Analyst Profile
Bern Elliot
Distinguished VP Analyst
21 years at Gartner
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43 years industry experience
USA
Roles and Responsibilities
Bern Elliot is a Vice President and Distinguished Analyst with Gartner Research. Mr. Elliot has been with Gartner for more than 20 years. His current research focus is artificial intelligence (AI) generally, with an added focus on natural language processing (NLP), machine translation, and customer engagement and service.
Bern Elliot's Recent Gartner Activity
Latest Research
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Beyond Chatbots: Defining Your Enterprise Conversational Platform Strategy
11 February 2020
On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars
Background
Previous Experience
In Mr. Elliot's previous coverage within Gartner he was a Lead Analyst in the areas of contact center infrastructure and Unified Communications. In his more than 20 years of IT experience prior to Gartner, Mr. Elliot has served in a variety of technical and managerial roles, such as a CTI Architect for three Fortune 100 financial services firms, a contact center strategic assessments specialist for North American and European communications vendors, and a communications systems designer for major computing firms. He has also been Co-Founder and Product Manager with several internet startups. Mr. Elliot was the Founding Chair and Coordinator for several internet messaging and directory standards initiatives, including Voice Profile for Internet Messaging (VPIM).
Professional Background
Electronic Messaging Association, Chair for the Internet Standards Group - VPIM, 8 years
MBNA Bank, Senior Contact Center CTI Systems Architect, 1 year
Vanguard Communications, Senior Consultant, 5 years
Education
Holds patents in the voice groupware area
M.S., Computer Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Master's Thesis topic area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Worked with Wharton Business School faculty developing models for IT technology adoption
Languages
English
French
