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Gene Leganza

Gene Leganza
Vice President, Principal Analyst

Research Coverage

Application Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Domains, Government, IT Management, IT Strategic Planning, IT Strategy, Planning, & Governance, Information Architecture, Technical Architecture

Research Focus

Gene provides research and advisory services that address the needs of Enterprise Architecture professionals. Gene has been researching best practices in making enterprise architecture programs effective since 1999 and focuses on helping clients implement a pragmatic approach to EA that has clear value to business and IT leaders.

Previous Work Experience

Gene has more than 25 years of IT experience, including enterprise architecture planning, infrastructure architecture, IT management, performance management, capacity planning, product strategy, and application development. Gene came to Forrester through its acquisition of Giga Information Group. Prior to joining Giga, he was director of infrastructure architecture and capacity planning at John Hancock Financial Services in Boston. Previously, he held senior IT positions at First Data Corporation and Fidelity Investments and development and marketing management positions at leading software firms.

He has published dozens of papers on various topics and has spoken at a variety of conferences in the US and abroad.

Education

Gene earned a B.A. in psychology and music from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

Latest Research

Planned Research

EA Teams Turn Their Focus To Information Architecture December 2009
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EA And IT Service Management: Better Together January 2010
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The State Of Enterprise Architecture 2010: Organization, Priorities And Support December 2009
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Computerworld (UK), "Enterprise Architects Are Vital In Tough Times - Forrester," July 7, 2008
ADTMag.com, "Enterprise Architects As Agents Of Innovation," February 11, 2008