Alexander Peters, Ph.D.Principal Analyst
Enterprise Architecture, IT Governance, IT Management, IT Organization, IT Strategic Planning, IT Strategy, Planning, & Governance, Organizational Design & Change Management, Sourcing & Procurement, Sourcing Strategy & Execution
Alex serves Business Process & Applications professionals. His coverage includes Lean strategies, sustainability, and ERP governance and organization. He is also a leading expert on best practices for making business technology organizations more effective and business-relevant through the implementation of business technology strategies, business-driven IT governance, service-oriented structures, and process frameworks.
Prior to taking on this role, Alex's research focused on CIOs' challenges, such as the development of IT strategies, enterprise architectures, the consolidation and streamlining of IT, sourcing strategies, change management, and communications strategies. Before joining Forrester in 2005, Alex developed the IT consolidation program and managed the data center of a large European automotive company. Previously, he spent 10 years at IBM and EDS as an executive senior consultant and led several international customer projects in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, IT shared services, sourcing, organizational change, process, and technology management. Alex also worked five years as a research scientist in the area of high-performance computing at the IBM Scientific Center Heidelberg, publishing in refereed journals and co-editing three proceeding books.
Alex received a master's degree in engineering from the Civil Engineering Institute in Bucharest, Romania and a Ph.D. in engineering from the Technical University Aachen, Germany. He received a postdoctoral fellowship from Princeton University.
Business Process Pros Hold The Key To 21st Century Business Transformation March 05, 2010 BookmarkPDF
CIOs Are Transforming IT To Enable Business, Cut Costs, And Become More Services-Focused February 26, 2010 (Rating: 10) BookmarkPDF
A Lean Business Technology Maturity Matrix For BPM Governance January 20, 2010 (Rating: 8) BookmarkPDF
Business Process Professionals Must Champion Sustainability In This Era Of Shortages And Risks December 14, 2009 BookmarkPDF
A Catalog Of Technical Services Improves The Manageability Of The BT Service Portfolio November 06, 2009 (Rating: 5) BookmarkPDF
