DB Cummings is a Sr. Director Analyst for Monitoring and Observability. Mr. Cummings focuses primarily on OpenTelemetry, Application Performance Monitoring, and Infrastructure Monitoring. With over 21 years in IT, Mr. Cummings understands the difficulties of being able to accurately detect, prevent, or resolve IT issues with the right data. Mr. Cummings' passion is equipping clients with the knowledge and insight they need to implement critical monitoring and observability solutions and strategies.
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Cummings was a Solutions Architect and Boeing Technical Fellow in monitoring.
Boeing
Solutions Architect and Associate Technical Fellow
J9 Technologies
Director of Managed Services and Principal Consultant
United Seating and Mobility
Director of IT
IT Operations and Cloud Management for Technical Professionals
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Geneva College, 1992-1996, Summa Cum Laude
Master of Divinity (MDiv), Covenant Theological Seminary, 1996-2002
Associate of Applied Science in Network Administration, Missouri Tech, 2005-2006, Highest GPA Award
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