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	Mary Gerush Analyst

Research Coverage

Application Development, Application Development Management, Application Development Metrics & Benchmarks, Application Development Organizational Structure, Application Development Processes & Tools, Application Development Roles & Responsibilities, IT Management, Portfolio Management & PMOs, Project Management Tools & Processes, Requirements Definition & Management

Research Focus

Mary serves Application Development & Program Management professionals. Her experience in application development and project management enables her to deliver relevant research in application development and support organization, management, metrics, and processes. She also covers project and program management, the evolving role of the business analyst, and requirements definition and management practices and tools.

Previous Work Experience

Mary joined Forrester with more than 15 years of technology experience. She spent nine years with the American Heart Association, six of them in the role of application development manager, managing teams responsible for the development and support of both packaged and custom-built applications. Prior to that, she was with Rockwell International in the role of business programmer analyst. She is a certified Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management professional (PMP).

Education

Mary earned a B.S. from Texas A&M University, graduating with honors.

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Mary enjoys cooking, fine dining, and wine. She is also working on her first novel.