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Mike Cisek
VP Analyst
Mike Cisek is an analyst in the Midsize Enterprise (MSE) Research team focusing on infrastructure and operations and cloud strategy contextualized to meet the needs of midsize organizations and the IT Leader within midsize enterprises.
Previous experience
Mr. Cisek works with IT leaders in midsize enterprises (MSE) on strategy and tactics (infrastructure design, cloud strategy, I&O maturity, cost optimization and IT operations best practices) tailored to organizations their size. He has spent more than 26 years as an IT leader and technologist with extensive knowledge of compute, storage, and virtualization.
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Cisek held the title of Director of Emerging Infrastructure & Operations Support for a $400 million transportation company. Under his leadership, his team was honored by CIO Magazine and Midsize Enterprise Summit, and was listed twice on the Information Week 500.
Professional background
Pitt Ohio
Director of Emerging Infrastructure and Operations Support
Catholic Healthcare Partners
Technical Project Manager (Data Center Colocation)
Alcoa
Active Directory and Messaging Consultant
Areas of coverage
Data Center Infrastructure
Midsize Enterprise IT Leadership
Education
Point Park University
Penn Technical Institute
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Midsize Enterprise Infrastructure Strategy
2Hyperconverged Infrastructure Adoption within Midsize Enterprises
3Midsize Enterprise Cloud Strategy
4Infrastructure and Operations Maturity within Midsize Enterprises
5Data Protection strategy and products aligned to midsize enterprises