About the Experts

Cutter Consortium delivers what no other IT research firm can: We give you Access to the Experts. Cutter's more than 150 internationally recognized experts have come together to offer content, consulting and training to our clients. These experts are committed to delivering top-level, critical, and objective advice. They have done, and are doing, groundbreaking work in organizations worldwide, helping companies deal with issues in the core areas of software development and agile project management, enterprise architecture, business technology trends and strategies, enterprise risk management, business intelligence, metrics, and sourcing. With Cutter Consortium, you get practitioners' points of view, derived from hands-on experience with the same critical issues you are facing. You get the best practices and lessons learned from the world's leading experts; experts who are implementing these techniques at companies like yours right now.

The Agile Project Management Team

Cutter's Agile Project Management team of Senior Consultants, Fellows, and Technical Coaches, directed by Jim Highsmith includes many of the trailblazers in the project management, software development and peopleware fields. From those who've written the textbooks that crystallize the issues of hiring, retaining, and motivating software professionals, to those who've developed today's hottest Agile methodologies, you get sound advice and cutting-edge tips, as well as case studies and data analysis from best-in-class experts.

Business Intelligence Team

Each of the individuals on the Cutter Consortium Business Intelligence team is an expert in one or more of the diverse disciplines that are critical to maximizing your organization's insight into customer behavior, market activity, and business performance. Each of these Senior Consultants offers the expertise that comes from decades of hands-on, real-world experience.

Business-IT Strategies Team

The Cutter Consortium Business-IT Strategies team comprises seasoned experts in the art and science of IT strategic planning and maximizing IT investments. The Senior Consultants and Fellows on this team are not vendor-driven, technology-driven, or driven to justify IT organizations. Instead, they objectively assess technology, business models, and processes so you can find the best match for your enterprise.

Cutter Business Technology Council

The Cutter Business Technology Council was established by Cutter Consortium to help spot emerging trends in IT, digital technology, and in the marketplace. Its members are IT specialists whose ideas have become important building blocks of today's wide-band, digitally connected, global economy. The individuals on the Cutter Business Technology Council offer the advantage of experience (they're the wise gurus of the field), of eloquence (they've written popular books and papers on important topics in the past), of independence (they're not beholden to any vendor or industry group), and prescience (they've identified important trends in the past).

Enterprise Architecture Team

Our team of internationally recognized specialists, directed by Mike Rosen, offers expertise in systems integration, planning high-level architectures, service-oriented architecture, open source software, peer-to-peer technologies, XML, agents, J2EE, Web services, security issues, managing distributed systems, and more. With broad domain experience, from banking and energy to pharmaceuticals and manufacturing and beyond, Cutter's EA team is uniquely skilled in the strategy, products, and implementation skills that make for a winning EA program. Consortium gives you the confidence that comes from trusting the best minds in the industry. Meet the team

Enterprise Risk Management & Governance Team

The Cutter Consortium ERM&G team includes seasoned practitioners in the enterprise risk management and governance arena. Directed by Dr. Robert Charette, the ERM&G Senior Consultant team has decades of experience working for private industry and government in performing enterprise and program risk assessments and management, audits, corporate compliance, legal risk management, and risk and security consulting as they apply to strategic, operational, technical and financial risk frameworks.

Sourcing & Vendor Relationships Team

Cutter Consortium's Sourcing & Vendor Relationships team comprises experts in every facet of the discipline. From negotiating and due diligence with outsourcing providers, to skills in bringing outsourced project back inhouse; creating vendor management offices and managing software licenses; measurement and benchmarking strategies; and the geopolitical landscape, this team's unbiased expertise is unparalleled in the industry. Meet the team

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