Danny Kreidy is a Senior Director Analyst at Gartner in the IT Leaders Sourcing, Procurement and Vendor Management team. Mr. Kreidy covers the IT managed services market, in particular application managed services, provider selection, sourcing strategy, contracts and negotiation, and guides Gartner clients in injecting thought leadership, innovation, and transformation into services partnerships.
Mr. Kreidy has 20 years of experience in IT delivery and management. As CIO for the past 10 years, he has been involved in both overseeing IT operations and transformation initiatives from strategy to execution. Whilst doing this, he has had significant real-world exposure to Europe, Middle East and Africa markets; while working in Retail, Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, and IT Services.
Holdal Group, Chief Information Officer, 4 years
Nestle Waters, Area Project Manager, 7 years
Transmed, Chief Information Officer, 6 years
IT Contracts Negotiations
IT Vendor Portfolio Management
IT Sourcing Strategy Development and Execution
MBA from Lebanese American University
Computer & Communication Engineering from University of Notre Dame
Develop and execute a sourcing strategy and effective partnership for applications services
Injecting innovation and thought leadership into sourcing agreements
Evaluation and selection of application services providers
Application-service-related contract terms and conditions, negotiations, renegotiations, master service agreement (MSA), statement of work (SOW), request for proposal (RFP)
What to look for in a SaaS implementation service provider