Analyst Profile

Alexander Linden

VP Analyst

6 years at Gartner , 34 years industry experience
Germany

Roles and Responsibilities

Alexander Linden is a Research VP, specializing in data science, machine learning and advanced algorithms. Dr. Linden helps clients with making buy vs. built vs. outsource decisions, various themes of data science governance, and aims to track the cutting edge in machine learning and artificial intelligence. (Note: His coverage does not include data infrastructure, business analytics, reporting, RPA, conversational interface, chat bots).

Alexander Linden's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

Hype Cycle for Data Science and Machine Learning, 2019
06-Aug-2019
Boost Your Training Data for Better Machine Learning
26-Jul-2019
Machine Learning: FAQs From Clients
17-Jun-2019

Upcoming Gartner Events

Gartner Data & Analytics Summit
19 November 2019 - 20 November 2019

Background

Previous Experience

Prior to rejoining Gartner, Dr. Linden was an entrepreneur, advising The World Bank and Fraunhofer, and he founded two companies himself, one of which, clickworker.com, is still at the forefront of applying microwork (crowdsourcing) to text and image analytics, metadata extraction, and open innovation. Dr. Linden had his first stint at Gartner from 1998 to 2006, where he left as Research VP, Emerging Technologies. During that time, he was worldwide lead on advanced analytics, data mining and semantic technologies, and he initiated Gartner's ongoing series of annual Hype Cycle special reports. Before that, Dr. Linden assumed various midlevel to senior roles at GE and Dresdner Bank as a Data Scientist.

Professional Background

GE, Senior Data Scientist, 2 years
GMD German National Lab for Computer Science, Computer Scientist, 5 years
Gartner, Research VP, Emerging Trends and Technologies, 11 years

Industry Awards/Accolades

GE Management Award 1997 (built in-memory analytics that uncovered $xx million of losses)
Gartner Silver Award 2003 (initiated annual Hype Cycle Special Report)
Postdoctoral Fellowship 1994, International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley

Education

M.S., with distinction, Computer Science (Computational Linguistics minor), Bonn University
Ph.D., Machine Learning/Computer Science, Bielefeld University

Languages

English
German

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18 June 2019
2019 Gartner Supply Chain Top 25: Europe Top 15 This research recognizes and showcases the best practices of Europe’s Top 15 company supply chains for 2019 in conjunction with Gartner’s Supply Chain Global Top 25 for 2019. Supply chain leaders should leverage this research to gain insights into, and be inspired by, Europe’s supply chain leaders.

23 September 2019
Increase the Odds of High Quality Deals for Technology Service Providers EDT: 10:00 a.m. | PDT: 7:00 a.m. | BST: 15:00
In a recent Gartner study of almost 1500 significant technology purchases, only 27% were considered high quality deals that were good for the customer and the vendor. Every enterprise customer is different, but technology and service providers (TSPs) can discover behavior patterns that will let them tailor marketing and sales approaches to win more profitable opportunities and help their customers succeed. This complimentary webinar explores findings from this recent Gartner research study on enterprise technology buying. We look at the data through approach-driven lenses that offer unique perspectives for how you should think about and interact with your customers and guide them toward successful outcomes. We suggest practices that product marketers can adopt to increase their chances of driving high quality deals.

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23 September 2019
The High-Performing Sales Approach EDT: 11:00 a.m. | PDT: 8:00 a.m. | BST: 16:00
Today?s customers have access to more quality information and less need to look to sellers for data and insights across the purchasing process. In fact, the amount of high-quality information available to customers far exceeds their capacity to consume it, and they develop coping strategies that often only reaffirm their existing beliefs and ignore information that is critical to an effective purchase decision. Sales leaders must recognize the opportunity presented by a crowded informational landscape and evolve the role of the salesperson to better reflect this new reality. This complimentary webinar helps sales professionals become what their customers need most: A guide who can help them navigate an increasingly noisy informational landscape to find the answers they need to make better decisions.

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Analyst Profile

Alexander Linden

VP Analyst

Roles and Responsibilities

Alexander Linden's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

Upcoming Gartner Events

Background

Previous Experience

Professional Background

Industry Awards/Accolades

Education

Languages

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