Forrester Research

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	Marc Cecere Vice President, Principal Analyst

Research Coverage

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

Research Focus

Marc serves CIOs. He is a leading expert in the design of IT organizations, focusing on their structures, processes, governance, and culture and has helped redesign more than 200 IT shops. In addition, Marc tracks how services firms help transform IT organizations.

The scope of Marc's research includes the design of IT organizations, governance 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.