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

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Roles and Responsibilities
Ray Valdes is a Gartner Research vice-president, covering web technology, user experience, mobile development, social platforms, and consumer Web competitive landscape.
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 mobile device 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 and tablet 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
Spanish




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Cool Vendors in Web Computing, 2013 06-May-2013 Ray Valdes, Gene Phifer, Jim Murphy
Cool Vendors in People-Centered Computing, 2013 25-Apr-2013 Geoff Johnson, Song Chuang, Ray Valdes, Monica Basso
Cool Vendors in PaaS, 2013 15-Apr-2013 Yefim V. Natis, Michele Cantara, Teresa Jones, Gordon Van Huizen, Ian Finley, Ray Valdes
Capability Assessment Tool for "The Customer Experience Is the Next Competitive Frontier" 09-Jan-2013 Partha Iyengar, Gene Phifer, Ray Valdes
Agenda Overview for Application Development, 2013 02-Jan-2013 Ian Finley, David Mitchell Smith, Ray Valdes, Mark Driver, Thomas E. Murphy, Brian Prentice, David Norton, Jim Murphy, Ross Altman, Nathan Wilson, Gordon Van Huizen, Jim Duggan