Analyst Profile
Richard Watson
VP Analyst
1 year at Gartner
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28 years industry experience
Ireland
Roles and Responsibilities
Richard Watson is Vice President, Analyst in Gartner for Technical Professionals (GTP). He advises application and platform teams on cloud-native platforms and architecture. Richard's published research focuses on Kubernetes, cloud adoption and architecture, cloud application migration and platform ops.
Richard Watson's Recent Gartner Activity
Latest Research
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IT Symposium/Xpo
07 November 2022 - 10 November 2022
Upcoming Gartner Events
Background
Previous Experience
Richard rejoined Gartner in 2021 after working as a Product Manager for VMware's Tanzu Kubernetes Grid team. Prior to that role, he was analyst at Gartner since 2014-2020, product manager with cloud application platform Engine Yard, 2013-2104 and analyst at Gartner and Burton Group (2008-2013). Richard was VP of architecture for Credit Suisse investment bank 2005-2008. With more than 28 years of experience in software development, Mr. Watson has led engineering teams developing mission-critical software for startups, enterprise IT organizations and software vendors, including Cape Clear, IONA Technologies, Nokia and Siemens.
Professional Background
Credit Suisse, Enterprise Architect, 4 years
Gartner, VP Analyst, 12 years
VMware, Product Manager, 1 year
Education
B.A., Computer Science, University of Dublin, Trinity College
Languages
English
