Analyst Profile
Homan Farahmand
Sr Director Analyst
9 years at Gartner
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28 years industry experience
Canada
Roles and Responsibilities
Homan Farahmand is a Research Director within Gartner for Technical Professionals (GTP) covering digital identity and access management (IAM), decentralized business/technical architecture, and blockchain platforms/protocols.
Areas of Coverage
- Security & Privacy
Homan Farahmand's Recent Gartner Activity
Latest Research
Background
Previous Experience
Prior to his current role at Gartner, Mr. Farahmand led the Gartner Identity and Access Management consulting practice globally as well as the Security and Risk Management consulting practice in the financial services industry. He has worked in multiple commercial industries and public-sector organizations across North America, Europe and Japan. His IAM engagements during the last decade have spanned strategy and roadmap development, current architecture assessment, future architecture development, governance and organization development, risk and control management, technology and vendor evaluation, implementation oversight, and benchmarking and sourcing. Before joining Gartner, Mr. Farahmand held consulting and leadership positions at Burton Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Meta Group and GE Capital IT solutions. Prior to that, he was involved in hands-on application development and system engineering.
Professional Background
Burton Group, Principal Consultant, 4 years
GE Capital IT Solutions, Enterprise Planning and Strategy Consultant, 4 years
Meta Group, Vice President, Strategic Solutions, 5 years
Education
Advanced Technical Expert certificate from IBM, Independent Consultant Certificate from SAP, a Six Sigma certificate from GE, and an ITIL Foundation certificate
Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran
Certificate of Engineering Law and Liability, and Certificate of Financial Management, University of Toronto
Currently pursuing a Master of Science degree in Cybersecurity at Johns Hopkins University
Holds multiple other certificates from HP, Sun and Digital, with a focus on system resiliency
Java Programming certificate, Harvard University
Languages
English
Persian
