Analyst Profile
Jess Thompson
Jess Thompson
Research VP
Gulf Breeze, FL USA
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Years of Experience
13 years at Gartner
36 years IT industry
Areas of Coverage
Security & Privacy
Business Process Management
Application Development & Integration

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Roles and Responsibilities
Jess Thompson is a research vice president in Gartner's ITL Enterprise Software Web App Dev and Integration group. His research focuses on initiatives using application infrastructure, including application integration (A2A, B2B and cloud-to-on-premises) and near-neighbor initiatives, such as data integration, business process management suites and complex event processing and reporting technology. He also examines the integration of technologies that support those initiatives, as well as strategies for federating application integration and SOA, data integration, and business process improvement initiatives.
Previous Experience
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Thompson worked for Weyerhaeuser, where he was responsible for formulating strategies to improve the company's software engineering, application integration and e-commerce activities. With more than three decades of experience in the IT industry, he has developed a broad knowledge base, including software engineering, application infrastructure technology assessment, application integration, business process analysis and e-commerce.
Professional Background
Weyerhaeuser, Technology Architect, 6 years
Applied Microsystems, System Architect, 2 years
Nastec, Product Manager, 3 years
Education
B.A., Southern Illinois University
M.S., University of Florida




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How to Integrate Infrastructure Technologies in Support of an Intelligent Business Platform 25-Feb-2013 Jess Thompson, W. Roy Schulte
Follow These Application Integration Guidelines Before You Begin Your Project 14-Feb-2013 Ben Huang, Benoit J. Lheureux, Jess Thompson
Comparing Vendors of Comprehensive Application Infrastructure Suites 28-Jan-2013 Ross Altman, Yefim V. Natis, Massimo Pezzini, Jess Thompson, Daniel Sholler, Kimihiko Iijima
Agenda Overview for Application Infrastructure, 2013 02-Jan-2013 Benoit J. Lheureux, Yefim V. Natis, Massimo Pezzini, Jess Thompson, Ben Huang
Predicts 2013: Open Computing Increases Influence on Product Selection and Application Architecture 04-Dec-2012 Ross Altman, Mark Driver, Jess Thompson, Daniel Sholler, Nicholas Gall