Analyst Profile
David Smith
Distinguished VP Analyst
24 years at Gartner
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37 years industry experience
NH USA
Roles and Responsibilities
David Mitchell Smith is a Vice President and Gartner Fellow in Gartner Research, where he leads the research agendas for digital disruption and cloud computing. Mr. Smith specializes in the impact of catalytic technologies, such as the internet, cloud computing, digital business and consumer technologies. During his 20-plus years at Gartner, he has played a leadership role in several of the company's efforts in these areas, including the consumerization of IT and willful disruption, a model for analyzing the intent of disruptors. He has served as a Lead Gartner Analyst covering major vendors, such as Microsoft, IBM, Amazon, Sun and AOL, and is currently the lead on Google. Mr. Smith is often quoted in publications such as the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, and has frequently been a guest on CNBC. In 2002, Adweek's Technology Marketing magazine named him The Most Influential Industry Analyst.
David Smith's Recent Gartner Activity
Latest Research
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Hype Cycle for Cloud Computing, 2019
08-Aug-2019 -
Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2019
06-Aug-2019 -
Define and Understand New Cloud Terms to Succeed in the New Cloud Era
31-Jul-2019
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Cloud Computing in its Second Decade: Powering the Next Disruptions
25 October 2018 -
The Cloud Strategy Cookbook
13 December 2018 -
The Top Myths About Digital Disruption
08 January 2019
On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars
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Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo
20 October 2019 - 24 October 2019 -
Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations and Cloud Strategies Conference
09 December 2019 - 12 December 2019
Upcoming Gartner Events
Background
Previous Experience
Mr. Smith has more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry. Prior to joining Gartner, he was a Service Director for Unix and advanced operating environments at International Data Corp. (IDC), where he was the Lead Analyst for open systems and software architectures. Before IDC, he held various marketing and engineering positions at Digital Equipment Corp., including responsibility for the company's Unix competitive analysis program. Before Digital, Mr. Smith spent several years working as a Programmer at a small time-sharing (cloud computing) operation in Boston, Massachusetts.
Professional Background
Digital Equipment Corp., Various Roles, 8 years
International Data Corp., Service Director, 3 years
Manager of Programming Services, Mark Ops, 2 years
Industry Awards/Accolades
"Most Influential IT Analyst," Adweek's Technology Marketing magazine, 2002
Boston University Teaching Fellowship
Gartner Fellow
Education
B.S., Applied Mathematics, summa cum laude, Clark University
M.S., Computer Engineering, Boston University
Languages
English
