Gartner Expert

Anthony J. Bradley

Group Vice President

Anthony Bradley is a Group Vice President leading Gartner's High Technology and Invest research group. In this role Mr. Bradley leads global research practices that advise technology companies including software, hardware, services, and investors, on how to thrive in this fast moving and highly dynamic business environment. We discover and explore the emerging practices, technologies and trends that are changing today's world and shaping the future. The overarching goal is to better the world by accelerating information technology innovation and its positive impact on business and society.

In this pursuit, Mr. Bradley's group strives to provide technology leaders (Tech CEOs, General Managers, Chief Product Officers, tech services leaders, product managers, product marketers and technology investors) with unique, high-value research and indispensable advice on creating and delivering highly successful products and services.

Information technology now impacts pretty much every business function in all companies, all industries, and all geographies. Technology providers are critical to the technology and business innovations that will define the world of tomorrow. By helping them, we help the world.

Previous experience

Before assuming this role, Mr. Bradley spent five years creating and leading Gartner's Emerging Technologies and Trends research group, three years building a research organization for Gartner's Digital Markets business and six years leading teams of Gartner analysts covering Enterprise Architecture, Program and Portfolio Management, Business Process Management, Sourcing, and Procurement. Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Bradley was the co-founder, CTO and CPO of a Silicon Valley tech startup, a Senior Vice President with Meta Group, an Emerging Technologies consultant with Booz Allen and the Head of Information Technology for the United States Marine Corps Recruiting Command.

Professional background

Appergy, Co-Founder, CTO and CPO, 4 years

Booz, Allen, Hamilton, Senior Associate - Emerging Technologies, 3 years

Meta Group, Senior Vice President and Research Analyst, 5 years

United States Marine Corps - MALS 16, Aviation Supply Chain Officer - Captain, 4 years

United States Marine Corps Recruiting Command, Head of Information Technology - Major, 4 years

Areas of coverage

  • Advance Product and Services Strategy

  • Craft World-Class Product Strategies

  • Improve Product Marketing Execution

Education

M.B.A., Information Technology, UCI Merage School of Business

B.S., Physics, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis MD

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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Evolution of emerging technologies and their impact on markets and ecosystems

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Factoring emerging technologies into tech provider product portfolio planning

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Applying emerging technology research into tech provider product roadmap planning

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Leveraging emerging technologies in product differentiation and positioning

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Predicting the impact of emerging technologies on the future of the business world

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