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Philip Allega
VP, Advisory
Philip Allega has been providing business and technology insights about enterprise architecture (EA) and technology innovation for over 35 years. In 2025, Mr. Allega will extend the connection between EA and strategy planning, innovation, disruption management, modernization and digital transformation. Governance will be a critical focus.
In his 27th year covering enterprise architecture and technology innovation, he delivers business and technology insights to business and IT leadership concerning: EA, technology innovation, legacy management, resource allocation, people development, time, financial and risk management, trendspotting, roadmapping, and business and operating model design decisions. Typical industry discussions include government, financial services, manufacturing, CPG, and retail.
Past roles at Gartner included numerous conference chair roles, assigned coach to named accounts, agenda manager of research, and team manager of analysts.
He has worked in EA for >35 years. He is a Freeman of the City of London and a Liveryman in the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, a City of London livery company.
Previous experience
Mr. Allega has more than 40 years of IT experience in industries as diverse as financial services, consumer products, retail, government and utilities. The first third of his career was spent inside IT organizations, where he did things as diverse management of retail software development for insurance and real-estate professionals, assisting a startup venture that led to a public offering, and serving as director of technology planning for Taco Bell, then a division of PepsiCo. He consulted with small and midsize businesses before joining META Group's Enterprise Architecture Strategies team in November 1998. He joined Gartner as part of the acquisition of META Group in April 2005. He has held direct P&L and cost center manager control as part of his managerial experience. He has also held direct responsibility of up to 65 IT professionals. He has advised and supported organizations with upward of 50,000 IT employees.
Professional background
Century 21 Real Estate (was MetLife, now Realogy), Project Leader, 5 years
Plaza Home Mortgage (now Bank of America), Assistant Vice President, MIS, 2 years
Taco Bell (then, a PepsiCo Division - today, YUM!), Director, Technology Planning, 4 years
Areas of coverage
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Future-State Architecture Realization
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Future-State Architecture Design
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Enterprise Architecture Operating Model
Education
M.B.A., University of California, Irvine
B.S., cum laude, Business Management, University of Phoenix
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
How do I develop and use business capability models, roadmaps, portfolio management, and other models to engage decision makers?
How do I transform, innovation, and/or modernize given internal and external disruptions?
How do I help leadership teams engage in technology disruptions and digital business?
If I'm already successful at EA, what do I do next?
How do I make governance and assurance actually work in a federated organization?