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Years of Experience
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6 years at Gartner
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28 years IT industry
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Roles and Responsibilities
Richard Jones is the managing vice president for Data Center and Mobile/Wireless Strategies in the Gartner Technical Professionals Research group. He covers hardware infrastructure as a service (cloud computing), disaster recovery, business continuity, x86 server operating systems, high availability and clustering, and server and desktop virtualization. Mr. Jones brings 27 years of experience in technical analysis, engineering, and project and product management in the software industry.
Previous Experience
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Jones was service director for Burton Group's cloud and data center strategies services, responsible for managing the virtual cloud team, as well as building and maintaining a team of five analysts and launching the data center strategies service in 2007. Prior to Burton Group, he held R&D director-level positions at Novell across nearly all product lines, including SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, storage, high availability, business continuity, printing, desktop management, and Microsoft Windows integration technologies. Mr. Jones is a top-rated speaker at industry events, and he has patents granted/pending in business continuity, storage, systems, and identity management.
Professional Background
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Burton Group, Vice President and Service Director Data Center Strategies, 3 years
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Novell, Director of Engineering, Sr. Product Manager, 20 years
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Brigham Young University, Software Automation Engineer, BYU Catalysis Lab, 2 years
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Industry Awards/Accolades
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Four issued patents, others pending
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Education
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B.S., Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University
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Languages
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English
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French
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