Gartner Expert
Matt Corsi
Sr Director Analyst
Matt Corsi is a Senior Director in Gartner's IT Procurement, Asset and Vendor Management team, which supports clients in maintaining their competency and discipline in technology procurement, asset and vendor management. Mr. Corsi's focus is on defining and conducting research on the best-in-class organization, processes, and tools for software asset management, vendor management, and technology procurement operations. He focuses his research on how clients can achieve risk and cost mitigation without compromising speed through proactive planning and engagement.
Mr. Corsi also concentrates on software asset management - tools, audits, policies, governance, organization design and tool implementation best practices. He also helps clients with cost optimization by advising how to optimize software, SaaS and telecom spend postcontract and performing a spend analysis to identify opportunities to rationalize vendor portfolios and increase competitive tension.
Previous experience
Mr. Corsi led the development and transformation of IT sourcing and vendor management functions in both finance and retail organizations. In these roles, he led the teams responsible for IT subcategories such as cloud, contingent labor, hardware, mainframe, professional services, software and telecommunications. Under his leadership, his teams delivered millions in savings and decreased sourcing lead time while significantly increasing stakeholder satisfaction.
Professional background
MetLife
Director, Global Technology Vendor Management Office
Lowe's Companies
Director, IT Sourcing and Category Management
Bank of America
Supply Chain Manager
Areas of coverage
Sourcing, Procurement and Vendor Management Leaders
Education
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Concentration in Supply Chain Management, Bowling Green State University
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Transforming technology procurement to support business innovation
2Evaluating and negotiating software license agreements and cloud contracts
3Building vendor management capability
4Software asset management
5IT category management and planning