Analyst Profile

Homan Farahmand

Research Director

8 years at Gartner , 27 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

Planning for Blockchain Solution Adoption
20-Jun-2018
Blockchain: The Dawn of Decentralized Identity
24-May-2018
Architecting Privileged Access Management for Cyber Defense
12-Mar-2018

On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars

Assessing a Blockchain Platform: A Technical Primer
18 October 2017

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

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13 August 2018
2018 Hype Cycles: Riding the Innovation Wave, A Gartner Trend Insight Report Taking advantage of innovations in digital technologies to create new business models, services and experiences remains a priority for many organizations. New waves of innovation build on what has gone before to create new opportunities.
25 June 2018
Closing the Digital Talent Gap at Midsize Enterprises Midsize enterprises face big challenges to secure talent for digital business transformation. CIOs at MSEs must build an attractive culture, create a long-term workforce development plan, broaden talent search and capitalize on a distinctive employer brand to win the race for digital workers.

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Analyst Profile

Homan Farahmand

Research Director

Roles and Responsibilities

Areas of Coverage

Homan Farahmand's Recent Gartner Activity

Latest Research

On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars

Background

Previous Experience

Professional Background

Education

Languages

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