Gartner Expert
Simon Mingay
VP Analyst
Simon Mingay is a Research Vice President in Gartner Research. Mr. Mingay is currently researching several key areas, including I&T operating models, shadow IT and business-led IT and bimodal. Areas he has covered for many years include IT service portfolios, IT service management and IT shared services, encompassing the related issues of IT process improvement, ITIL, IT organization design and the centralization/decentralization of IT. In the recent past, he has researched environmental sustainability and green IT, and their impact on organizations, IT and the IT industry. This encompasses all aspects of green IT and energy-efficient data centers, and IT's role in enterprise energy management, sustainability performance management, CSR reporting and the business case for sustainability.
Previous experience
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Mingay worked in the semiconductor industry in various roles within the IT organization, from IT service management to strategic planning within the group function.
Professional background
STMicroelectronics
Group OA Strategy Manager
STMicroelectronics
IT Manager
Inmos
IT Support Manager
Areas of coverage
CIO Leadership of Strategy, Governance and Operating Models
Education
Postgraduate Diploma, Environmental Decision Making, Open University
M.B.A., Cardiff Business School
B.Sc., With honors, Computer Studies, University of South Wales
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1I&T operating models, bimodal, centralizing IT, federated IT
2Shadow IT, business-led IT, role of business technologists and citizen developers
3IT service management, IT service portfolios and catalogs, IT process improvement, ITIL, COBIT, IT-CMF
4Enterprise sustainability programs, energy efficiency including the data center, green IT
5IT organization structures, and IT shared services