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Jim McGittigan
VP Analyst
Jim McGittigan is a Research Vice President within the Gartner CIO Research group, where he focuses on delivering value to Gartner clients through his insight and experience in IT financial management. This includes cost transparency, budgeting, chargeback, service pricing, cost optimization, benchmarking, project financial management, business value and product funding.
Previous experience
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. McGittigan led IT finance functions for five Fortune 500 companies over 15 years, ensuring that the funding available for technology spending was effectively optimized to deliver value.
Professional background
Electronic Arts, Director, Global IT Planning & Analysis, 2 years
Fiserv, VP, IT CFO, 1 years
SunTrust Bank, FVP, IT Finance CFO (Application Delivery), 4 years
Areas of coverage
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CIO Management of Technology Finance, Risk and Value
Education
B.S., Quantitative Methods and Finance, Louisiana State University
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
Give experience-based insight into IT financial management issues
Discuss the impact of digital, cloud and the move from project to product on ITFM
Cost transparency via IT chargebacks, allocations and service costing
How to successfully implement and track IT project financials
Effective use of IT benchmarking to manage costs