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Arun Chandrasekaran

Distinguished VP Analyst

Arun Chandrasekaran is a Distinguished Vice President, Analyst at Gartner, within the global CIO practice, where his research focus is on artificial intelligence. Arun spearheads Gartner's business and technology insights on Generative AI, including leading popular research notes such as AI Predicts and Hype Cycle for Generative AI. Arun is a trusted advisor to executive and IT leaders, which includes the board of directors, CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, and their direct reports. He has advised thousands of CIOs, CTOs, and conducted hundreds of workshops for several Global 2000 organizations on AI, Cloud, and Innovation. In addition, he covers the start-up ecosystem closely, advising venture capitalists and tech CEOs. His views have been featured in media such as Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Economist, BBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, Fortune, Fast Company, Forbes and Computerworld.

Previous experience

Before joining Gartner, Mr. Chandrasekaran headed research on cloud computing, data center equipment and services for Frost & Sullivan, in a practice offering consulting and research services to the leading vendors, service providers and end users in the Asia/Pacific region.

Professional background

Frost & Sullivan, Research Director - Cloud Computing and Data Center Practice, 6 years

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Senior Network Engineer, 2 years

SSI Technologies, Member of Technical Staff, 5 years

Areas of coverage

  • World-Class AI Organization and Team

  • AI Vision, Strategy and Innovation

Education

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Program, Stanford University

Certificate Program in Professional Communications, UC Berkeley

M.B.A., Strategic Management, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

B.E., Electronics and Communication Engineering, University of Madras, India

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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Harnessing the value of Generative AI

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Crafting a robust AI strategy

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Future of Artificial Intelligence

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AI Execution Best Practices

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Understand Key Technology Emerging Trends

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