Chris Pang is a vice president analyst in Gartner's Technology & Service Provider Research Group, former Gartner vendor lead for Oracle and current Gartner vendor lead for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). As part of the tech CEO research practice, his research focuses on helping emerging providers be successful. In addition, Chris covers human capital management and ERP technologies working across Gartner's end-user, vendor and investor client base. He also leads Gartner's global coverage for employee expense management software and technology trends for recognition and rewards software. As Gartner vendor lead for TCS, he is responsible for the curation and communication of Gartner's overall position on TCS. Between 2017 and 2020, he was Gartner vendor lead for Workday and for Oracle between 2021 and 2024.
From 2017-2020 he was Gartner Vendor Lead for Workday, where he was similarly responsible for crafting and coordinating Gartner's research position on Workday.
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Pang worked at BTexact Technologies, researching security technologies used in mobile and wireless communications.
BTexact Technologies, Researcher, 1 years
M.S., Secure Electronic Commerce, Royal Holloway, University of London
M.A., Modern History, Royal Holloway, University of London
B.A., With Honors, History, University of Portsmouth
TSP clients: Market intelligence, product and business strategy for HCM/HR and ERP vendors
ITL clients: Advice on HCM and ERP software (large enterprise and midmarket)
Invest clients: Market overview, vendor analysis, market forecast for HCM and ERP markets
ITL : Employee expense management software. SAP Concur Pricing Reviews. Note coverage is for expense software only!. Travel booking/ mgmt, implementation &/ or best practice questions are NOT covered.
Workday: Questions on General Strategy. SAP: Questions on Cloud Strategy/ Products (Concur, SuccessFactors)