Steve White is a Research Director on the Data Center and Cloud Operations team within Gartner Technology Professionals Research.
Mr. White's research is focused on the IT Service Management (ITSM) implementation, maturity and modernization. Specifically, he assists clients in developing a foundation for implementing sustainable ITSM practices, maturing those practices and developing action plans to place clients on a path to modernizing these practices. Within ITSM, Mr. White's research is currently focused on the following areas; CMDB, service catalog, request, enablement and fulfillment, incident, problem, and change management.
Mr. White has over 23 years of experience in IT across the public and private sector spanning IT service provider, financial services, transportation, health and human services, and DoD industries. In these roles he has transformed the way organizations work through the introduction of digital labor to free up their capacity to reinvest in the future while driving down operational cost and improving overall service speed and quality.
General Datatech (GDT)
Director of Intelligent Automation, DevOps and Technol
American International Group (AIG)
Head of AI, ML and Intelligent Automation
CompuCom
Product Portfolio Director
IT Operations and Cloud Management for Technical Professionals
B.S., Computer Information Systems Management, Colorado Christian University
M.B.A, Engineering and Technology, Oklahoma Christian University
Master's in Public Administration (M.P.A.), University of Oklahoma
1Setting a solid ITSM foundation for those just beginning their ITSM journey
2Providing actionable guidance for maturing ITSM practices
3Developing a roadmap to place clients on a path to modernizing their ITSM practices with automation
4Developing a relevant and sustainable CMDB/Configuration Mgmt. practices
5Helping clients understand the interdependencies ITSM has with adjacent practices such as ITOM and emerging capabilities such as AIOps, machine learning, automation