Analyst Profile

Bill Swanton

Distinguished VP Analyst

24 years at Gartner , 41 years industry experience
Boston, MA USA

Roles and Responsibilities

Bill Swanton covers application strategy and the business value of IT, including IT benefit realization techniques used by Fortune 1000 companies to expand the value they receive from their application investments. Recent areas of focus have been the digital business technology platform, enterprise agile governance and budgeting, product management of applications, and pace-layered application strategy.

Areas of Coverage

Business Process Management
Enterprise Business Applications & ERP

Bill Swanton's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

Overcome Objections and Sell the Benefits of Moving From Projects to Products and Agile
12-Feb-2019
Application and Product Portfolio Governance Primer for 2019
05-Feb-2019
Toolkit: Product Manager Competencies Self-Assessment
31-Jan-2019

On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars

Build Support for Moving From Projects to Products and Agile
23 January 2019

Background

Previous Experience

Mr. Swanton came to Gartner through the AMR Research acquisition with a specific focus on how brand owners, contract manufacturers and other suppliers use ERP and other enterprise software to manage global demand-driven supply networks (DDSNs). He also launched AMR Research's product life cycle management (PLM) coverage in 1997. He held numerous product marketing and IT positions and gained experience within the manufacturing software, controls, and automation system markets. He worked in the manufacturing systems division of Kronos. He also worked for ITP Group and its MainStream subsidiary in various consulting and product marketing roles. He began his career at the C.S. Draper Laboratory as a system engineer and software development team leader.

Professional Background

C.S. Draper Laboratory, Member of Technical Staff, 3 years
Kronos, Industry Marketing Manager, 3 years
MainStream Software/ITP Boston, Director of Product Marketing, 10 years

Education

B.S., Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
M.S., Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Languages

English

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14 November 2018
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16 October 2018
Top Strategic Predictions for 2019 and Beyond: Practicality Exists Within Instability Technology-based change is happening continuously, and most organizations struggle to see the change in advance. Continuous change can begin to seem like chaos. CIOs in end-user organizations must learn to find practical approaches within the chaos.

20 Feb 2019
Rethink Personalization for Maximum Impact EST: 10:00 a.m. | PDT: 7:00 a.m. | GMT: 15:00 CMOs are placing big bets that personalization will break through all the noise and clutter of branded messaging. Most CMOs either have ambitious investment plans or are already spending on personalization-related tech and data platforms and staff. Yet, some do not realize that if done incorrectly, personalization attempts can alienate customers and fail to achieve desired returns. In this complimentary webinar, Gartner expert Alex De Fursac Gash reveals how brands are rethinking personalization to achieve far better business results.
20 Feb 2019
Decision Management: What It Is and Why You Need It EST: 11:00 a.m. | PDT: 8:00 a.m. | GMT: 16:00 Companies make millions of operational decisions every day, and thrive or decline based on the quality of those decisions. Decision management is a rapidly maturing, systematic discipline with techniques and tools that improve structured business decisions. Yet, many business managers, and even some data and analytics professionals, are not sure what decision management is, where to apply it, or why it matters. Business managers are also torn between wanting the benefits of decision automation and fearing the risks of taking people out of the decision-making process. In this complimentary webinar, Gartner expert Roy Schulte describes the state of the art in decision management and offers guidance on how to get started.

Analyst Profile

Bill Swanton

Distinguished VP Analyst

Roles and Responsibilities

Areas of Coverage

Bill Swanton's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars

Background

Previous Experience

Professional Background

Education

Languages

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