The Technology Business Management (TBM) Council, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to advancing the discipline of TBM through education, standards and collaboration between IT leaders and business partners, has announced its new Executive Director, Matthew Guarini. Guarini previously served as the Vice President and Senior Research Director for Forrester Research’s Technology Executive Service and will use his expertise to support the Council’s strategy, finances and operations.
TBM connects business value to technology investments by giving finance, technology, and business leaders comprehensive visibility, benchmarking, optimisation, billing and planning of their investments regardless of technology stack, delivery or development model. The TBM Council provides best practices for leaders to leverage so they can react quickly to changing market dynamics and optimise cloud and agile strategies to deliver on business objectives.
In his role, Guarini will be focused on leading the modernisation efforts of TBM through some of the biggest updates to the core standards since its launch. These updates include an entirely new Framework 2.0 that positions TBM as a unifying framework for technology value management, allowing organisations to understand the trade-offs between various dimensions of value including performance, risk, sustainability, and costs. Additionally, there will be work on a significant 5.0 update to the TBM Taxonomy, the most well-known element of the TBM discipline, that will add support for cost modelling Generative AI (GenAI) solutions and elevate visibility to on-prem and cloud costs among other changes. Together, the new standards will be aimed to allow organisations to optimise for value across complex hybrid cloud environments and estimate ROI, develop fully burdened investment models, and realise value from AI investments – a key outcome the industry has been increasingly in need of solutions to address.
“The speed of innovation in technology is forcing companies to be more agile and strategic when it comes to their technology investments and how they bring value to the organisation as a whole,” said Matthew Guarini, Executive Director, TBM Council. “I am looking forward to joining an industry-leading organisation at the precipice of reshaping TBM to best align with the goals of businesses across industries as they continue to navigate the complexities of the evolving technology landscape.”
“Matthew is known for his energetic leadership style that can rally teams effectively toward a shared goal,” said Ajay Patel, General Manager, Apptio (an IBM Company) & IT Automation. “His passion for TBM really comes through when you talk with him, and it’s clear he will be a powerful voice for the future of technology management and how it can add strategic value for businesses in all industries.”
For more information about the TBM Council, its membership, and the education and standards it offers, please visit the TBM Council website here.
