Larry Perlstein GVP Stamford, CT USA Years of Experience 12 years at Gartner 30 years IT industry Resources Create Analyst Alert Contact Gartner Roles and Responsibilities Larry Perlstein is the Gartner Ombudsman. His responsibilities are to represent client interests in demanding ethical, responsible and objective behavior from Gartner associates. Previous Experience Previously, Mr. Perlstein was a group vice president in Gartner Research, responsible for the application development, application integration, middleware, Web services and portals analyst teams. Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Perlstein worked for IBM, where he focused on object technology and component software strategy and marketing. Before that, he worked as a consultant for various companies, including General Electric, General Foods and MCI, on a variety of application development issues. He began his information technology career at PepsiCo, building and delivering systems to support international locations. Education M.B.A., information systems, Pace University B.S., marketing, Pace University LATEST RESEARCH More by this author Title Publish Date Author(s) CIO Update: Web Services Provider Platforms and Delivering Functionality as a Service 04-Jun-2003 Larry Perlstein Hype Cycle for Web Services, 2003 30-May-2003 Whit Andrews, David Mitchell Smith, Benoit J. Lheureux, Cameron Haight, Daryl C. Plummer, Larry Perlstein, Michele Cantara Web Services Investing Requires Cautious Optimism 03-Feb-2003 Larry Perlstein, Whit Andrews, Daryl C. Plummer Prepare for Web Services in Supply Chain Planning 23-Jan-2003 Larry Perlstein, Karen Peterson, Whit Andrews Improving Interactions With Global-Class Computing 02-Dec-2002 Larry Perlstein, Charles Abrams, Ken Dulaney, Karen Peterson