AMR Research recently announced the return of Dennis Gaughan and the addition of Bill Polk and Lucie Draper to its research operations. Dennis Gaughan, now a research director on the Market Services team, conducts research and analysis on market trends and developments in IT management and SOA. Bill Polk, a research director on the Value Chain Strategies team, is responsible for research and analysis on the chemicals, metals, and mining industries. Lucie Draper joins as a research director with AMR Research’s Quantitative Research team.

Before joining AMR Research, Bill Polk was unit director within the enterprise services and support group for State Street Corporation (formerly Investors Bank & Trust). Prior to Investors Bank & Trust, Bill was a senior director with Oracle Corporation. Bill also spent over seven years in the manufacturing industry as a director of operations, managing facilities in the U.S., Mexico, and overseas, for ITT Industries and Robinson Nugent Corporation.

Dennis Gaughan rejoins AMR Research from a stint with IBM Corporation, where he was responsible for the product strategy and marketing of the Tivoli security portfolio within IBM’s Software Group. Prior to joining AMR Research, Dennis held a variety of IT management positions, including a term as a senior analyst for PepsiCo.

Lucie Draper joins AMR Research’s Quantitative Research team from IDC, where she was program manager for research on enterprise technology trends. As a research director, she designs questionnaires and samples, conducts field interviews and surveys, and performs statistical analysis of research data and reports.

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