Gartner Expert

Bill Holz

VP Analyst

Bill Holz is a Research VP on the Application Platform Strategies (APS) team in Gartner for Technical Professionals (GTP). Mr. Holz covers a range of technical topics, including software development methodologies (focus on agile) and web development.

Previous experience

Mr. Holz has more than 35 years of industry experience mainly focused on web and mobile development projects and adoption of agile development methodologies. Prior to joining Gartner, he led the Application Development and Enterprise Architecture team at the Project Management Institute (PMI). During his tenure at PMI, he led the implementation of agile development practices, modernization of the application portfolio, delivery of PMI's first mobile application, formation of an enterprise architecture team and acquisition of Gantthead (projectmanagement.com).

Professional background

Project Management Institute, Manager of Application Development and Enterprise Architecture, 4 years

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Development Manager, 2 years

Wolters Kluwer Health, Manager, Application and Software Development, 2 years

Areas of coverage
  • Software Engineering for Technical Professionals

  • Software Architecture and Integration for Technical Professionals

Education

B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Drexel University

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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Adoption of agile development methodologies and other SDLC best practices

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DevOps and DevOps Platforms

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Application development

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Feature Management

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Enterprise agile