Cindy Jutras

Cindy Jutras is a nationally recognized expert in analyzing the impact of enterprise applications on business performance. With over 45 years of corporate experience and manufacturing expertise in supply chain, customer service, and business performance management, Cindy spent more than 30 years working for software vendors in various roles, including product design and development and product management and marketing. Cindy has spent the last 15 years doing industry research that benchmarks the performance of software solutions in the context of the business benefits of technology.

Before founding Mint Jutras, Cindy was Vice President, Research Fellow, and Group Director for the Aberdeen Group, where she conducted survey-based research on ERP, suite-based enterprise applications, and business performance management. During her tenure with Aberdeen, she directly managed various research practices, including Enterprise Applications and ERP, Manufacturing, Product Innovation, and Engineering.

Cindy has traveled worldwide speaking at executive conferences on her original supply chain concept, Virtually Vertical Manufacturing. She is the author of the book ERP Optimization and numerous magazine articles and has published hundreds of benchmarks and other research reports.