Gartner Expert

Akis Sklavounakis' research focuses on helping software engineering leaders and CIOs with their mission-critical priorities. His current research interests are on improving consistency and reliability of Generative AI outputs and value delivered from AI agents and agentic workflows, through better context engineering. He is working with CIOs on Buy and Build decisions. He is advising leaders on proven practices to implement Agile, DevOps, and transform their organizations from project-based delivery to product-centric delivery. He helps software engineering leaders with ways to improve developer productivity, developer experience and implement platform engineering, in order to successfully deliver and scale digital products and services.

As a leader for research at the intersection of software engineering, applications and CIO leadership at Gartner, he works with a number of expert analysts and researchers in delivering thought-leading, practical, and actionable content to Gartner clients on topics such as: The impact of generative AI on work practices, attracting, developing and retaining great software engineering talent, organization design and structures, leadership communications and stakeholder management, agile product delivery, product and platform strategy, product management and operating models for high-quality software.

Mr. Sklavounakis has extensive product delivery and organizational transformation experience as a delivery head and coach, leading client delivery teams and managing solutions delivery in the online services, electronic payments, financial services and banking sectors.

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