Gisela D. Wilson
Director, Product Life-Cycle Management Solutions
Team:
Product, Project and Portfolio Solutions
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Gisela Wilson is the director of IDC’s Product, Project and Portfolio Management Solutions service. Ms. Wilson’s research involves packaged applications that specifically support industries involved in product design and engineering, manufacturing, project management, and enterprise asset management. Ms. Wilson also contributes to IDC's RFID research efforts, and focuses on application software opportunities within this emerging market segment. Ms. Wilson was with IDC from 1989 to 1996 and returned in 1999. Her previous position within the company was that of Director for Vertical Industry Applications Research, which concentrated primarily on engineering and manufacturing software.
In 1996, Ms. Wilson joined Advanced Manufacturing Research (AMR) as Director for Primary Research. She then became president of GDW Consulting, where she was involved in a number of research projects covering the electronic manufacturing outsourcing market, CAD, EDA, ERP, manufacturing, materials management, and customer relationship management. During this time Ms. Wilson also worked as a senior consultant with IDC on various research initiatives, including an extensive report on customer service/support, and bulletins on global materials management and supply chain automation.
Ms. Wilson is frequently quoted in press releases, has written material for numerous trade magazines and newsletters and has presented at webinars and seminars. For several years she has served on the planning board for SME's Computer Technology Solutions Conference (formerly Autofact). In 1990, Ms. Wilson won IDC's highly coveted Peacock Award for research excellence. Ms. Wilson holds an MA from Boston University and has attended the MBA program at Bentley College.
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