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Eric Hunter
Practice Vice President
Eric Hunter is Practice Vice President and leader of Gartner’s Tech CEO practice within Gartner Business and Technology Insights (BTI), serving tech CEOs across the high tech landscape. Gartner's Tech CEO practice guides our clients in the navigation of mission-critical priorities including creating AI-driven business models, leading in AI-native economics and innovating go-to-market strategies with AI. Through published research and analyst consultations, the practice translates these priorities into strategic and execution-oriented guidance across perennial priorities including strategy and business performance, product and services strategy, customer expansion and engagement, and capitalizing on opportunities in the technology market landscape. Mr. Hunter's previous Gartner experience includes leading the High Tech Forecast and Market Share practice, managing the tech CEO Strategy & Operations team and analyst coverage of the data and analytics markets for high tech clients.
Previous experience
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Hunter led data and analytics product teams and strategic architecture/roadmap initiatives for over 18 years in both enterprise and consulting capacities. He supported multiple large enterprises as a senior leader including The Walt Disney Co., Aflac, Honeywell, TBC Corp. and Teradata Corp.
In leading large teams, his technical experiences cover the full data and analytics continuum both on-premises and within the public cloud. Mr. Hunter is an M.B.A. graduate from the Georgia Institute of Technology with an undergraduate degree in computer and information science from the University of Florida. He is also a certified Six-Sigma Blackbelt and project management professional (PMP).
Professional background
TBC Corp., Director of Strategic Analytics and Business Intelligence, 2 years
Teradata Corp., Lead Technologist and Senior Consultant, 3 years
The Walt Disney Co., Technical Director, 3 years
Areas of coverage
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D&A Leadership, Strategy and Operating Model
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Corporate Leadership Development
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Strategy and Business Performance
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Product and Services Strategy
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Customer Expansion and Engagement
Education
M.B.A., Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S., Computer and Information Sciences, University of Florida
PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified
Six Sigma Blackbelt Certified
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
Key technologies and trends in data analytics, AI, data science and business intelligence (BI) markets
Establish message of differentiation for customer acquisition, executive engagement or investors
Leveraging sales engineering, proof of concepts (POCs), proof of value (POVs) and quick-win pilots (QWPs)
Launching or Monetizing Data Products and/or Operating Data Marketplaces and Exchanges
Improve messaging within a website, presentation or pitch to prospects / clients (sales presentation) or investors (investor pitch)