Analyst Profile

Noha Tohamy
Distinguished VP Analyst
12 years at Gartner
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26 years industry experience
Boston, MA USA
Roles and Responsibilities
Noha Tohamy helps companies along their journey to build a strong supply chain analytics competency. Utilizing proven frameworks, Ms. Tohamy advises companies on defining a supply chain analytics strategy and roadmap, developing the requisite talent and making appropriate technology investments. She outlines the most successful organizational models for supply chain analytics centers of excellence and assists in identifying the use cases that present the highest potential for operational improvements and business growth. In particular, Ms. Tohamy researches the impact of advanced analytics on supply chain digitalization. She helps clients understand the true potential of techniques like machine learning, optimization, cognitive analytics and artificial intelligence for improved decision making and intelligent process automation. Ms. Tohamy was an original author of Gartner's 5-Stage DDVN and 5-Stage S&OP Maturity Models. She has written extensively on trends, technologies and best practices in supply chain planning, network design, S&OP and risk management. In her 23-year career in supply chain, Ms. Tohamy has guided hundreds of companies through building the business case for continuous improvement and transformational initiatives, ranging from network design, collaborative planning, risk management and integrated business planning.
Noha Tohamy's Recent Gartner Activity
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Background
Previous Experience
Before Gartner, Ms. Tohamy was a Vice President at AMR Research, leading an analyst team that researched core functional processes to plan, source, make and deliver. Before that, she was a Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, leading their supply chain research. Previously, Ms. Tohamy has held various senior technology and consulting positions at companies including The Sabre Group, i2, ProfitLogic and Syncra Systems.
Professional Background
AMR Research, Vice President, 3 years
Forrester Research, Principal Analyst, 4 years
The Sabre Group, Vice President, 8 years
Industry Awards/Accolades
As a thought leader in supply chain, Ms. Tohamy is a frequent lecturer at industry events and at supply chain graduate programs at schools such as Georgia Tech and MIT.
Ms. Tohamy has been a professor in mathematics, operations management and supply chain.
Ms. Tohamy is a member of and speaker at CSCMP, APICS and INFORMS.
Education
B.S., Mathematics, Emory University
M.S., Operations Research (with a focus on Optimization), Georgia Institute of Technology
Languages
Arabic
English