Greg Suddreth began his career in IT as a nighttime/weekend JCL analyst at Norwest Mortgage in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Suddreth quickly rose through the ranks to become the technical project manager for an effort to rewrite the company's mortgage application and processing systems. It was here that he first noticed the conflict between the business and IT in formulating the right definition of business need for a successful solution. He then joined Computron Software (now AXS-One) in Chicago as a systems/implementation engineer. Out in the field assisting clients with their implementations, he again witnessed the struggles between the business and IT in defining the business's view of the architecture. After Computron, Mr. Suddreth spent the next nine years as an independent consultant to such clients as Morgan Stanley, United Airlines, and FedEx, working not only in the technology sector, but also in building the bridge between IT and business. In 2001, as CTO for venture capital firm Thunderbolt Capital, Mr. Suddreth was featured in a CIO magazine article entitled "How to Fire People." Currently, he is the Practice Director for Strategic Technology Architects' Business Architecture consulting practice, where he focuses not only on defining new methods and practices for business architecture, but also on overseeing their real-world application. Mr. Suddreth has served on the Executive Council of the Business Architects Association. He can be reached at Tel: +1 815 557 5731; E-mail: greg.suddreth at stagrp.com; Web site: www.stagrp.com.