Previous Experience

Prior to joining Gartner, Pieter den Hamer held several leading positions in the energy, transportation, public and other sectors, bearing both managerial and technical responsibility for a myriad of data and analytics initiatives. These included applications in IoT, smart cities, smart grids, multi agent systems, supply chain optimization and other emerging and real-time technologies. He has 30 years of IT industry experience, amongst others at CIBIT, a Dutch research/consultancy/education firm in AI and BI, at DNVGL research & innovation in Norway, and at Alliander, a large Dutch-German energy distribution company. In addition, he has written several books and papers and has been an active associate at Utrecht University.

Professional Background

• Alliander, lead big data, BI & analytics, deputy CTO, 5 years
• DNV, research programme director, 3 years
• Others, including Capgemini & CIBIT, principal analytics & co-founder and managing partner, 11 years

Education

• MSc in Artificial Intelligence, Utrecht University
• PhD in AI and complex ecosystems, Utrecht University