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