William M. Ulrich Senior Consultant

William M. Ulrich is a Senior Consultant with Cutter's Business-IT Strategies and Enterprise Architecture Practices and a regular contributor to those advisory services. He served as Editor of the Cutter IT Journal, including the issue "Negotiating the Path to Business Architecture/IT Architecture Alignment," and has been a speaker at Cutter Summits and symposia.

Mr. Ulrich is President of Tactical Strategy Group, Inc., Cochair of the Business Architecture Conference Series, Cochair of the OMG Business Architecture Working Group, Editorial Director of the Business Architecture Institute, and Board Member of the Business Architecture Society. He also serves as Cochair for the OMG Architecture-Driven Modernization Task Force.

Mr. Ulrich has more than 30 years’ experience in management consulting and information management. His collective works have served as the basis for business transformation and IT modernization projects worldwide. As author of TSRM, a widely deployed redevelopment methodology, the IT industry views him as the leading authority on systems transformation within.

Mr. Ulrich has advised Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and high-tech firms on information management, legacy transformation, business continuity planning, organizational change, and partner alliances. Previously, he worked as a senior manager at KPMG, served on the faculty of Northeastern Illinois University, and has lectured internationally to thousands of business and IT professionals. Mr. Ulrich also consults on the use of intellectual property and trade secrets within the computer industry, serves as Editorial Director of Business Architecture Bulletin, has written three books and hundreds of articles on information strategies, and has keynoted numerous conferences and seminars. Mr. Ulrich's latest book is entitled Legacy Systems: Transformation Strategies. He can be reached at consulting@cutter.com.