As a Sr. Director Analyst in Gartner's Infrastructure and Operations group, Hassan Ennaciri guides global enterprises through the evolution of cloud, infrastructure platform engineering, and site reliability engineering (SRE). He advises clients on optimizing infrastructure automation, cloud operations, and orchestration platforms while leveraging AI to transform modern I&O practices. His research and advisory empower leaders to embed AI-driven intelligence into DevOps tools, platform teams, and SRE workflows accelerating product delivery, enhancing resilience, and scaling autonomous platform operations.
A strategic IT leader and former Vice President of Global IT Infrastructure at Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFS), Mr. Ennaciri built and led cross-functional teams overseeing the complete lifecycle of DFS’s public and private cloud platforms. He served as a key catalyst for enterprise-wide digital transformation, establishing a centralized platform team and driving widespread DevOps and SRE adoption to strengthen operational resilience while accelerating product delivery. Over seven years, Mr. Ennaciri guided the strategic roadmap for a resilient hybrid IT ecosystem, defining enterprise migration standards and scaling multi-cloud environments across AWS and Azure for both legacy and cloud-native application portfolios.
Donneley Financial Solutions, VP of Global IT Infrastructure and Operations, 3 years
R.R. Donnelley & Sons, VP of IT Infrastructure , 3 years
Edgar Online, IT Director, 12 years
IT Operations and Cloud Management
I&O Strategy, Business Value and Cost Optimization
Masters Degree, Electrical Engineering
How to implement Infrastructure platform Engineering and site reliability engineering (SRE)
How to implement DevOps practices and principals
How to Augments SRE and IPE with AI
Infrastructure automation and orchestration