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Gregor Petri
VP Analyst
Gregor Petri is a Vice President and Industry Analyst in the CIO and Industries Research and Advisory team of Gartner. Mr. Petri's coverage area is Industry Cloud Strategy & Go-To-Market. In addition he covers Sovereign Cloud strategies for the communications and services industry. During his tenure at Gartner, he held roles such as Vendor Lead Analyst for one of Europe largest CSPs, Agenda Manager for Gartner's Cloud-Based Offerings Research, Country Research Lead for the Benelux region and Key Initiative Leader for Industry Market and Technologies Research. Presenting perspectives on the impact of technological innovations, formulating industry strategies for industry cloud and edge scenario's and helping organizations plan and prepare for continuous technical transition are important parts of his research activities.
Previous experience
Prior to joining Gartner, he helped several technology vendors launch IT innovations such as object-oriented ERP applications, mobile business applications, XML servers and cloud management platforms into the European market. He started his IT career as a Management Trainee in the Office of the CIO at Akzo consumer products, Mr Petri studied business economics and information technology in Rotterdam and Tilburg. During his study, he wrote and marketed one of the first European shareware applications and founded his first consumer electronics and media startup. He is a former board member of the XML Users Group, Holland and Geel-Zwart field hockey, where he actively played until taking up running.
Professional background
CA Technologies
Sr. Director of Product Marketing, EMEA
Software AG
Director of Sales and Marketing
Marcam Solutions
Director of Product Marketing EMEA
Areas of coverage
CSP Digital Transformation and Innovation
Industry Markets and Technologies
Emerging Technologies and Trends Impact on Products and Services
Industry Product Planning and Strategy
Tech Buying Behavior
Education
M.Sc., Economics&IT, University of Tilburg
Author: "Shedding Light on Cloud Computing" (2009)
Author: "Lean, or the Art of Cloud Computing Management" (2011)
Author: "Tune into the Cloud" (2017)
Host: "Tune into the Cloud" BlogCast (2020) - Gartner Blog Network
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Cloud Strategy
2Industry Cloud Platforms
3Sovereign Clouds
4The Future of Cloud
5Cloud Go To Market