Analyst Profile

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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