Analyst Profile

Bill Swanton

Distinguished VP Analyst

25 years at Gartner , 42 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

Enterprise Business Applications & ERP
Business Process Management

Bill Swanton's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars

The Shift to Product Management - Gartner Answers Your Questions
22 May 2019
Building the Digital Business Technology Platform
19 November 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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Strategic technology trends have the potential to both create opportunity and drive significant disruption. Companies must examine the impact of these trends individually and collectively. Business models and operations must shift appropriately, or organizations risk losing competitive advantage to those who do. These are trends that IT cannot afford to ignore. Join this complimentary Gartner webinar to identify the strategic technology trends that will have the biggest impact over the next 5 years.

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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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