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Afraz Jaffri
Sr Director Analyst
Afraz Jaffri is a Research Director at Gartner, where Mr. Jaffri focuses on new innovations in Analytics and AI. He advises Data & Analytics and IT leaders on making the most from their investments in AI across AI Agents, Generative AI, Knowledge Graphs and Machine Learning. He has particular focus on AI platforms, tools and technologies that can be used to reliably build and scale AI solutions. He also specializes in graph technologies and tools that can be used to build semantic and context layers including ontologies and graph-based data models.
Previous experience
Mr. Jaffri worked as a Management Consultant for over a decade, advising clients on business intelligence, analytics, data science, and AI strategy and implementation. He delivered a number of enterprisewide analytics solutions including self-service dashboards, data science platforms and AI applications with responsibility for business case development, architecture and functional roadmaps.
Professional background
Capgemini, Senior Consultant, 4 years
PwC, Manager, 1 years
Capgemini, Consultant, 5 years
Areas of coverage
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AI Vision, Strategy and Innovation
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Data and Analytics Leadership and Programs
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Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
Education
B.Sc., Computer Science, University of Southampton, 2:1
M.Phil., Computer Science, University of Southampton
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
How to take advantage of key trends in AI
How to evaluate and select the right AI platforms and tools
How to introduce and optimize Generative and Agentic AI solutions for analytics and data science
How to organize AI teams for efficient and value-based delivery using 'Ops' methodologies and frameworks
How to prepare an organization to shift from piloting and early projects to stable and strategic use of AI & data science across the organization?