Analyst Profile

Graham Waller

Distinguished VP Analyst

16 years at Gartner , 32 years industry experience
IL USA

Roles and Responsibilities

Graham Waller is a Distinguished Vice President in Gartner's CEO & Digital Business Leadership research team. He focuses on helping C-level executives with the leadership mindset, behavior and cultural shifts needed to succeed in the digital-era. Topics include; digital ambition, growth mindset, personal branding and leadership development. Mr. Waller is a co-author of two Gartner books: "Digital to the Core" (Bibliomotion, 2015) and "The CIO Edge" (Harvard Business Press, 2010). He currently leads a cross Gartner team exploring the neuroscience and latest breakthroughs in continuous learning.

Graham Waller's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

Leadership Mindset and Behavior Shifts in Digital Business: What the Board Needs to Know
10-Feb-2019
Remaster Your Personal Brand in Times of Transition
15-Jan-2020
Industry-Leading Companies Should Aim to Be Digicorps
17-Oct-2019

Upcoming Gartner Events

Gartner CIO Leadership Forum
23 February 2020 - 26 February 2020
Gartner CIO Leadership Forum Amsterdam
02 March 2020 - 04 March 2020
Gartner CIO Leadership Forum
30 March 2020 - 02 April 2020

Background

Previous Experience

Mr. Waller came to Gartner from Meta Group, where he led CIO-level research on transformational change as part of the Executive Directions service. This included publishing a significant primary-research, multiclient study titled "CIO as Enterprise Change Agent," as well as conference speaker engagements and serving as an expert analyst in numerous industry press articles on this topic. Mr. Waller has more than 20 years of experience in driving business results and achieving measurable value from IT-enabled transformation. He has held both IT and business leadership positions within two Fortune 100 end-user and IT service provider companies. He is a hybrid business-IT leader and a recognized authority in the disciplines of leadership and driving value from technology investments.

Professional Background

Meta Group, Senior Vice President, Executive Direction, 2 years
Sears, Director, Strategy, E-Marketing and Customer Information, 7 years
Teradata/NCR/AT&T, Senior Consultant, Business Value Realization, 9 years

Education

B.Eng., Electrical Engineering, University of Liverpool
Certification, E-Business Strategy, University of Chicago

Languages

English

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4 December 2018
Top 25 North American Supply Chain Graduate University Programs, 2018 As supply chain roles require more business and technology expertise and masters' level supply chain programs proliferate, a re-evaluation of university partnerships is a must. Supply chain leaders can use these rankings to identify the programs best equipped to help them recruit the right talent.
13 November 2019
The Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 for 2019 In its 11th year, the Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 highlights supply chains that successfully advance healthcare by improving patient outcomes and controlling costs. Supply chain leaders in the healthcare industry can use lessons from these leading organizations to improve their own operations.

19 February 2020
Prepare Finance for Digitalization EST: 11:00 a.m. | GMT: 16:00
Your organization most likely is not ready for the digital world. Two-thirds of organizations must become significantly more digitalized to meet today’s demands – Canadian government agencies included. Success requires making smart data investments, developing analytic competencies, and deploying automation judiciously. This complimentary finance webinar – designed specifically with Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) at Canadian government agencies in mind – looks at proven practices to prepare for a digital world, including financial data integration, digital-ready ERP and advanced analytic forecasting.

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24 February 2020
The Gartner for General Managers 2020 Agenda EST: 10:00 a.m. | GMT: 15:00
Technology general managers face a future of changing customer needs, competitive challenges and demand for new innovative solutions. How general managers prioritize, participate and provoke their organization forward are critical to success. The availability of new technologies and the continued transition to service-based business models require general managers to be leaders as well as chief product managers. In this complimentary IT services webinar, we break down the results of the Gartner for General Managers 2020 survey of more than 200 technology GMs and recommendations for how you can raise your performance.

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Analyst Profile

Graham Waller

Distinguished VP Analyst

Roles and Responsibilities

Graham Waller's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

Upcoming Gartner Events

Background

Previous Experience

Professional Background

Education

Languages

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