Dicky Gray is a Senior Director Analyst in the Government and Education team, specialising in Defence operations and strategy for EMEA and global defence CIOs and industry. His expertise includes strategy, agile deployment methodologies, IT operating models, AI exploitation, coalition interoperability, and modernising IT defence operations. Dicky is also qualified in TOGAF, ITIL, SAfE Agile and MSP methodologies.
Mr. Gray served as Lead Consulting Partner for Digital Transformation, Operations & AI at Gartner Consulting, guiding secure data strategies and digital mission platforms for over 30 defence and government clients. With nearly 17 years in the Royal Navy specialising in submarine warfare and Joint Force IT, he brings significant UK government and international experience, including work with Five Eyes, EU, and NATO partners. He is highly knowledgeable about coalition interoperability and cross-agency information sharing. Previously, he managed UK IT operations for the Iraq War across 13 time zones and six countries as well as multiple joint operations and exercises.
Royal Navy, Submarines and Joint Forces Operations Officer, 17 years
UK Home Office, Deputy Director, Head of Implementation - eBorders, 1 years
Tribal Consulting, Principal Consultant, 4 years
Virtrium Consulting, Partner - Financial Services, Government & Retail, 4 years
Gartner UK, Director Consulting - Defence and Intelligence, 4 years
Product and Operating Models
National Defense Technology Insights
Diagnose IT Operations AI Maturity and Remove Operational Bottlenecks to Realize Automation ROI
Leverage AI to Accelerate Tech-Driven Innovation
Evolving Technologies, AI Competencies and Data Maturity
MIT, AI in Healthcare
M.B.A., Henley
M.Sc., Advanced Information Systems, Cranfield
B.Sc., with honors, Statistics with Computing, UEL
Defence IT operating models, C4ISR & C2 interoperability, AI deployment, Data, Information and Knowledge Exploitation, Skills & Talent Uplift