Gartner Expert
Heather Colella
VP Analyst
Research Vice President and analyst for Gartner's Executive Transitions research and mid-size enterprise clients. Thought leader behind The Art of the One-Page Strategy. Passionate about strategy, effective communications and Gartner clients' personal success.
Ms. Colella's motto is "Your Success Is My Joy," because she feels rewarded when clients achieve new levels of success using Gartner services.
Previous experience
Ms. Colella's experience has been invested as a management consultant, developing information technology strategies, architectures and plans for major corporations. She has been a CEO of her own management consulting firm, was a Managing Director with KPMG/BearingPoint, a Senior Manager with KPMG/Nolan, Norton & Co., and a Consultant with both Gemini Consulting and IBM.
Prior to joining Gartner, she was a Director at Fossil Partners and was responsible for three user-facing global organizations: PMO, service desk, and relationship managers who served as liaisons between the business areas within Fossil and IT.
Professional background
Fossil Partners
Director
Nolan Norton/KPMG/BearingPoint
Managing Director
IBM
Consultant
Areas of coverage
Midsize Enterprise IT Leadership
CIO Role Evolution
Education
Master's Degree, Business Administration, University of Dallas
Bachelor's Degree, Psychology, University of Connecticut
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Business and IT strategy: The art of the one-page strategy
2How to create effective presentations
3Effective communications
4How to demonstrate the business value of IT
5Midsize Enterprise CIOs