Alex Manfrediz
Program Director - Global Research Organization
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As Program Director in IDC's Global Research Group (GRO), Mr. Manfrediz is responsible for promoting GRO's extensive product line and quantitative research capabilities to IDC's clients and analyst community. In addition to his business development role, Mr. Manfrediz provides project management experience to select GRO-managed custom projects with survey-based and/or cross-technology research components. During his 8-year+ tenure with IDC, he has presented at numerous industry and vendor events and delivered senior-level briefings to industry vendors.
Previous to his position within IDC's GRO team, Mr. Manfrediz was Director of Software, Services and Demand-side research programs for IDC's Latin America division, launching the division's first user panel and expanding its SW and Vertical Industry market coverage. Prior to joining IDC in December 1998, he spent five years working as group leader at the environmental protection agency in Charlotte, N.C. leading the agency in developing a geographic information system (GIS) for further air quality analysis, developed templates for permit engineering review and led the reorganization of the air quality section's web site.
Alex received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed his post-graduate coursework in the geography program at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte where he focused on site location analysis and environmental planning issues. Mr. Manfrediz has extensive management and team development experience and uses his project management and applied statistics skills in developing and executing research studies. He is also fluent in Spanish.
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