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David Wright
Sr Director Analyst
David Wright is a Research Director in the Infrastructure Strategies team of Gartner for IT Leaders, where he focuses on public, hybrid and distributed cloud infrastructure. His coverage includes infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), on-premises public cloud offerings and edge cloud platforms. Mr. Wright delivers advice to IT buyers on topics such as public cloud, hybrid, multicloud and cloud edge strategy, cloud sourcing, and cost governance.
Previous experience
With an almost 30 year history in software platforms and partnering, Mr. Wright has led a variety of both technical and business initiatives. For AWS he built and led a team that managed their 100 largest ISV partnerships. At VMware, Mr. Wright led all field partner technical architects, then incubated and grew VMware's Telecom vertical product group. At Microsoft, Mr. Wright served as Worldwide Industry Director for the SaaS ISV sales channel.
Professional background
Amazon Web Services
General Manager, Strategic Technology Partnerships
VMware, Inc.
VP of Operations, Telco NFV Group
Microsoft
Industry Director, SaaS ISVs
Areas of coverage
I&O Organizational Strategy
I&O Operations Management
Cloud and Edge Infrastructure
Cloud Computing for Technical Professionals
Education
M.B.A., Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Understanding the public cloud marketplace - dynamics, trends, functions, vendor ecosystem
2Building a cloud selection and adoption strategy - key issues, vendors, partners and best practices
3Optimizing cloud investment - from negotiating contracts to properly utilizing capacity
4Executing a multicloud strategy - selecting, using, integrating and balancing multiple cloud providers
5IT strategy in hybrid and distributed cloud environments - how to effectively mix, match and integrate edge, private and public cloud infrastructure