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R "Ray" Wang

Principal Analyst, Constellation Research

R "Ray" Wang currently is a Principal Analyst at Constellation Research. He previously was a founding partner and research analyst for enterprise strategy at Altimeter Group and the author of the popular enterprise software blog "A Software Insider’s Point of View". With viewership in the millions of page views a year, his blog provides insight into how disruptive technologies and new business models impact the enterprise. A background in emerging business and technology trends, enterprise apps strategy, technology selection, and contract negotiations provides clients and readers with the bridge between business leadership and technology adoption.

Ray brings enterprise experiences honed from two decades of product management, management consulting, and technology marketing roles. Prior to serving as a VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester for enterprise apps strategy and contract negotiations, he headed up the customer relationship management (CRM) analyst relations program for PeopleSoft. At Oracle, Ray served senior product management roles in the E-Business Suite. While at Personify, Ray was the marketing chief for a Web analytics startup valued at $500 million.

Before working for packaged application vendors, Ray developed his management consulting and business strategy experience at Capgemini Ernst & Young, Deloitte Consulting, Detroit Medical Center, and the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He specialized in business transformation at the executive level, general strategy, program management, change management, mergers and acquisitions, SAP/ERP implementations, and healthcare operations.