Gartner Expert
Vittorio D'Orazio
VP Analyst
Vittorio D'Orazio is a VP Analyst in the Financial Services/Banking team part of the CIO Group, specializing in core banking systems (CBS) for which he is the Magic Quadrant lead author. Mr. D'Orazio covers CBS projects, commercial off-the-shelf packages, contract negotiation and pricing for CBS products.
He is also the reference analyst for the Cloud technology in Banking.
Other coverage areas include Digital Transformation, Cost Optimization and Artificial Intelligence for the banks.
From an emerging-market perspective, he has extensive coverage of the EMEA emerging markets (that is, the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe) and some key Asia/Pacific countries, such as India and China.
Previous experience
Previously, Mr. D'Orazio has been Agenda Manager for the banking team and until 2016 he was part of the Gartner Technology and Service Provider Research within the Vertical Industries team, where he was responsible for the banking and securities markets across EMEA and Asia/Pacific. He has also been the Project Manager and lead author for the Gartner Enterprise IT Spending Forecast (aka Vertical Forecast) for five years.
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. D'Orazio gained experience and established a solid background in the data warehousing and business intelligence sectors by building solutions for major Italian and German banks. He also ran projects in the grid computing area, managing strategies for this technology. He has studied extensively the use of data integration solutions in modern banking systems.
Professional background
Cogiture
COO
Accenture - Financial Services
Consultant
Dresdner Bank
Data Warehouse Architect and Business Analyst
Areas of coverage
Financial Services Digital Business Strategy and Innovation
Financial Services Technology Modernization and Transformation
IT Cost Optimization, Finance, Risk and Value
Education
M.B.A., CIIM (Cyprus International Institute of Management)
Member of the Italian Engineers Professional Body
M.Eng., Aerospace Engineering, La Sapienza, University of Rome
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Core banking system renewals
2Core banking system's contract negotiation and pricing
3Artificial Intelligence in Banking
4Understanding the bank's IT budget metrics especially for cost optimization
5Cloud adoption in Banking