Analyst Profile
Bill Swanton
Distinguished VP Analyst
27 years at Gartner
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44 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 software engineering strategy and practices.
Bill Swanton's Recent Gartner Activity
Latest Research
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
