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Tom Pohlmann is a vice president for Forrester Research. He leads Forrester's research into the economics and management of corporate IT, as well as the IT services market. Pohlman's team covers issues like vendor relationship management, enterprise risk management, IT governance, outsourcing, and the size and growth of the tech sector. He is also responsible for Forrester's Business Technographics? program -- a quantitative research study that reaches more than 9,000 technology decision-makers each year. This program helps both solution vendors and corporate IT executives understand in detail North American IT spending, technology adoption, and organizational behaviors.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Mr. Pohlmann's most recent research uses empirical data to describe the linkage between IT effectiveness and overall company performance. His past researches describe how CIOs can make the most of IT budgets during tough economic times, as well as how they should be more adaptive in using their resources -- both dollars and people -- in the face of shifting business needs. [CR-LF] [CR-LF]Mr. Pohlmann joined Forrester from the NCR Corporation, a leading provider of data warehousing and customer relationship management solutions. Based in London, he directed a global consulting practice concentrated in the financial services sector. In addition, Pohlmann was part of the global center of expertise on IT planning and architecture.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Prior to NCR, Mr. Pohlmann held consulting positions with both Price Waterhouse management consulting services and Andersen Consulting. In these roles, he developed expertise in the areas of business process re-engineering and strategic IT planning in the consumer packaged goods and manufacturing industries. Mr. Pohlmann worked with joint teams of IT and business executives from companies like GE and Procter & Gamble to tie their IT priorities and budgets to business objectives. [CR-LF] [CR-LF]Mr. Pohlmann holds a Master of Management degree from the Kellogg Graduate School at Northwestern University and an undergraduate degree in computer science and accounting from the University of Dayton.

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