Frank O'Connor is a Senior Director, Analyst in Software Design and Development team helping CxOs and Software Engineering Leaders to tackle modern-day challenges and develop successful technology and people strategies.

Prior to joining Gartner Frank worked at Forcepoint - a security vendor in several MQs - where he was the Director of Engineering.

In that role, he built a new software center of excellence in Cork, Ireland, hiring and developing R&D teams to build out Forcepoint's Security Service Edge (SSE) offering, adopting lean agile practices, improving quality, and lowering deployment times.

Prior to Forcepoint, Frank co-founded ServusNet, a company providing SaaS O&M and data analysis to large scale renewable energy projects. He began his career at Motorola, as a Systems Engineer, focusing on human factors, user research, user requirements and user experience.