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Years of Experience
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7 years at Gartner
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24 years IT industry
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Roles and Responsibilities
Brian Prentice is a research vice president with Gartner's Emerging Trends and Technologies Group. His two primary areas of research are the future of property and ownership and its effect on the IT industry and the trend toward design displacing engineering as the central focus of IT product development. In addition, Mr. Prentice is actively involved in Gartner's research efforts in the areas of open-source software, social software and service-based delivery models (such as cloud computing, software as a service and platforms as a service).
Previous Experience
Mr. Prentice has been an analyst with Gartner for more than five years. Prior to becoming an analyst, he worked in the IT vendor community for 17 years. This included organizations such as Apple Computer, WordPerfect, Novell, Lotus, IBM, Microsoft and Onyx Software. Mr. Prentice operated in a variety of roles, including product management, partner development and support management, spanning North America and Asia/Pacific. This combination of roles and companies has allowed Mr. Prentice to be directly involved in the advent of some of the most important technological developments of the past two decades, including desktop operating systems, personal productivity software, messaging and collaboration, CRM, and the Internet. It has also given him unique insights into the dynamics of the software industry.
Professional Background
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Apple Computer, Product Manager, 6 years
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IBM/Lotus, Manager - Alliance & Partners, 3 years
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Novell, Regional Product Manager, 4 years
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Education
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B.S. with distinction, International Business, California State University, San Jose
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