See also http://www.alignent.com/

• Software to lead organizations through strategic planning processes
• 50 ee's in Carlsbad, 40 more in Phillipines doing R&D

Yusuf Shirazi, Chief Strategy Officer at Alignent, presented at the TDG innovation session. He has more than 10 years of experience designing and developing software for some of the world's largest organizations. Prior to co-founding Alignent Software, Yusuf was Director of Product Development at Relsys International, where he established the software products business line that led the transformation of the company from a consulting organization to software development.

Alignent's primary methodology seems to be based on Roadmapping. For those interested in more information they are offering a hour long webinar on July 26, 2006 (9:30AM PDT / 12:30PM EDT) on Using Roadmaps to Align Strategy Across Your Business

Dr. Richard Albright of Albright Strategy Group, former Director of Technology Strategy and Assessment at Bell Laboratories will answer the following questions:

• What is a roadmap and what are the major types?
• How are roadmaps being used by organizations today, and what organizations are using them?
• How do roadmaps provide visualization of long-range planning efforts across the business?
• How can roadmaps be used to align strategy across different business departments and programs?