Analyst Profile
Alys Woodward
Research Director
2 years at Gartner
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22 years industry experience
United Kingdom
Roles and Responsibilities
Alys Woodward has been a Technology Industry Analyst for 12 years out of two decades spent working in BI and Analytics. As a Research Director with Gartner's Technology and Service Provider (T&SP) research group, she works extensively with Gartner's end-user, vendor and investor client base. Ms. Woodward's key areas of focus with BI and Analytics are SaaS and PaaS BI, workforce analytic applications, supply chain analytics, social media analytics, and smart data discovery. Prior to becoming an analyst, Ms. Woodward was a consultant in BI and data warehousing working with healthcare, retail and telecommunications customers.
Areas of Coverage
- Business Intelligence
Alys Woodward's Recent Gartner Activity
Latest Research
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Data & Analytics Messaging Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
07 February 2017 -
Building a Business from Analytics and BI: Finding the Hot Spots
25 July 2017
On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars
Background
Previous Experience
Prior to joining Gartner, Ms. Woodward led IDC's coverage of Big Data and Analytics in Europe, and headed the Worldwide coverage of Advanced & Predictive Analytics.
Professional Background
IDC, Research Director, European Big Data and Worldwide Advanced Analytics, 9 years
Microgen-Kaisha, Senior Consultant, 6 years
Ovum, Senior Analyst, 3 years
Industry Awards/Accolades
Best Research Document, IDC Western Europe, 1H 2014
Education
B.Sc., with honors, Physics, Manchester University
Chartered Institute of Marketing Postgraduate Diploma
Languages
English
