Don Ribar is a Senior Director within Gartner's Tech CEO team within the Technology and Service Provider (T&SP) research group. He has more than 35 years' experience in consulting and services companies, both large and small. He works with CEO's and other company senior executives in providing advisory guidance and research that helps them grow and improve their business performance. Mr. Ribar has a particular focus in the area of IT managed services and Managed Services Providers (MSPs) where he brings 14 years direct experience in building and implementing recurring revenue models that met company goals and served end-customer needs.
Mr. Ribar works with MSP clients to help them optimize their positioning and value proposition as well to discuss strategies around the pricing and packaging of their managed services offerings, partner ecosystems, and route-to-market approach.
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Ribar worked in several growing IT Managed Services companies including a MSP he founded. He had experience working in all aspects of these businesses including Strategy, Packaging and Pricing, Partnerships & Ecosystems, Operations, and implementing Supporting Technology.
Telecommunication Technologies Group
VP. Data Managed Services
Haladon Technologies
President and Founder
Accenture
Associate Partner
Product and Services Strategy for Tech CEOs
Scalable Business Operations for Tech CEOs
Marketing and Sales Execution for Tech CEOs
Corporate Development and Growth Strategy for Tech CEOs
BS, Indiana University, Quantitative Business Analysis
1Provide guidance for MSPs to focus and differentiate their offerings
2Assist services companies in establishing clearer messaging and value propositions
3Assist Managed Services Providers in thinking through pricing and packaging options appropriate for their market
4Providing strategies around security services in the context of managed services offerings.
5Working with early stage services companies to provide perspective on growth strategies