Analyst Profile

Nikos Drakos
VP Analyst
25 years at Gartner
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31 years industry experience
Cyprus
Roles and Responsibilities
Nikos Drakos helps clients to design social and collaboration initiatives that empower individuals to connect, collaborate and work together more effectively, to develop business social networking roadmaps and to select social technologies that best fit their needs.
Nikos Drakos's Recent Gartner Activity
Latest Research
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Build a Digital Workplace Program Aligned to Enterprise Goals
26 May 2021
On-Demand & Upcoming Webinars
Background
Previous Experience
Prior to joining Gartner in 1997, Dr. Drakos was a Founding Member of a pioneering Web development company and was responsible for several high-profile interactive and transactional websites for European clients. Previously, he was employed as a postdoctoral research fellow, working on object-oriented programming, visual languages, artificial intelligence and Web technology. During that time, he also led the effort around one of the first open-source web publishing systems, which is still widely used today.
Professional Background
University of Leeds, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 5 years
VNU Business Publications (MatriX Pub. Network), Technical Architect and Team Leader, 2 years
Education
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, University of Leeds, England
Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Leeds, England
Languages
English
Greek