Gartner Expert

Nicholas McQuire

Managing Vice President

Nick McQuire is Managing Vice President for AI and Innovation in the Emerging Technologies and Trends (ETT) practice, Gartner's centre of excellence for next horizon technology, focusing on C-Level advice for technology product leaders, adopters, and innovation leads.

Previous experience

Executive Director for Product Management, AI and Quantum Computing at Microsoft. Nick worked in the Strategic Missions and Technologies division, the company's corporate incubation arm, where he led product development, customer engagement, and go-to-market for AI for Science (Microsoft Discovery) which consisted of developing the next-horizon product capabilities in scientific LLMs, AI agents and quantum computing.

Professional background

Microsoft (Strategic Missions and Technologies), Executive Director of Product Management, 4 years

Areas of coverage
  • Strategies for Growing Revenue and Market Share

  • Shape the Product Strategy

  • Emerging Technologies and Trends Impact on Products and Services

  • Product and Services Strategy

  • Innovate with Emerging Technologies Adoption

Education

Masters of Arts in Management, Economics and International Relations at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours, Mount Allison University, Canada.

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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• What is Gartner's emerging technologies and trends research strategy and how can it help Innovation Leaders?

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• How can companies succeed with emerging technology?

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• How can companies work more effectively with innovative startups?

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• Which Emerging Technologies should companies plan for?

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• How can I effectively work with Gartner's ETT research practice?