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Frank Ridder
Practice Vice President
Frank Ridder is a Managing Vice President in Gartner Research and Advisory leading the Advanced Manufacturing and Transportation team. In addition to leading a global research team, Mr. Ridder mainly helps organizations with Industrie 4.0 and Digital Business questions.
Previous experience
Prior to his work in the IT industry, Mr. Ridder spent five years in the telecommunications industry. In addition to his work at Gartner, he has lectured on IT services at the University of Applied Science in Neu-Ulm, Germany, since 2009, the University of Monchengladbach, since 2015 and at the Donau-Krems University.
Before joining Gartner, he led HP's outsourcing marketing in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He was responsible for all outbound marketing programs, analyst and press relations, sales development programs, and funnel development programs. Prior to that, he held various positions in national and international outsourcing sales, engagement, and client management.
Professional background
Hewlett-Packard GmbH
Outsourcing Marketing Manager, EMEA
Areas of coverage
Cross-Industry Innovation and Disruption (retired)
Education
Diploma in Automation, University of Applied Science, Dusseldorf
Certified Mediator, University for Distance Learning, Hagen
Executive Education Programs: IMD, Tuck, ITSMA
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Advanced Manufacturing, Digitalization in Manufacturing
2Cross Industry Innovations and Disruption
3Industrie 4.0