When facing a tough global economic downturn, companies may merge for greater competitive and synergistic strength. In good times, when growth is the prime reason for an M&A, budgets for the integration can be generous, but what happens in lean times, when money is hard to come by, and every penny must be justified to corporate stakeholders and bean counters? How does IT get the money it needs to do the integration right?
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Alex Cullen, Vice President and Research Director, Forrester Research
Alex Cullen is a vice president and research director at Forrester Research. He is a leading expert on IT planning and strategy, governance, organizational structure, and process improvement. Prior to joining Forrester, Alex was the directo... More
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Alex Cullen is a vice president and research director at Forrester Research. He is a leading expert on IT planning and strategy, governance, organizational structure, and process improvement. Prior to joining Forrester, Alex was the director of enterprise architecture and IT process improvement with John Hancock Financial Services. Alex has published many articles and has spoken at conferences on technology strategy, IT planning, and architecture. To attend or listen to an archive of Forrester's free Lean IT webinar from March 10th. Less
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John W. Lambeth, SVP & CIO, Erickson Retirement Communities
John Lambeth serves as the Chief Information Officer for PAE, leading the company’s information technology strategy and managing all technical aspects of PAE’s service delivery including IT planning, deployment and support. Prior to joi... More
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John Lambeth serves as the Chief Information Officer for PAE, leading the company’s information technology strategy and managing all technical aspects of PAE’s service delivery including IT planning, deployment and support. Prior to joining PAE, John served as CIO of QinetiQ North America, where he led the company’s FedRAMP cloud security practice and oversaw the Process Quality management and training team. John also served as the CIO for Blackboard, Inc. a global e-education software company, and has also held executive IT positions at the Xerox Corporation. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Western Maryland College and a Master’s degree in Finance and Information Systems from the Simon School at the University of Rochester. Less
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