Analyst Profile

Valdis Filks

Research Director

10 years at Gartner , 32 years industry experience
Sweden

Roles and Responsibilities

Valdis Filks is a Research Director for storage technologies and strategies in Gartner Research.

Areas of Coverage

Servers & Storage

Valdis Filks's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

Critical Capabilities for Solid-State Arrays
06-Aug-2018
Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays
23-Jul-2018
Storage Utilization Is Decreasing, Stop Wasting Money
25-May-2018

Background

Previous Experience

Before joining Gartner, Mr. Filks worked as an EMEA chief storage architect, enterprise systems manager, storage practice manager and professional services storage practice manager in Central and Northern Europe. He has firsthand experience in being a storage administrator - managing and being responsible for a storage department in real-life practice. Mr. Filks has experience from being an end user, selecting storage and server vendors, implementing storage solutions, and supporting and designing systems, to being responsible for consultants and sales for storage and high-end servers. His technical knowledge spans a wide range, from databases, security systems and operating systems, to high- and low-level programming. He has worked throughout EMEA as a PS storage architect. Mr. Filks is fluent in Latvian and English.

Professional Background

Central Electricity Generating Board, MVS Systems Programmer, 3 years
Royal Bank of Scotland, Senior Technical Analyst, 11 years
Sun Microsystems, Business Development Manager, 9 years

Education

B.A., Management and Computer Science, Open University
H.N.D., Computer Science, University of Westminster, London

Languages

English
Latvian

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Analyst Profile

Valdis Filks

Research Director

Roles and Responsibilities

Areas of Coverage

Valdis Filks's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

Background

Previous Experience

Professional Background

Education

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