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Mark Beyer

Mark Beyer

Distinguished VP Analyst

19 years at Gartner,  35 years' experience

Location:  FL USA  |  Language(s):  English, German, German, social/conversational

Roles and Responsibilities

Mark A. Beyer is a Research Vice President and Distinguished Analyst in the ITL Data and Analytics group. He covers broad data architecture solutions including data management and its intersection with use cases and data governance issues. Mark just published research on how data management practices intersect with LLMs and other GenAI models. His most recent areas of client issues and research include "active metadata", data fabric, data mesh, and distributed data governance. Previous work included adapting best practices for data management (cloud, premises & Hybrid). With a combined direct experience as a power user, application developer, implementation project manager and data architect, he focuses on practical choices when possible and pragmatic delivery when choices are limited. His more aggressive research includes Gartner Maverick contributions and data integration disruptions while keeping healthy skepticism.

Background

Previous Experience

Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Beyer led implementation practices and projects for data integration, business intelligence and data management architectures as a direct hire within organizations, an implementation consultant and vendor implementation/project lead. He has experience in leading and participating in teams as small as three-person units to serving as the solution architect. He also served as a project manager of a 12-month, multiphased effort that included 24 professional services consultants and nine internal (client) staff members for a data integration architecture, data warehouse (hub), ODS and spoke-marts. He was a business analyst and power user of data prior to engaging in a more formal IT career. His work included designing and developing surveys, managing survey efforts, conducting labor/resource studies, evaluating service delivery models, and sales and inventory analysis. His industry experience includes USDOE, USDoD, electric utility industry, automotive industry, P&C insurance, professional insurance, healthcare providers, health insurance, consumer packaged goods, grocery, wholesale, and logistics and distribution.

Professional Background

  • Ascential Software, Manager of Business Development/Consulting Manager, 5 years
  • BearingPoint, Consulting Project Manager, 1 year
  • Publix Supermarkets, Data Warehouse Senior Systems Analyst/Data Modeler, 1 year

Education

  • B.A., Maryville College
  • Postgraduate Studies, Applied Calculus

Industry Awards/Accolades

  • Ardent Software, Award of Excellence, 1999
  • Gartner, Golden Quill in Research 2010
  • Gartner, Thought Leadership, multiyears
  • Prism Solutions, President's Club for Consulting Excellence, 1998

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