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Betsy Burton
Betsy Burton
VP Distinguished Analyst
Davenport, CA USA
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Years of Experience
19 years at Gartner
28 years IT industry
Areas of Coverage
Enterprise Architecture

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Roles and Responsibilities
Betsy Burton is a Vice President and Distinguished Analyst in Gartner Research, where she is a member of the Enterprise Architecture team and leads research on business architecture and business capability modeling. In addition, Ms. Burton is actively involved in research on "The Future of EA 2020," bridging the gap between strategy and execution and integrating business and IT. Previously, Ms. Burton was the Role Service Director for the Gartner Business Intelligence and Information Management product.
Previous Experience
During her 18 years at Gartner, Ms. Burton has held a variety of research and leadership roles, including responsibility for defining Gartner research methodology (Vendor Ratings, MarketScopes and Magic Quadrants), lead analyst for Oracle and CA, research lead for collaboration, and research area director for the Database and Enterprise Management teams. Prior to joining Gartner, Ms. Burton held product marketing, management and engineering positions at Borland International, Sybase, Santa Cruz Operations, Britton Lee and Digital Research. She was also an active member of numerous standards consortia, including ANSI, the SQL Access Group, X/Open and Open Software Foundation.
Professional Background
Borland, Senior Product Marketing Manager, 2 years
Sybase, Senior Product Marketing Manager, 5 years
Santa Cruz Operations, Product Manager, 2 years
Industry Awards/Accolades
VARBusiness Magazine Top 20 Visionaries for 2001 (www.varbusiness.com/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=18818257)
Education
B.S., Computer Science, with minors in English Literature and Mathematics, University of Colorado




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Use Five Best Practices to Increase EA Stakeholder Engagement and Support 15-May-2013 Saul Brand, Betsy Burton
Scenario Toolkit: Using EA to Support Business Transformation 03-May-2013 Marcus Blosch, Betsy Burton
Define the Business Outcome Statement to Guide Enterprise Architecture Efforts 30-Apr-2013 Julie Short, Betsy Burton
Cool Vendors Supporting Multiple Nexus Forces, 2013 26-Apr-2013 Betsy Burton, Nick Ingelbrecht, Jeffrey Mann, Thomas Otter, Chris Howard, Merv Adrian, Angela McIntyre, Douglas Laney, Anthony J. Bradley
Toolkit: First 100 Days of Enterprise Architecture 24-Apr-2013 Marcus Blosch, Betsy Burton