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Lee Weldon
Group Vice President
Lee Weldon is Group Vice President responsible for Gartner's CIO & Industries research group.
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Weldon held various strategy and IT leadership roles in a large multinational organization, including developing a business capability strategy in the corporate strategy office, creating and managing the global Office of the CIO, developing the IT strategy, and leading the PMO, portfolio management and IT governance processes. As an analyst, his research focused on the areas of strategy, digital business, the office of the CIO, the evolving role of the CIO, and executive leadership of digital business.
Previous experience
Before joining Gartner, Mr. Weldon spent 12 years at Nokia, where he worked primarily at the interface between IT and executive business stakeholders. In his final role at Nokia, he worked in the corporate strategy office and was responsible for ramping up an enterprise PMO for business capability development, which provided a link between business strategy and execution. Prior to that, Mr. Weldon created and managed the CIO office, focusing on IT strategy, portfolio and program management, IT transformation, and the marketing and communication of IT value within the company.
Mr. Weldon has held various IT leadership positions in the past, including strategy and operations development for IT infrastructure, and managing teams responsible for delivering middleware, database, intranet and internet solutions. He has also been a program manager and IT service manager.
Professional background
Nokia, Director, IT Strategy and Portfolio Management/Head of CIO Office, 12 years
Education
Master of Business Administration in International Management, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Master's Degree in Business Informatics, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Bachelor of Science in International Relations, Wheaton College, Illinois, U.S.A.
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
Strategy creation, communication and transition to execution
Raising awareness and understanding of digital business issues for C-level leaders
Business model innovation
Evolving and positioning the role of the CIO in the enterprise
Creating and managing the office of the CIO