Jerry Strauss has been at The Met since 2009 and is currently Senior Manager of Enterprise Applications in the Information Technology Department. An integral part of The Met’s IT leadership team, he plays a key role in the strategy to harmonize systems across the Museum’s departments and is also responsible for analysis of business systems applications. Strauss has worked at Chanel, J. Crew, and YSL, and was also a management consultant for Accenture, the world’s largest consulting firm. He loves music and has a keen interest in fine art, with a passion for the works of Alice Neel.