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Jim McGittigan
VP Analyst
Jim McGittigan is a Research Vice President within the Gartner CIO Research group, where he focuses on delivering value to Gartner clients through his insight and experience in IT financial management. This includes cost transparency, budgeting, chargeback, service pricing, cost optimization, benchmarking, project financial management, business value and product funding.
Previous experience
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. McGittigan led IT finance functions for five Fortune 500 companies over 15 years, ensuring that the funding available for technology spending was effectively optimized to deliver value.
Professional background
Fiserv
VP, IT CFO
Electronic Arts
Director, Global IT Planning & Analysis
SunTrust Bank
FVP, IT Finance CFO (Application Delivery)
Areas of coverage
Technology Finance, Risk and Value Management
Education
B.S., Quantitative Methods and Finance, Louisiana State University
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Give experience-based insight into IT financial management issues
2Best practices in IT budgeting, forecasting and reporting
3Cost transparency via IT chargebacks, allocations and service costing
4How to successfully implement and track IT project financials
5Effective use of IT benchmarking to manage costs