Anton is the Vice President of Executive Programs and is responsible for product development, marketing, business development and commercial growth for Executive Programs under The 451 Group’s divisions. Prior to joining The 451 Group, Anton spent 20 years in the research advisory and consulting industry with Gartner, Whittman-Hart, Red Sky, Giga Information Group, Forrester Research and Tallan. He has experience advising senior IT executives in their daily activities and his research focuses on business technology executives’ roles and responsibilities, technology trends and directions, and leadership skills and competencies. In 2001, Anton joined Giga Information Group and founded their Executive Services Program, ForSITE and the IT Council Memberships (now Forrester Leadership Boards) focusing on enterprise architecture, application development , IT security/risk management, infrastructure & operations, and analyst relations/marketing.