Analyst Profile
David W. Cearley
David W. Cearley
VP & Gartner Fellow
Stamford, CT USA
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Years of Experience
21 years at Gartner
33 years IT industry
Areas of Coverage
Emerging Trends & Technologies

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Roles and Responsibilities
David Cearley is a vice president and Gartner Fellow in Gartner Research and is a leading authority on information technology. As a member of Gartner Research, Mr. Cearley analyzes emerging business and technology trends and explores how these trends shape the way individuals and companies derive value from technology. His current research is focused on cloud computing and how Internet and Web technologies, standards and business models are impacting the IT landscape.
Previous Experience
Mr. Cearley's expertise spans software architectures and standards, component software models, application design, the Internet, business-IT alignment, and the IT services market. He has worked with a wide range of end-user and vendor organizations assisting in strategy creation, technology selection, implementation planning and organizational development. Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Cearley held various senior-level research positions at Meta Group. Before that, he was vice president of R&D for Revelation Technologies, served as program director at Gartner Group, and held various managerial/director-level positions at Innovative Software and Informix.
Professional Background
Meta Group, Senior Vice President & Principal Analyst, 12 years
Revelation Technologies, Vice President, Research & Development, 2 years
Informix, Director, Product Management, 8 years
Industry Awards/Accolades
Gartner Fellow
Education
B.S., Finance and Economics, Rockhurst University




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Integrated Platforms and Ecosystems 14-Feb-2013 David W. Cearley, George J. Weiss, Brian Prentice
The Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2013 12-Feb-2013 David W. Cearley, Carl Claunch
Top 10 Technology Trends, 2013: Cloud Computing and Hybrid IT Drive Future IT Models 06-Feb-2013 David W. Cearley, Donna Scott, Joe Skorupa, Thomas J. Bittman
Actionable Analytics Will Be Driven by Mobile, Social and Big Data Forces in 2013 and Beyond 25-Jan-2013 Rita L. Sallam, W. Roy Schulte, Whit Andrews, David W. Cearley
HTML5 and Web Technologies Are Becoming Major Forces in Mobile Application Development 24-Jan-2013 David Mitchell Smith, David W. Cearley, Brian Prentice