Alvin R. Park Managing VP China Grove, NC USA Years of Experience 9 years at Gartner 35 years IT industry Areas of Coverage IT Management IT Asset Management View Latest Research Resources Create Analyst Alert Contact Gartner Roles and Responsibilities Alvin Park is a managing vice president in Gartner Research, responsible for the IT asset management and procurement function within the sourcing, procurement and asset management group. In addition to general topics relating to information technology asset management, this coverage area encompasses the life cycle asset management of hardware and software from requisition to retirement, including procurement, deployment, maintenance and disposal. It also includes strategic vendor management for IT vendors. In his previous research analyst role at Gartner, Mr. Park was responsible for software asset management of distributed and desktop computing. He has expertise on software licensing terms and conditions, pricing structures, license management and contract negotiations. Mr. Park frequently consulted with vendors regarding their software licensing and pricing practices, as well as with enterprises that were negotiating agreements with vendors such as Microsoft, IBM/Lotus and Novell. Previous Experience Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Park spent 26 years with Duke Energy in its information management department. During his tenure, he managed aspects of application development, office automation, data center operations and systems support. His more recent responsibilities included computer hardware and software asset management and software contract negotiations. Professional Background Duke Energy, manager, data center operations and software asset management, 26 years Education B.A., Mathematics, magna cum laude, Catawba College, Salisbury, North Carolina LATEST RESEARCH More by this author Title Publish Date Author(s) Jump-Start Software Cost Savings While Justifying an Asset Management Program 30-Sep-2009 Alvin R. Park Eight Key Items to Negotiate in Microsoft Licensing Agreements 22-Sep-2006 Alexa Bona, Alvin R. Park New IBM PVU Pricing Is Simpler but Still Difficult to Predict 03-Aug-2006 Frank DeSalvo, Alexa Bona, Alvin R. Park Office 2007 Delay Will Cause More SA Customers to Lose Rights 03-Jul-2006 Michael A. Silver, Alvin R. Park Five Leverage Points to Use When Negotiating With Microsoft 05-Jun-2006 Alvin R. Park, Alexa Bona