Analyst Profile
Ray Valdes
Ray Valdes
Research VP
San Jose, CA USA
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Years of Experience
9 years at Gartner
30 years IT industry
Areas of Coverage
Web Services
Application Development & Integration

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Roles and Responsibilities
Ray Valdes is research director in Gartner Research, where he is part of the Internet Platforms and Web Services team.
Previous Experience
Mr. Valdes has 15 years of experience in software product development and seven years of experience in Internet development and management. Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Valdes was on the senior management team at CKMP, a leading vendor of Internet portal solutions and services for affinity/membership organizations. Mr. Valdes has also served as vice president-engineering for an Internet music company, as well as head of software development for a wireless infrastructure vendor. In addition, he was managing director of content for the first vertical portal for IT professionals, known as inquiry.com. Mr. Valdes has managed software and product development in the areas of hospital information systems, electronic publishing systems and pen-based computing.
Professional Background
CKMP, Vice President, Engineering, 2 years
Vega Vista, Director of Software Development, 1 year
inquiry.com, Managing Director of Content, 2 years
Education
B.A., cum laude, Bucknell University
Languages
English
French
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish




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Q&A for Website Design and Development 02-Feb-2010 Ray Valdes
MarketScope for Ajax Technologies and Rich Internet Application Platforms 31-Dec-2009 Ray Valdes, Eric Knipp, David Mitchell Smith, Gene Phifer, Mark Driver
Predicts 2010: Web Technologies Evolve in Multiple Dimensions: Mobile, Social and Real Time 14-Dec-2009 Ray Valdes, David Mitchell Smith, Eric Knipp, Gene Phifer
Developers Benefit as Adobe Offers iPhone Support 09-Oct-2009 Eric Knipp, Gene Phifer, Ray Valdes
Q&A: Gartner's Five Key Positions on Google: Gmail, Advertising, Enterprise Applications, Search Appliance and App Engine 08-Oct-2009 Whit Andrews, Matthew W. Cain, Yefim V. Natis, Ray Valdes, Andrew Frank, Tom Austin