IT and Technology Decision-Makers

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* 1. Contact information

Full Name *

Company *

Job Title *

Address

City/Town *

State/Province *

ZIP/Postal Code *

Email Address *

Phone Number *

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* 2. In what country do you work?

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* 3. What is your LinkedIn?

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* 4. What is your age?

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* 5. Do you or does anyone in your household work in any of the following industries, fields or capacities?

Advertising

Marketing

Marketing Research

A company that provides IT or Business Consulting Services

Neither me nor anyone in my household works in any of the above listed industries, fields or capacities.

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* 6. What is the name of the company you work for?

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* 7. What is your organization's primary business activity or type of business at this location?

banking, brokerage, investment, financial markets

communications/telecommunications

computers, technology, computer services

construction, engineering, real estate

energy and utilities

healthcare payers and providers (i.e. healthcare systems)

hospital

insurance

life science (e.g. medical products/devices, pharmaceuticals, biotech)

manufacturing

media/entertainment

public sector (e.g. government, education)

retail

other services

transportation and logistics

travel and hospitality

wholesale

Other (please specify)

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* 8. What was your company's total global annual revenue in US dollars for this last fiscal year?

Less than US$ 500 million

Between US$ 500 million and $750 million

Between US$ 750 million and $ 1 billion

Between US$ 1 billion and $4.999 billion

Between US$ 5 billion and $9.999 billion

Between US$ 10 billion and $39.999 billion

US$ 40 billion or more

I don't know

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* 9. Approximately how many employees work for your entire organization worldwide, including all branches, divisions, and subsidiaries, if any? Your best guess is fine.

1 - 49

50 - 249

250 - 499

500 - 999

1,000 - 4,999

5,000 - 9,999

10,000 or more

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* 10. Which of the following best describes the type of work you spend the majority of your time in? If you perform multiple types of work, please select the one which you primarily work in.

Customer Service

Supply Chain/Logistics

Stategy

Data Sciences/Data Management

Procurement

Human Resources

Product Development/Management

Finance

IS/IT/Technology

Engineering

Senior Management Company Wide/Senior Executive (e.g. CEO, President)

Operations

Business Development

Marketing

Company Division/Business Unit Head

Sales

Other (please specify)

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* 11. What is your exact and full title?

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* 12. Please briefly describe your chief job responsibilities?

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* 13. Which of the following best characterizes your principal domain of influence (e.g. scope of responsibility) at your company?

Corporate Level

Major Subsidiary/Division Level (Top third from a revenue perspective)

Mid-sized Subsidiary/Division Level (Second third from a revenue perspective)

Smaller/Emerging Subsidiary/Division Level (Bottom third)

Region/Geo

Don't know

Refused

Other (please specify)

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* 14. We would like to better understand what companies are doing to leverage technology in service of the business. Please select yes or no in response to the following questions!

	Are you personally involved with the following initiatives?	Have you engaged any outside partners/ vendors to work with you on this (in the past 2 yrs)?
1. Leveraging artificial intelligence	1. Leveraging artificial intelligence Are you personally involved with the following initiatives? menu	1. Leveraging artificial intelligence Have you engaged any outside partners/ vendors to work with you on this (in the past 2 yrs)? menu
2. Modernizing our IT infrastructure - this includes things like cloud services, application transformation/modernization	2. Modernizing our IT infrastructure - this includes things like cloud services, application transformation/modernization Are you personally involved with the following initiatives? menu	2. Modernizing our IT infrastructure - this includes things like cloud services, application transformation/modernization Have you engaged any outside partners/ vendors to work with you on this (in the past 2 yrs)? menu
3. Digital product development and software engineering - this includes things like application design, development and management	3. Digital product development and software engineering - this includes things like application design, development and management Are you personally involved with the following initiatives? menu	3. Digital product development and software engineering - this includes things like application design, development and management Have you engaged any outside partners/ vendors to work with you on this (in the past 2 yrs)? menu
4. Deploying industry specific technology platforms to operate core business functions and processes - meaning platforms like CRM, SCM, HR platforms and other industry-specific processes	4. Deploying industry specific technology platforms to operate core business functions and processes - meaning platforms like CRM, SCM, HR platforms and other industry-specific processes Are you personally involved with the following initiatives? menu	4. Deploying industry specific technology platforms to operate core business functions and processes - meaning platforms like CRM, SCM, HR platforms and other industry-specific processes Have you engaged any outside partners/ vendors to work with you on this (in the past 2 yrs)? menu
5. Leveraging intelligent process automation, including robotic process automation - also referred to as RPA	5. Leveraging intelligent process automation, including robotic process automation - also referred to as RPA Are you personally involved with the following initiatives? menu	5. Leveraging intelligent process automation, including robotic process automation - also referred to as RPA Have you engaged any outside partners/ vendors to work with you on this (in the past 2 yrs)? menu
6. Optimizing our digital customer experience by deploying and optimizing more interactive services	6. Optimizing our digital customer experience by deploying and optimizing more interactive services Are you personally involved with the following initiatives? menu	6. Optimizing our digital customer experience by deploying and optimizing more interactive services Have you engaged any outside partners/ vendors to work with you on this (in the past 2 yrs)? menu
7. Leveraging technology to implement Internet of Things (IoT)	7. Leveraging technology to implement Internet of Things (IoT) Are you personally involved with the following initiatives? menu	7. Leveraging technology to implement Internet of Things (IoT) Have you engaged any outside partners/ vendors to work with you on this (in the past 2 yrs)? menu

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* 15. When it comes to researching and gathering information about products, services, solutions and/or vendors for the previously mentioned initiatives, which of these statements best describes your role?

	I do the research and hand it off to others to make the decisions	I do the research and use it to help us create the short list	I am not involved in doing the research myself, others do that
Leveraging artificial intelligence	Leveraging artificial intelligence I do the research and hand it off to others to make the decisions	Leveraging artificial intelligence I do the research and use it to help us create the short list	Leveraging artificial intelligence I am not involved in doing the research myself, others do that
Modernizing our infrastructure - this includes things like cloud services, application transformation/modernization	Modernizing our infrastructure - this includes things like cloud services, application transformation/modernization I do the research and hand it off to others to make the decisions	Modernizing our infrastructure - this includes things like cloud services, application transformation/modernization I do the research and use it to help us create the short list	Modernizing our infrastructure - this includes things like cloud services, application transformation/modernization I am not involved in doing the research myself, others do that
Digital product development and software engineering - this includes things like application design, development and management	Digital product development and software engineering - this includes things like application design, development and management I do the research and hand it off to others to make the decisions	Digital product development and software engineering - this includes things like application design, development and management I do the research and use it to help us create the short list	Digital product development and software engineering - this includes things like application design, development and management I am not involved in doing the research myself, others do that
Deploying industry specific technology platforms to operate core business functions and processes - meaning platforms like CRM, SCM, HR platforms and other industry-specific processes	Deploying industry specific technology platforms to operate core business functions and processes - meaning platforms like CRM, SCM, HR platforms and other industry-specific processes I do the research and hand it off to others to make the decisions	Deploying industry specific technology platforms to operate core business functions and processes - meaning platforms like CRM, SCM, HR platforms and other industry-specific processes I do the research and use it to help us create the short list	Deploying industry specific technology platforms to operate core business functions and processes - meaning platforms like CRM, SCM, HR platforms and other industry-specific processes I am not involved in doing the research myself, others do that
Leveraging intelligent process automation, including robotic process automation - also referred to as RPA	Leveraging intelligent process automation, including robotic process automation - also referred to as RPA I do the research and hand it off to others to make the decisions	Leveraging intelligent process automation, including robotic process automation - also referred to as RPA I do the research and use it to help us create the short list	Leveraging intelligent process automation, including robotic process automation - also referred to as RPA I am not involved in doing the research myself, others do that
Optimizing our digital customer experience by deploying and optimizing more interactive services	Optimizing our digital customer experience by deploying and optimizing more interactive services I do the research and hand it off to others to make the decisions	Optimizing our digital customer experience by deploying and optimizing more interactive services I do the research and use it to help us create the short list	Optimizing our digital customer experience by deploying and optimizing more interactive services I am not involved in doing the research myself, others do that
Leveraging technology for IoT	Leveraging technology for IoT I do the research and hand it off to others to make the decisions	Leveraging technology for IoT I do the research and use it to help us create the short list	Leveraging technology for IoT I am not involved in doing the research myself, others do that

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* 16. Which if any of the following does your research and information gathering involve?

I look through thought leadership articles and content

I research what industry analysts (i.e. Gartner, Forrester) have to say

I talk to peers

I look at provider websites

Other (please specify)

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* 17. The following consulting firms provide business and IT services. Please rate them according to your familiarity!

	Very familiar	Somewhat familiar	Know them by name only	Never heard of them	Currently working with them	Used to work with them
Accenture	Accenture Very familiar	Accenture Somewhat familiar	Accenture Know them by name only	Accenture Never heard of them	Accenture Currently working with them	Accenture Used to work with them
Capgemini	Capgemini Very familiar	Capgemini Somewhat familiar	Capgemini Know them by name only	Capgemini Never heard of them	Capgemini Currently working with them	Capgemini Used to work with them
Cognizant	Cognizant Very familiar	Cognizant Somewhat familiar	Cognizant Know them by name only	Cognizant Never heard of them	Cognizant Currently working with them	Cognizant Used to work with them
IBM Global Services	IBM Global Services Very familiar	IBM Global Services Somewhat familiar	IBM Global Services Know them by name only	IBM Global Services Never heard of them	IBM Global Services Currently working with them	IBM Global Services Used to work with them
Infosys	Infosys Very familiar	Infosys Somewhat familiar	Infosys Know them by name only	Infosys Never heard of them	Infosys Currently working with them	Infosys Used to work with them
Tata Consultancy (TCS)	Tata Consultancy (TCS) Very familiar	Tata Consultancy (TCS) Somewhat familiar	Tata Consultancy (TCS) Know them by name only	Tata Consultancy (TCS) Never heard of them	Tata Consultancy (TCS) Currently working with them	Tata Consultancy (TCS) Used to work with them
Wipro Technologies	Wipro Technologies Very familiar	Wipro Technologies Somewhat familiar	Wipro Technologies Know them by name only	Wipro Technologies Never heard of them	Wipro Technologies Currently working with them	Wipro Technologies Used to work with them

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* 18. If selected, would you be available for a Zoom based interview from your computer, laptop, or tablet?

Yes

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* 19. If selected, we are planning to conduct our interviews the week of June 15th, extending into the week of June 22 as needed. Are you able and willing to participate in a 1-hour interview at some point during this timeframe?

Yes