Analyst Profile
Keith Guttridge
Sr Director Analyst
8 years at Gartner
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25 years industry experience
United Kingdom
Roles and Responsibilities
Keith Guttridge's main focus is on integration architectures, strategies and technologies. From an architecture perspective, he focuses on mesh app and services architecture (MASA), Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and event driven architecture(EDA). Integration technologies include application integration software such as enterprise service bus (ESB), integration platform as a service (iPaaS), managed file transfer (MFT), message oriented middle including event brokers, as well as code-based approaches to integration delivery. He also covers organizational issues for integration, including integration competency centers (ICCs), integration strategy empowerment teams(ISET) and centers of excellence (COEs). Keith also works on Gartner initiatives including Digital Business Technology Platform, Composable Business and Hyperautomation.
Keith Guttridge's Recent Gartner Activity
Latest Research
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The Gartner Imperatives for RPA Initiatives
27 July 2021
On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars
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Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo®
08 November 2021 - 11 November 2021 -
Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo®
30 November 2021 - 02 December 2021
Upcoming Gartner Events
Background
Previous Experience
While at Visa Europe, Mr. Guttridge was responsible for the middleware technology strategy and roadmap. He also worked as an integration architect on a large number of high-volume, card processing systems. Prior to that, he worked at IBM, initially as a developer on IBM integration products and finally as a consultant for the full IBM integration suite.
Professional Background
IBM , Middleware Consultant, 4 years
IBM, Middleware Product Developer, 5 years
Visa Europe, Middleware Architect/Engineer, 9 years
Education
B.Sc., Computer Science, University of Hull
P.G.Dip., Software Engineering, Oxford University
Languages
English
