Gartner Expert

Steve Shapiro

Sr Principal Analyst

As an expert in Gartner’s Emerging Risks practice, Steve Shapiro helps risk leaders improve their processes for identifying ,assessing, prioritizing, responding to, and reporting on emerging issues and current events. He works with executives to understand how trends and events may impact their organization and conducts deep dives on specific emerging risks that accompany Gartner’s Quarterly Emerging Risk Report. Steve informs his risk expertise from prior research on corporate strategy, foresight, geopolitics, and complexity science. During his time at Gartner, he spearheaded the organization’s early Covid research, served as deputy editor of Gartner Business Quarterly and published data-driven research on cross-cutting topics including AI governance and U.S. policy impacts.

Previous experience

Before joining Gartner, Steve Shapiro analyzed vulnerabilities in energy infrastructure and worked as a journalist covering the U.S. Congress and technology innovation.

Areas of coverage
  • Emerging Risks

Education

M.A., Historical and Comparative Studies of the Sciences and Humanities, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

M.A., Economics, Virginia Tech

B.A., Economics, Virginia Tech

B.A., History, Virginia Tech

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