Forrester Research

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	Duncan Jones Vice President, Principal Analyst

Research Coverage

Application Strategy & Selection, B2B Integration, Business-To-Business eCommerce, Contract Negotiations, IT Infrastructure & Operations, License Management, Packaged Applications, Product & Solutions Strategies, Sales, Marketing, & Product Strategy, Software Licensing, Software Pricing, Sourcing & Procurement, Sourcing Strategy & Execution, Systems Management, eBusiness/eCommerce, eMarkets

Research Focus

Duncan primarily contributes to Forrester's offerings for Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals. He is a leading expert on software pricing and licensing and helps clients understand and address the effect of technology changes on software contracts. By researching enterprises' experience of dealing with large software vendors, including their negotiation successes and the problems they encountered later in the relationship, Duncan helps clients create and execute sound negotiation strategies and get advantageous software license and maintenance agreements.

He is also a leading expert on ePurchasing technologies, such as eProcurement, eSourcing, and electronic invoice presentment and payment (EIPP) and advises clients on their application strategy in this area, how to make good choices between alternative solution providers, and how to get the best results from implementation.

Previous Work Experience

Prior to joining Forrester, Duncan worked for QAD, an international provider of enterprise solutions for manufacturing companies in various product management and product marketing roles. Most recently, he had global responsibility for radical changes to QAD's pricing and licensing strategy.

Duncan qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG and then joined Courtaulds, a diverse multinational manufacturing company. He held various line finance and IT roles before becoming project manager in a corporate team, managing systems-enabled business improvement projects around the world.

Education

Duncan has a first-class degree in mathematics from Hertford College at the University of Oxford and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.