Analyst Profile

Ed Holub

Research VP

13 years at Gartner , 30 years industry experience
TX USA

Roles and Responsibilities

Ed Holub is a Research Vice President providing broad coverage for the IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) role with a focus on organization, staffing, culture and other people, process and strategy-related issues involved in enhancing I&O maturity. During more than a decade at Gartner, Mr. Holub also served as agenda manager for IT operations research, a Leadership Partner acting as a trusted advisor and coach to senior I&O executives in large organizations as well as a Managing Vice President leading a global team of analysts covering virtualization and cloud infrastructure technologies and management processes.

Areas of Coverage

IT Operations

Ed Holub's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

2018 Strategic Roadmap for IT Service Management
05-Apr-2018
Adopt a New I&O Operating Model and Organization Design for Digital Business
05-Mar-2018
5 More Steps to Deliver an Agile I&O Culture
31-Jan-2018

Background

Previous Experience

Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Holub spent 17 years in IT infrastructure and operations at USAA, a Fortune 200 diversified financial services company. His experience at USAA included executive-level positions responsible for E-commerce operations, operations architecture, enterprise systems management, QA/testing, server management and desktop management. Mr. Holub also served as product manager as USAA's internal IT department was successfully transformed to run IT like a business.

Professional Background

USAA, Assistant Vice President, IT Operations, 17 years

Industry Awards/Accolades

Gartner Thought Leadership Award, 2010

Education

B.S., Computer Science, Mathematics and Systems Design, University of Texas at San Antonio
M.B.A., Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio

Languages

English

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