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The IT strategy is your most important document. An effective IT strategy is crucial for aligning technology investments with organizational objectives, enabling innovation, and driving growth. And every strategy must evolve over time to adapt to new technologies, shifting organizational priorities, and an ever-changing digital landscape.
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Principal Research Director, Apps and Data
As a Principal Research Director, Brian focuses on emerging technology and has developed Info-Tech Research Group’s annual Tech Trends report, its flagship publication, since 2020. Brian also provides support with executive leadership strategy, and digital strategy. After more than a decade as a technology and science journalist, Brian has his fingers on the pulse of leading-edge trends and organizational best practices toward innovation. Brian holds a certification in Emerging Technologies from ISACA and is a certified foresight practitioner via the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies. He writes columns on Forbes Technology Councils and Spiceworks Insights.
Prior to joining Info-Tech Research Group, Brian was the Editorial Director at IT World Canada, responsible for the B2B media publisher’s editorial strategy and execution. A leading digital thinker at the firm, Brian led IT World Canada to become an award-winning publisher.
Brian holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University. He is regularly featured as a technology expert by media including CIO.com, CIO Dive, Techopedia, Chorus Radio, CBC, and elsewhere.
Product Manager
Monica Pagtalunan is a Product Manager at Info-Tech Research Group. Within diagnostics, she works alongside Stephanie McIntosh, the Diagnostics Manager, and her team of diagnostic coordinators, who are responsible for running and delivering a library of 10+ diagnostics. Monica builds and delivers distinctive parts of the diagnostic product roadmap and strategy based on member and internal feedback, ensuring a strong voice-of-customer.
Monica’s prior roles as a Research Analyst at Info-Tech Research Group and Research Consultant at CBRE have equipped her with valuable product management skills. Her previous role as a Research Analyst within Info-Tech involved leading a wide variety of diagnostic results calls, delivering practical and actionable insights, which granted her a comprehensive understanding of the diagnostic product and its delivery.
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