MIT. He also holds two bachelor's degrees in engineering sciences from Dartmouth College.

Latest Research

Planned Research

The Forrester Wave™: Product Life-Cycle Management Applications, Q3 2009 March 2010
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Forrester Big Idea: Product-Centric Development November 2009
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Roy C. Wildeman serves Application Development & Program Management professionals.
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