Eric Newmark

Program Vice President - SaaS, Enterprise Apps, Industry Cloud, and Digital Commerce

Eric Newmark is Program Vice President of IDC’s SaaS, Enterprise Apps, Industry Cloud, and Digital Commerce division, and also leads three of IDC’s cloud data products, including CloudView, CloudShare, and SaaSView, which provide global intelligence and benchmarking information on the cloud software market. Mr. Newmark’s research and consulting provides strategic guidance and advisory services to both technology providers and industrial companies on SaaS and cloud adoption, maturity,  deployment models, vendor market shares, buyer journeys and purchasing preferences.

BACKGROUND
Mr. Newmark joined IDC from AMR Research, where he provided advisory and consulting services to technology and services firms focused on Supply Chain and Customer Management Applications.  Prior to AMR, Eric spent most of his career with Siebel Systems Inc., Onlink Technologies and Easyware Software, where he held positions in application development, technical project management, and operations management, helping to design, develop, and implement enterprise systems at Fortune 500 companies.

EDUCATION/INDUSTRY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• B.S. in MIS and Finance from Babson College
• M.B.A. from Boston University Questrom School of Business, with additional certification in Strategic Business Analysis
• Mr. Newmark has been quoted by national media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, Forbes, CIO Insight, Supply & Demand Executive, RFID Journal, Bio-IT World, and Pharmaceutical Commerce, and has spoken at dozens of industry and technology conferences.