Analyst Profile

Arun Chandrasekaran
Distinguished VP Analyst
10 years at Gartner
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22 years industry experience
TX USA
Roles and Responsibilities
Arun Chandrasekaran is a Distinguished Vice President, Analyst at Gartner, where his research's focus is on providing strategic advice to CTOs and CIOs on how to spur technology innovation within enterprise IT. As a member of technology innovation research group, Mr. Chandrasekaran analyzes emerging and strategic technology trends and explores how these trends shape the way individuals and companies derive value from it. His focus areas include emerging technologies such as micro-services infrastructure (containers, kubernetes, service mesh and serverless computing), public cloud IaaS, big data platforms (Hadoop, Kafka, Spark), artificial intelligence and machine learning infrastructure. He has a strong blend of technical and business skills and is a leading speaker on topics such as cloud computing, enterprise innovation and artificial intelligence.
Arun Chandrasekaran's Recent Gartner Activity
Latest Research
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Quick Answer: What Do Artificial Intelligence Architects Do?
15-Jul-2021 -
CTOs’ Guide to Containers and Kubernetes — Answering the Top 10 FAQs
31-May-2022 -
Vendor Rating: IBM
31-May-2022
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The Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2021 (SGT)
12 January 2021 -
Ask the Expert: The Gartner 2022 Top Strategic Technology Trends (APAC)
08 February 2022
On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars
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IT Symposium/Xpo
17 October 2022 - 20 October 2022 -
IT Infrastructure, Operations and Cloud Strategies Conference
06 December 2022 - 08 December 2022
Upcoming Gartner Events
Background
Previous Experience
Before joining Gartner, Mr. Chandrasekaran headed research on cloud computing, data center equipment and services for Frost & Sullivan, in a practice offering consulting and research services to the leading vendors, service providers and end users in the Asia/Pacific region.
Professional Background
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Senior Network Engineer, 2 years
Frost & Sullivan, Research Director - Cloud Computing and Data Center Practice, 6 years
SSI Technologies, Member of Technical Staff, 5 years
Industry Awards/Accolades
Gartner Inquiry Excellence Award, 2016
Gartner Inquiry Excellence Award, 2017
Education
B.E., Electronics and Communication Engineering, University of Madras, India
Certificate Program in Professional Communications, UC Berkeley
M.B.A., Strategic Management, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Languages
English
Indian - Hindi
Indian - Tamil