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Dennis Gaughan
Distinguished VP Analyst
Dennis Gaughan is a Distinguished VP in the Tech & Service Provider team. His research focus is on helping clients better manage their application portfolio through all phases of the application life cycle and understanding the impact of digital business on applications. He also researches the enabling technologies that support those enterprise applications.
Previous experience
Mr. Gaughan started his career in IT organizations working both in infrastructure and operations, and application development, moving to more senior leadership positions. He started with AMR as the company's first director of IT, building a strategy and staff to support a high-growth company. Mr. Gaughan moved from IT into the research organization, where he advised clients on topics from IT strategy and governance practices to enabling technologies, such as mobile and SOA. He also worked within IBM SWG, doing product strategy and management for Tivoli Software.
Professional background
AMR Research
Vice President
IBM
Manager, Tivoli Software
PepsiCo
Senior Analyst
Areas of coverage
Cloud Computing (retired)
Application and Product Portfolio Governance (retired)
ERP
Education
B.S., Marketing, Boston College
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Application strategy and governance
2Pace-layered application strategy
3Application portfolio management
4Application governance
5Cloud computing