Gartner Expert

Brad Dayley

VP Analyst, KI Leader/Chief of Research

Brad Dayley is a VP Analyst on the Application Platform Strategies (APS) research team in Gartner for Technical Professionals (GTP). He is the author of more than 15 books, covering web application development topics from JavaScript frameworks to Python to Node.js. Mr. Dayley covers application architecture, design and development. He gives guidance to clients on application architecture, API design and frameworks.

Previous experience

Prior to joining Gartner in the Gartner for Technical Professionals Group, Mr. Dayley was a software engineer working on enterprise software development projects. With more than 20 years of software development experience, he has filled architect, lead and consultant roles in software development and today lends his deep technical expertise to Gartner clients.

Professional background

Adobe Systems, Senior Software Engineer, 2 years

Novell, Consultant Software Engineer, 20 years

Areas of coverage
  • Software Engineering for Technical Professionals

  • Software Architecture and Integration for Technical Professionals

  • Integration Architecture and Platforms for Technical Professionals

  • Enterprise Applications for Technical Professionals

Education

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Brigham Young University

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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Creating agile application architecture

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Implementing APIs and services

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Designing and modernizing web and mobile applications

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Choosing JavaScript frameworks

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Designing a multiexperience applications