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Khalid Kark

Khalid Kark
Vice President, Research Director

Research Coverage

Governance, Risk, & Compliance, IT Management, IT Organization, IT Policies & Regulations, IT Strategy, Planning, & Governance, Organizational Design & Change Management, Security & Risk

Research Focus

Khalid serves CIOs. Khalid leads the team responsible for delivering research and advisory services to IT leaders. He provides strategic guidance and advice to clients in the areas of organization design; governance, risk, and compliance (GRC); and emerging technologies. His research focuses on the helping clients mature from an IT-centric role in their organizations to a business-embedded one. Khalid has extensive experience working with the government, healthcare, and financial services sectors.

Khalid has been widely quoted in the press, including such media outlets as MSNBC, the Boston Globe, CIO Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. Khalid is a frequent keynote speaker at national and international conferences.

Previous Work Experience

Before joining Forrester, Khalid worked for a global insurance company where he provided leadership and direction for the information security program. Prior to this, he worked as a consultant and program manager at a telco, helping clients with IT strategy and architecture.

Education

Khalid holds master's degree in networks and telecommunications management from University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree in business and economics from University of Texas at Austin.

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Recent Media Citations
Computerworld, "Do you need a cyberumbrella?" January 23, 2012
Computerworld, "Cyber insurance offers IT peace of mind -- or maybe not," January 12, 2012
CIO, "CIO Role: Is IT Facing A Leadership Crisis?" October 24, 2011
ComputerWeekly (UK), "CIO advice: Moving to IT 2.0," September 7, 2011
ZDNet, "IT, loosen up a bit on that governance," July 29, 2011
Forbes, "The New CIO -- Embrace the Empowered Era or Step Aside," July 18, 2011