Chris Forde

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GM Asia Pacific & VP Enterprise Architecture, The Open Group

Based in Shanghai China, as GM-APAC, Chris is responsible for business functions in the region. As the VP Enterprise Architecture he is responsible for advancing the work of The Open Group’s Architecture and Archimate Forums on a global basis and driving the organization to an even stronger position within the enterprise and IT architecture markets.

Chris is an enterprise architect and has held various leadership roles in business architecture, application development, information management and technology operations throughout his career.

Prior to joining The Open Group, Chris worked at American Express as Vice President for Strategy and Architecture for their Customer Servicing Capability. Chris has deep expertise in enterprise architecture and, as Chair of the Architecture Forum, he was instrumental in driving the successful development and launch of TOGAF™ 9 from 2007-2009.