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Murray Cantor has been a leader for over 30 years, applying leading-edge ideas in software and systems development. Currently, Dr. Cantor is CTO of Aptage. Recently, he served as an IBM Distinguished Engineer, a member of the Rational CTO Council, and the Rational Lead for Analytics and Optimization for Software and Systems, where he led the application of predictive analytics to software and systems planning/development as well as adapting Lean techniques throughout the development lifecycle.

Previously, Dr. Cantor served as Lead Engineer for Rational Services and as developer of…

Lou Mazzucchelli is a Fellow of Cutter Consortium and a member of Arthur D. Little's AMP open consulting network. He provides advisory services to technology and media companies. He will lend his broad expertise (and considerable wit) to Cutter Summit 2022 as its Moderator. Recently, Mr. Mazzucchelli was the coordinator of Bryant University’s Entrepreneurship Program, where he retooled and taught senior-level entrepreneurship courses. He mentored the 2017 CEO National Entrepreneur of the Year. Early in his career, he spent 13 years leading Cadre Technologies, a pioneering CASE tools…

Matthew Ganis is an IBM Senior Technical Staff Member in Armonk, NY. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Information Technology and Astronomy at Pace University, where he focuses on the implementation of the Internet of Things. Dr. Ganis is the coauthor of Social Media Analytics: Techniques and Insights for Extracting Business Value Out of Social Media. He can be reached at mganis@pace.edu or via Twitter @mattganis. 

Albert Ma is the Chief Innovation Officer of Insigma Hengtian Software, Ltd., with over 30 years of IT management and software development experience. In this role, Mr. Ma manages the company’s R&D and innovation activities. He leads major research efforts in technical solutions in big data analytics, cloud computing, mobile, machine learning, and software engineering automation. Before joining Hengtian, Mr. Ma served for several years as CIO of the State Street Technology Center in Hangzhou, China. He was the core team member in setting up the IT operation locally and migrating…

Stephen Burr is an enterprise architect for the University of Kentucky (UK) where he focuses on Big Data, in-memory analytics, data visualization, and information dashboards. Mr. Burr led the implementation of SAP HANA in-memory analytics appliance in March 2012 to increase student success rates at UK. Mr. Burr has over 17 years' experience in the IT industry and has held roles in enterprise architecture, analytics, leadership, management, and customer service. He is expected to receive his MBA from the University of Kentucky in Spring 2014. Mr. Burr is a member of the UK Federal Credit…

Monica Chiarini Tremblay is the Interim Chair of the Decision Sciences and Information Systems Department, the Faculty Director of the Masters of Health Informatics and Management Systems program, and an Associate Professor at the Florida International University College of Business. Dr. Tremblay's research has focused on data science and barriers to technology adoption in the healthcare context. She teaches courses in designing health information systems, data warehousing, and data mining. Dr. Tremblay is frequently invited as an expert panelist in the area of data analytics and health…

Dr. Laurence Lock Lee is the cofounder of Optimice Pty Ltd, a firm dedicated to helping its clients optimize their business relationships. He is recognized internationally as a leading practitioner in social and value network analysis for organizational change. Over the past decade, he has conducted more than 30 projects in this area, across many industry sectors -- both public and private. Dr. Lock Lee has published widely and spoken at international forums on the topic in Europe, the US, Asia, and Australia. He has also lectured in knowledge management in Australia and Asia. Dr. Lock Lee…

Patrick O'Beirne has been managing director of Systems Modelling Limited since 1981. His current focus is spreadsheet systems modeling and auditing services as well as IT consultancy. He is current chair of the European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group (EuSpRIG) and of SoftTest Ireland, and a fellow of the Irish Computer Society. He advised the ECDL Foundation on the content of a syllabus for a new certification in good spreadsheet practices. His latest book isSpreadsheet Check…

Em Campbell-Pretty is a Partner at Context Matters, Australia's leading Enterprise Agile consultancy. After close to 20 years in business management roles within multinational blue chip corporations, Ms. Campbell-Pretty discovered Agile and became passionate about the chance it provides to align business and IT around the delivery of value. In 2012, she launched Australia's first Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Agile Release Train. The story of the cultural transformation that accompanied this launch has become legendary in the Agile community, which has led to her being considered a thought…

Bob Benson applies more than 40 years of academic and corporate experience to assist companies and government agencies in understanding the business value of IT, strategic and financial IT management, strategic IT planning, effective IT application development, and IT governance. He has written more than 100 Cutter Consortium Advisors on business technology strategy and IT governance as well as additional Executive Reports, Updates, and Cutter journal articles. Mr. Benson has consulted for and conducted workshops with Cutter clients in the US, Mexico, and Poland…

Karen Coburn founded Cutter Consortium in 1986. Key among Ms. Coburn’s goals in creating Cutter Consortium, was to build and foster a global community of thought leaders and for Cutter to serve as a catalyst for collaboration among these experts to further innovation across disciplines. Many of these experts have done pioneering work in areas key to successful digital transformation, which Cutter clients have been able to leverage.

Cutter's key role is as a catalyst for collaboration among business technology thought leaders worldwide.

Success can be achieved by groups of highly talented individuals — heroics in action — but only in certain situations for limited periods of time. This is not repeatable or sustainable. Striving for the goal of sustainable improvement requires a more structured approach supported by technology. This can enable teams of “mere mortals” to perform and feel like superstars.
August 2, 2017 | Authored By: Mike Gammage
I have been a member of the “gig” economy for the last 20 years — I just didn’t know it.
January 26, 2017 | Authored By: David Coleman
Successful organizations know that no matter how good the technology, it is the people who make it work. When people come first, customers win.
July 26, 2017 | Authored By: Bob Furniss
Loyalty rewards programs are considered one of the most effective means for companies to attract and retain customers, and for increasing customer satisfaction and experience overall. Blockchain initially looks promising for shaking up the loyalty rewards program industry, and a number of companies are working on solutions to try and make this happen. 
July 18, 2017 | Authored By: Curt Hall
Agile adoption often goes hand in hand with abandoning the so-called traditional methods of project management and software engineering. This comes from the idea that Agile approaches originated from a point of rupture with traditional methods and, hence, must not inherit any of their characteristics. However, most traditional methods, tools, and techniques were devised to address legitimate and universal management questions, which happen to be present in Agile initiatives as well and therein continue to require a project management answer. This Executive Report discusses how the earned value management method can be adapted to fit into an Agile product development process, and thereby deliver the required controls essential to achieve business value and stakeholder expectations.
May 22, 2017 | Authored By: Alexandre Rodrigues