Gartner Expert
Keith Guttridge
Sr Director Analyst
Keith Guttridge is an analyst in the Application Architecture, Infrastructure and Integration group. Mr. Guttridge's major focus for integration technologies is Application Integration Software (ESB&EAI) and integration platform as a service (iPaaS&EiPaaS). From an architecture perspective, he focuses on MASA, SOA and EDA. He also covers organizational issues for integration, including integration competency centers (ICCs), integration strategy empowerment teams(ISET) and centers of excellence (COEs).
Previous experience
While at Visa Europe, Mr. Guttridge was responsible for the middleware technology strategy and roadmap. He also worked as an integration architect on a large number of high-volume, card processing systems. Prior to that, he worked at IBM, initially as a developer on IBM integration products and finally as a consultant for the full IBM integration suite.
Professional background
Visa Europe
Middleware Architect
IBM
Middleware Consultant
IBM
Middleware Product Developer
Areas of coverage
Application Leaders
Integration Architecture and Platforms (retired)
Education
P.G.Dip., Software Engineering, Oxford University
B.Sc., Computer Science, University of Hull
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Integration competency centers and centers of excellence
2Integration strategies
3Integration technologies