Mr. Pisello founded Alinean in 2001. Prior to Alinean, Mr. Pisello founded Interpose, a provider of total cost of ownership (TCO) measurement and analysis software tools and training, which he founded in 1993 and sold to Gartner in 1998. At Gartner, Mr. Pisello served as Managing VP and was instrumental in Gartner’s software becoming the industry standard for TCO assessment.
After leaving Gartner, Mr. Pisello launched and developed several innovative companies, including FullArmor, Connotate Technologies, DigitalOwl, OurBeginning.com and Puerta-Bella.com. In addition to his daily blog, Mr. Pisello is a regular contributor to various publications, including ComputerWorld, CIOInsight, CIO Decisions and other TechTarget online journals.
Mr. Pisello holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from State University of New York at Buffalo and a mini-MBA from Rollins College, Winter Park, FL.


















