Analyst Profile

Gene Alvarez

Gene Alvarez

Distinguished VP Analyst

24 years at Gartner,  40 years industry experience

Location:  Stamford, CT USA  | Language(s):  English

Roles and Responsibilities

Gene Alvarez helps clients with their vision, strategy, business models for topics such as Composable Business, Composable Applications, Composable CRM, The Future of Applications Applications Modernization, CRM, Customer Experience, and Digital Commerce Technologies. This includes topics such as CRM, Customer Experience Management, Customer Technology Platforms, Customer Engagement Hub, Customer Journey Mapping, digital business platforms, cloud, SaaS, and Digital Commerce technologies. Mr. Alvarez has over 35 years of business and IT experience. He has led business impact assessments, vendor management, project management, software development and delivery of complex business applications. He is an international expert on the future of applications, composable business and sell-side strategies and technologies, such as Customer Engagement Hub, CRM, and customer experience, digital commerce, e-commerce and m-commerce and sales applications. In 2019, the Hispanic IT Executive Council inducted Mr. Alvarez into their Hall of Fame. (https://hitecglobal.org/page/HITECHallofFame). He has received the Top 200 Influential Hispanics in Technology "HE&IT TOP 200" Award from Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology Magazine. He is a recognized authority on retail and consumer packaged goods industry applications and practices. Mr. Alvarez has spoken at many international events and industry-related conferences worldwide and has published/referenced/featured in various media and trade publications. Prior to joining Gartner, he held positions with Nine West Group, KPMG Peat Marwick, New York Power Authority and AT&T Communications.

Background

Previous Experience

Mr. Alvarez led business impact assessments, vendor management, project management, software development and delivery of complex business applications. He is an international expert on sell-side strategies and technologies, such as e-commerce and m-commerce sales applications, CRM, context-aware computing, channel/partner relationship management, catalog/content management, catalog/configuration management and presentation, commerce/merchant applications and services, web content management, personalization, and consumer portals. He is a recognized authority on retail and consumer packaged goods industry applications and practices. He has spoken at many industry-related conferences worldwide and has been published/referenced/featured in various media and trade publications. Prior to joining Gartner, he held positions with Nine West Group, KPMG Peat Marwick, New York Power Authority and AT&T Communications.

Professional Background

  • KPMG Peat Marwick, Sr. Data Administrator, 1 year
  • New York Power Authority, Sr. Data Administrator, 5 years
  • Nine West Group, Data Administrator & Manager of Data Warehousing, 5 years

Education

  • B.A., Computer Science, Iona College
  • M.S., Pace University
  • Member of Upsilon Pi Epsilon - The International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines

Industry Awards/Accolades

  • 2009 Top-Rated Speaker, Internet Retailer 2009 Conference & Exhibition
  • 2011 HE&IT Top 200 Award - Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology Magazine Top 200 Influential Hispanics in Technology
  • 2016 Hispanic IT Executive Council - Top 100 Most Influential Hispanics in Information Technology
  • 2019 inducted into the Hispanic IT Executive Council Hall of Fame
  • Member of Consumer Goods Technology (publication) Industry Advisory Board

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