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Eric Hunter
VP Analyst
Eric Hunter is a vice president analyst within Gartner's Technology and Service Provider (T&SP) organization. Mr. Hunter focuses his research and advisory engagements to support executive leaders in the role of CEO, product management and product marketing. He also supports research and client engagements with enterprise data and analytics leaders. His pragmatic insights target product strategy and launch, customer acquisition and overall go-to-market best practices. Mr. Hunter's research efforts prioritize the delivery of innovation and business outcomes that align with B2B buyers' demands for accelerated business value.
Mr. Hunter's professional experience spans 23 years in the domain of data and analytics. He has led large product and platform teams across the full spectrum of data and analytics innovation and products/services. His experiences span both midsize and large enterprises as well as technology provider presales engineering and sales enablement.
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 including integration/data pipelines/ETL, data warehouse/data lake, BI/reporting and data science/machine learning platforms 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
Teradata Corp.
Lead Technologist and Senior Consultant
The Walt Disney Co.
Technical Director
Areas of coverage
Product and Services Strategy for Tech CEOs
Data and Analytics Programs and Practices
Scalable Business Operations for Tech CEOs
Marketing and Sales Execution for Tech CEOs
Corporate Development and Growth Strategy for Tech CEOs
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
1Key technologies and trends in data analytics, AI, data science and business intelligence (BI) markets
2Establish message of differentiation for customer acquisition, executive engagement or investors
3Leveraging sales engineering, proof of concepts (POCs), proof of value (POVs) and quick-win pilots (QWPs)
4Launching or Monetizing Data Products and/or Operating Data Marketplaces and Exchanges
5Improve messaging within a website, presentation or pitch to prospects / clients (sales presentation) or investors (investor pitch)