Analyst Profile

Christian Canales

Christian Canales

Director Analyst

24 years at Gartner,  24 years industry experience

Location:  France  | Language(s):  English, Italian, Spanish

Roles and Responsibilities

Christian Canales is a Director Analyst in the Technology & Service Provider Research group of Gartner. Mr. Canales belongs to the Quantitative Innovation team, headed by Stephanie Baghdassarian. He is a lead analyst for the enterprise (business) unified wired/wireless access layer networking market (campus Ethernet switches and WLAN technologies including 802.11ac/ax). He additionally advises enterprises on WLAN implementation best practices and covers trends, vendor market share and forecast statistics of the enterprise network security (firewall, ZTNA, NDR, NAC and IDPS), data center switching and WAN Edge (SD-WAN and router) markets.

Background

Previous Experience

Prior to his current position, Mr. Canales worked as a statistics coordinator for telecommunication projects in Gartner's Statistical Unit in London. He moved to France in 2006.

Professional Background

  • Research International, Market Researcher, 1 year

Education

  • Degree, University of Westminster, London

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