About
AlliedInput's associates represent more than 35 years of experience researching and developing new products as well as conducting consulting services for Fortune 500 organizations within, Gartner, a leading IT research and advisory organization.
Their expertise was key in products and services that were employed worldwide to measure and continually improve customer satisfaction, monitor significant business drivers, and bottom-line, increase profits.
Past experience includes:
- Market analysis and potential market sizing
- Vendor win/loss analysis
- Customer satisfaction
- IT effectiveness in meeting the lines-of-business needs
- External IT service provider analysis and effectiveness
We have researched how to capture and report information that was non-biased, clear and focused so that our clients knew exactly what they should tackle and why. Multiple enterprises, research firms and scholastic institutes worldwide have participated so that we could understand, develop and patent methodologies for collecting and analyzing information. The Stanford Research Institute (SRI), the University of Minnesota and other such entities contributed additional research and insights.
We have guided organizations including major hardware, software, information technology and consulting service providers across a wide variety of industries.
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Executive Biographies
Joe Cercone is a cofounder of the corporation AlliedInput, LLC. He brings more than 18 years of extensive programming, software development and system integration experience. He is particularly knowledgeable on the alignment of IT technology to serve business needs with emphasis on improving the communication and use of information in business processes. His experience has afforded him the opportunity to work with everything from small business startups to worldwide IT consulting services. Prior to founding AlliedInput he worked as a Director of Engineering within Gartner, which is the world's leading provider of IT advisory and market research services, where he developed a suite of applications that were responsible for supporting multiple lines of business yielding $14 million dollars in revenue. Prior to joining Gartner, he worked for Productivity Management Group, a leading consulting firm that provided measurement and evaluation techniques for information systems project management.
Joe holds a bachelor's degree of science in information technology management from Buffalo State College.
Lynn Sechrest is a cofounder of the corporation AlliedInput, LLC. She brings more than 21 years of extensive experience in developing and analyzing survey concepts, data and methodologies to drive improvement initiatives. Prior to AlliedInput, she was a director in Gartner's North America consulting organization. She was leading Gartner's IT Customer Satisfaction (ITCS) and IT Business Effectiveness (ITBE) benchmarking services. In this capacity, she directed product innovation, including the definition, scope, development and strategic direction of the services. Her responsibilities also included analyst fulfillment support, sales and marketing support, and client fulfillment for strategic clients. Additionally, she was considered to be the subject matter expert for survey design and analysis, and frequently presented at Gartner events and conferences.
Prior to her role as director with Gartner, she was a senior consultant and original member of the team that developed the patented Executive Market Analysis Program (EMAP) methodology. In this role, she managed EMAP client engagements and the EMAP data-collection process worldwide (analysis in 23 different counties and 14 different languages) and assisted in developing the patented methodology.
Lynn holds a bachelor's degree from California State University - Chico and a master's degree from San Jose State University. In addition, she is a six-sigma certified black belt.