Gregor Petri is a Vice President and Industry Analyst in the Research and Advisory team of Gartner. Mr. Petri's coverage area includes cloud and edge computing strategies, with a special focus on communication and financial service industries. During his tenure at Gartner, he held roles such as Vendor Lead Analyst for one of Europe's largest telco's, Agenda Manager for Gartner's Cloud-Based Offerings Research, Country Research Lead for the Benelux region. Currently, he is the Key Initiative Leader for Gartner's Industry Markets and Technologies research. Presenting perspectives on the impact of technological innovations, formulating industry strategies for cloud, edge and ecosystem scenario's and helping organizations plan and prepare for this transition are important parts of his research activities.
Prior, he helped several technology vendors launch IT innovations such as object-oriented ERP applications, mobile business applications, XML servers and cloud management platforms into the European market, after starting his career as a Management Trainee in the office of the CIO at Akzo. He studied business economics and information technology in Rotterdam and Tilburg. During his study, he wrote and marketed one of the first European shareware applications and founded his first consumer electronics and media startup. He is a former board member of the XML Users Group, Holland and Geel-Zwart field hockey, where he actively played until taking up running.
CA Technologies
Sr. Director of Product Marketing, EMEA
Software AG
Director of Sales and Marketing
Marcam Solutions
Director of Product Marketing EMEA
Cloud Computing (retired)
CSP Digital Transformation and Innovation
Industry Strategy Execution (retired)
Industry Product Planning (retired)
Industry Markets and Technologies
M.Sc., Economics&IT, University of Tilburg
Author: "Shedding Light on Cloud Computing" (2009)
Author: "Lean, or the Art of Cloud Computing Management" (2011)
Author: "Tune into the Cloud" (2017)
Host: "Tune into the Cloud" BlogCast (2020) - Gartner Blog Network
1Cloud and Edge Strategies
2The Composable Future of the Cloud
3Cloud Adoption in Banking
4CSP Cloud and Edge Services
5The Future of Cloud