Analyst Profile
Neil Rickard
VP Analyst
22 years at Gartner
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33 years industry experience
United Kingdom
Roles and Responsibilities
Neil Rickard is a Vice President in Gartner Research. Mr. Rickard provides coverage of networking issues to Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He focuses on WAN technologies, equipment and vendors, as well as data-oriented carrier services. His coverage includes hybrid WANs, SD-WAN, enterprise vCPE, SDN and NFV services, IP VPNs, MPLS, Ethernet WAN services and application-fluent networking, as well as voice-data convergence and network sourcing.
Areas of Coverage
- Networking & Communications Equipment
- Networking & Communications Services
Neil Rickard's Recent Gartner Activity
Latest Research
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Magic Quadrant for Network Services, Global
25-Feb-2019 -
Network On-Demand Services Bring Unprecedented Agility to Enterprise WANs
18-Jan-2019 -
Vendor Rating: AT&T
21-Dec-2018
Background
Previous Experience
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Rickard was responsible for business development with service provider customers at Cisco Systems. His previous experience in the networking industry has included technical and marketing roles with StrataCom, Nortel, Timeplex and Marconi. Overall he has more than 20 years of networking industry experience.
Professional Background
Cisco Systems, Marketing Manager, 1 year
Nortel, Product Marketing Manager, 2 years
StrataCom, Marketing Manager, 4 years
Education
B.S., Physics, Nottingham University, Honors
Languages
English
