Sally Parker is a Senior Director Analyst in Gartner's global Data and Analytics team. Her coverage areas include Master Data Management (MDM), Data & Analytics Strategy, Data Governance, and Data-Driven Culture. Across these areas she helps clients draw, and communicate, a direct line of sight between 'data' and business outcomes.
Following her passion for all things data-driven, Ms. Parker rejoined the analyst community in 2018 after a 2 year sabbatical with Gartners Executive Programs - supporting Gartners CIO/CDO clients in a 1-1 capacity with their daily challenges.
Prior to joining Gartner, Ms. Parker was Research Director Cloud and Data-Driven Intelligence at IDC and a regular keynote speaker on digital transformation and emerging technologies. Previous technology and product management roles with Red Hat USA, and DEC-Compaq-HP in Europe, USA and Asia-Pacific provided a solid technology foundation for the predominantly business and people-oriented challenges clients raise in todays coverage areas.
IDC
Director Analyst
Red Hat U.S.
Global Market Analysis and Strategy Director
Digital Equipment Corporation/HP
Product Marketing Manager <- Solutions Architect <- Software Engineer
Data Management Solutions
Data and Analytics Programs and Practices
Chief Data and Analytics Officer Leadership
Post Graduate, Strategic Marketing, Stanford Graduate School of Business (U.S.)
B.Sc., with honors, Computer Science and French (U.K.)
1Master Data Management (MDM) - Strategy-Pitfalls-Approaches
2Securing buy-in to Data & Analytics Strategy
3Foundation & Futures of Information Governance
4Data-Driven Culture
5CDO Role