Stevens alumnus Joseph Pucciarelli joins IDC
Pucciarelli will serve as research director in the pricing and leasing evaluation practice
HOBOKEN , N.J. — Joseph Pucciarelli, who holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in systems planning and management from Stevens Institute of Technology, has joined joins IDC’s Pricing and Leasing Evaluation Services as a research director. He previously served as publisher of ComplianceOfficerForum.com, a best practices research and advisory forum for compliance officers and their IT suppliers. The site offered a medium for ideas and research to help regulators, vendors and financial services organizations achieve the legislative goals embedded within the USA PATRIOT Act. He was also founder of Strategance.
“Joe’s in-depth understanding of the IT equipment and financing markets, from both the vendor and end-user perspectives, will be instrumental in helping us provide IT product and financing analysis, pricing and residual forecasts and decision analysis tools for our broad portfolio of clients,” said Brian Clarke, vice president of Pricing and Leasing Evaluation Services at IDC. “He brings a unique perspective on IT product and financing strategies, software and services contracting, and IT asset management.”
In his new role, Pucciarelli will provide research-based advisory and consulting services for executives from the financing industry, equipment manufacturers and end users by helping them maximize business value and drive technology-enabled business innovation. He will focus on the unique challenges created by networking and communications infrastructure equipment.
Previously, Pucciarelli was a vice president and research director with Gartner, Inc., where he led research teams focusing on IT asset management, leasing and financial practices. His research on IT security and the U.S. financial system prompted a Congressional hearing before which he was called to testify. Prior to Gartner, Pucciarelli worked with Peregrine Systems, Inc., in many leadership positions. Additionally, he worked with GE Capital in the financial services industry for 15 years, where he was involved in providing outsourced captive leasing services for companies in the IT equipment, software, medical equipment and automobile industries, among others.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870 and celebrating 140 Years of Innovation, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University, is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,234 undergraduate and 3,700 graduate students with more than 400 faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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