John Girard VP Distinguished Analyst Trumbull, CT USA Years of Experience 19 years at Gartner 34 years IT industry Areas of Coverage Security & Privacy View Latest Research Resources Create Analyst Alert Contact Gartner Roles and Responsibilities John E. Girard is a VP and distinguished analyst in Gartner's Info Security and Privacy Research Center. He specializes in business security and privacy solutions for wireless and mobile road warriors, extranet, remote offices and teleworkers. Previous Experience Mr. Girard was European research director for New Science Associates (acquired by Gartner), and a founder of the advanced network computing research practice. Previously, he was a software engineer at Pacific Bell, where he formed an Expert Systems R&D group and a software testing practice. His publications include "Building Knowledge Systems" (McGraw-Hill, 1989). Professional Background Pacific Bell, Software Engineer, 9 years University of California, Physics Lecture Demonstrations Supervisor, 5 years Education Bachelor's degree in Botany and Physics, University of California at Berkeley LATEST RESEARCH More by this author Title Publish Date Author(s) Predicts 2010: The Role of Business Continuity Management Continues to Expand and Extend 18-Nov-2009 Roberta J. Witty, Pete Basiliere, John Girard Case Study: CMS Data-Sharing Project Highlights the Benefits of a Multiplatform Approach 09-Nov-2009 Jay Heiser, John Girard Rethink Work-at-Home Strategies for Pandemic Preparedness: Internet Bandwidth Supply Won't Meet Demand 25-Sep-2009 Roberta J. Witty, John Girard, Eric Paulak, Joe Skorupa, Ken Dulaney Toolkit: Wireless LAN IPS RFP Template 01-Sep-2009 John Girard, John Pescatore Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection 01-Sep-2009 John Girard, Eric Ouellet