Analyst Profile
John Girard
John Girard
VP Distinguished Analyst
Trumbull, CT USA
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Years of Experience
20 years at Gartner
40 years IT industry
Areas of Coverage
Security & Privacy

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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, Berkeley Physics Lecture Demonstrations Supervisor, 5 years
Education
Bachelor's degree in Botany and Physics, University of California at Berkeley




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MarketScope for Emergency and Mass Notification Services 29-Jan-2010 Roberta J. Witty, John Girard, Jeff Vining
Q&A: Windows 7 DirectAccess Challenges Remote-Access VPNs 29-Jan-2010 John Girard, Lawrence Orans
BitArmor Buy Will Strengthen Trustwave's PCI Services 18-Jan-2010 John Girard, John Pescatore
Good Authentication Choices for Workforce Remote Access 21-Dec-2009 Ant Allan, John Girard
Magic Quadrant for SSL VPNs 15-Dec-2009 John Girard