Dave Aron is a vice president and Gartner Fellow in the CIO Research group, focusing on IT leadership issues. Mr. Aron is a thought leader on business and IT strategy, leadership, mergers and acquisitions, CEO-CFO-CIO interactions, benefits realization, governance, and enterprise agility. He received Gartner's Analyst of the Year Award for 2009. He has taught business and IT topics at a number of business schools, including London Business School and Oxford University's Said Business School. He has co-written a book, published by FT Prentice Hall, explaining IT concepts for business managers.