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Christopher Long
Director Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Building Data and Analytics Skills
- D&A Value and Metrics
- Prepare for the Hard Self Service Reset
Speaker Bio
As a Director Analyst with Gartner for Technical Professionals on the Analytics & AI team, my primary focus is on conducting industry research and publishing thought leading insights. I provide actionable advice on analytics and business intelligence (A&BI) best practices, meeting and advising practitioners and product leaders across organizations and supporting clients through inquiries. A key aspect of my role is enabling end clients to design their future roadmaps for their data and analytics teams by intersecting actionable strategies and my past 25 years of work experience in various verticals. I actively share these insights through my published research and presenting at Gartner conferences globally.
My areas of specialization include:
- Analytics and business intelligence (A&BI) best practices
- Self-service enablement
- A&BI tool selection
- Metrics & Semantic Layer
- Augmented Analytics
- Data Storytelling
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My areas of specialization include:
- Analytics and business intelligence (A&BI) best practices
- Self-service enablement
- A&BI tool selection
- Metrics & Semantic Layer
- Augmented Analytics
- Data Storytelling
Sessions
Monday, 02 June, 2025 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM IST
Create Metrics That Matter
Christopher Long,
Director Analyst, Gartner
Organizations have a lot of metrics, but few have the kind of metrics that move the needle on performance. This presentation discusses techniques you can apply to create metrics that compel users to run to their dashboards every morning.
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Tuesday, 03 June, 2025 04:15 PM - 04:45 PM IST
The Future of Analytics in the Era of Generative AI
Christopher Long,
Director Analyst, Gartner
Analytics is experiencing another monumental change. Just as visual drag and drop BI tools and augmented insights led to changes in analytics delivery, we now experience conversational interfaces, automated workflows and AI agents that cause us to rethink how analytics will be done. Join this session to learn the new technologies that are making an impact and how this will affect plans for future investment in analytics tools, platforms and solutions.
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