Analyst Profile
Rita Sallam
Distinguished VP Analyst
11 years at Gartner
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30 years industry experience
MD USA
Roles and Responsibilities
Rita Sallam is a VP analyst and Gartner Fellow in the Data and Analytics team. Her focus includes tracking and predicting market trends, vendor assessment and selection, and identifying best practices for making analytics pervasive and strategic to the business. Of particular interest is how all aspects of data management and analytics are being disrupted by AI-enabled augmented analytics. She is also focused on building a methodology for valuing data and analytics including AI investments and portfolios.
Rita Sallam's Recent Gartner Activity
Latest Research
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Data and Analytics Trends for 2019 and Beyond: A Panel Discussion
18 December 2018 -
Top 10 Data and Analytics Trends That Will Change Your Business
06 February 2019 -
The 2019 Analytics and BI Magic Quadrant Highlights
29 April 2019
On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars
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Gartner Data & Analytics Summit
10 September 2019 - 11 September 2019 -
Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo
20 October 2019 - 24 October 2019 -
Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo
02 November 2019 - 06 November 2019
Upcoming Gartner Events
Background
Previous Experience
Mrs. Sallam joined Gartner in 2008 with almost 20 years of experience in the enterprise software market. Before that, she spent 10 years with Oracle, delivering role-based competitive intelligence and strategic analysis on BI, data warehousing, data integration and master data management markets. Prior to that, she led business planning, investment fundraising and strategy development for two middleware startups and was a management/strategy consultant for Arthur D. Little.
Professional Background
Arthur D. Little, Management/Strategy Consultant, 4 years
Concept 5 Technologies, Director of Business Planning, 4 years
Oracle, Senior Director of Competitive Intelligence, 10 years
Education
B.S./B.A., International Business/French, American University
M.B.A., Finance, Northeastern University
Languages
English
