Gartner Expert
Stewart Buchanan
VP Analyst
Stewart Buchanan is a Research VP in Gartner's CIO team, focusing on the economics of digital technologies in the enterprise. Mr. Buchanan has expertise in both supply and demand management through specializations that include IT asset management and gathering data to support the life cycle chargeback of digital technology costs.
Previous experience
As an IT strategy consultant, Mr. Buchanan helped many well-known organizations to measure, plan, purchase, recharge and improve value-for-money in information services, working across industries as diverse as financial services, media, manufacturing and retail. He previously spent 15 years in IT service management working as an IT manager for an international firm and as a technical service manager, both in distribution at a national reseller.
Professional background
GlassHouse Technologies
Strategic Analyst
Areas of coverage
Program and Portfolio Management Leaders
CIO Leadership of Strategy, Governance and Operating Models
IT Cost Optimization, Finance, Risk and Value
Executive Leadership: Strategic Cost Optimization
Strategic Cost Optimization Resource Center
Education
B.A., with honors, Intellectual History, Universities of Sussex and Burgundy
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Clients looking to improve their management of technology assets and costs
2Trace, communicate and demonstrate the business value of technology
3Categorize, plan and budget for expenditure
4Chargeback spending, investments and costs
5Measure the value of technology spending