Mark P. McDonald GVP Exp Saint Charles, IL USA Years of Experience 6 years at Gartner 22 years IT industry Resources Create Analyst Alert Contact Gartner Roles and Responsibilities Mark McDonald, Ph.D., is a group vice president and head of research in Gartner Executive Programs. He is responsible for the research agenda focused exclusively on CIOs and the business of information technology. Mr. McDonald is the lead author of research in the areas of CIO credibility, the business use of advanced technologies, enterprise architecture and business process transformation. He is the co-author with Peter Keen of "The eProcess Edge" and the author of "Architecting Enterprises - Achieving Performance and Flexibility." Previous Experience Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. McDonald was a partner at Accenture, where he was responsible for the Center for Process Excellence and methodology. Professional Background Accenture, partner, 14 years Connecticut National Bank (Now Bank of America), vice president, 5 years Industry Awards/Accolades Co-author, with Peter Keen, of “The E-Process Edge” (McGraw-Hill 2000), and numerous other publications. Education Ph.D., technology policy management, TU Delft, Netherlands Master's degree (honors), economics and international finance, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut B.A. (honors), economics and political science, Colgate University LATEST RESEARCH More by this author Title Publish Date Author(s) Highlights From the CIO Track at Symposium/ITxpo 18-Nov-2009 Mark P. McDonald Creating Value Networks; CIO Desk Reference Chapter 16 01-Oct-2009 Mark P. McDonald, Andy Rowsell-Jones Restructure IT by Rotating It 90 Degrees 03-Sep-2009 Mark P. McDonald Avon Brazil: Leading IT in the business unit 31-May-2009 Mark P. McDonald Dataquest Insight: Changing CIO Priorities, and What They Mean to IT Providers in 2009 01-Apr-2009 Christine Adams, Rolf Jester, Mark P. McDonald