The Open Group Partners with Forrester on their 2023 Technology Awards
Channel: The Open Group
Date: 2023-06-07

Forrester has announced that this year’s Enterprise Architecture (EA) Awards are being co-judged by The Open Group. In selecting the winners of the 2023 Enterprise Architecture Award, the judges from Forrester and The Open Group are looking for stories of Enterprise Architecture excellence resulting in tangible business and customer results. Outcome-driven approaches to EA help firms become future fit — adaptive, creative, and resilient. This year’s winners will embody the six principles of outcome-driven enterprise architecture: valuable, influential, continuous, agile, accountable, and pragmatic.

Charles Betz, VP & Research Director, Enterprise Architecture, Forrester ResearchCharles Betz leads Forrester’s Enterprise Architecture (EA) priority, providing guidance to EA professionals worldwide on evolving a relevant, modern, and valuable architecture practice. He is deeply engaged in researching the transformation of the IT operating model, in particular the impact of agile, DevOps, and product thinking. 
He has previously led Forrester’s DevOps and enterprise service management coverage.Prior to joining Forrester, Charlie was a chief architect with ATT’s Signature Client Group, where he was responsible for technical strategy with Fortune 100 clients. He served for six years as lead enterprise architect and VP for “business of IT” architecture at Wells Fargo. Charlie also held architect and product manager positions at Best Buy, Target, and Accenture. He served for eight years as adjunct faculty at the University of St. Thomas and was a founding member of the IT4IT™ Forum of The Open Group. 
He has contributed to COBIT and published two books: Architecture and Patterns for IT and Managing Digital, a modern textbook for digital practitioners.