Analyst Profile

Rita Sallam
Distinguished VP Analyst
13 years at Gartner
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32 years industry experience
MD USA
Roles and Responsibilities
Rita Sallam is a Distinguished VP analyst and Gartner Fellow in the Data and Analytics team. Mrs. Sallam's 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 selecting and valuing data and analytics portfolios including AI investments.
Rita Sallam's Recent Gartner Activity
Latest Research
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Critical Capabilities for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms
15-Mar-2021 -
Vendor Rating: Microsoft
15-Mar-2021 -
Vendor Rating: Oracle
23-Feb-2021
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The 2019 Analytics and BI Magic Quadrant Highlights
29 April 2019 -
Panel Discussion: The Gartner Top Trends in Data and Analytics for 2021
22 February 2021
On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars
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Gartner Data & Analytics Summit
04 May 2021 - 06 May 2021 -
Gartner Data & Analytics Summit
18 May 2021 - 20 May 2021 -
Gartner Data & Analytics Summit
08 June 2021 - 09 June 2021
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