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Two of Aragon Research's lead analysts worked for Gartner. Jim Sinur was responsible for creation of the Hype and Maturity cycle.

Jim Lundy is the founder and CEO of Aragon Research. Jim also serves as Lead Analyst for Collaboration, Mobile, Social, Content Management, and Learning. He is also the practice lead for sales and marketing.

Jim has over 29 years of technology and management experience as a vendor, user, and analyst. Jim spent 12 years at Gartner, where he formed and led the Collaboration and Social Software Research Team and also served as Lead Analyst for Enterprise Content Management and Corporate Learning. Jim has extensive experience in product strategy, development, and go-to-market plans.

Prior to founding Aragon Research, Jim was the VP/General Manager of the Collaboration Business Unit at Saba Software. Jim also spent 15 years at Xerox Corporation in a variety of software and hardware sales and marketing positions. Jim has a BS in Finance from Penn State University.

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