Gartner Expert

Arthur Villa

Sr Director Analyst

Arthur Villa is a Research Director in Gartner's IT Leadership research team. Primary research coverage includes robotic process automation (RPA) and hyperautomation.

Mr. Villa was a VP of product management for Gartner's High Tech and Telecom Programs with global responsibility for product development, go-to-market strategy, positioning and messaging, market intelligence, customer analysis, new product launches, sales training, and other product management activities.

Previous experience

Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Villa completed an M.B.A. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he co-published research for MIT's Center for Information Systems Research. His past experience includes working as a product marketing manager at VMware, IT systems engineer for a $10B+ hedge fund, and other hands-on IT roles within the data center.

Professional background

Gartner, VP, 10 years

MIT Sloan School of Management, Research Assistant, Center for Information Systems Research (CISR), 1 years

VMware, Product Marketing Manager, 1 years

Areas of coverage
  • Software Engineering Leadership

  • Enterprise Applications Leadership

  • Enterprise Process Automation

Education

M.B.A., MIT Sloan School of Management

B.S., Business and Computer Science, Skidmore College

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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Buyers: How to select and implement robotic process automation (RPA) tools

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Buyers: Governance and development best practices for RPA

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Buyers: Enterprise process automation and related technologies

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Buyers: How to mature and advance enterprise process automation practices

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TSPs: How to compete and differentiate across key hyperautomation markets (e.g. RPA, IDP)