Gartner Expert

Dongbae Park

Sr Director, Advisory

Dongbae Park is a Senior Director, Advisory in the CIO research group at Gartner, with an expertise in translating research insights into actionable advice. He helps CIOs and their IT leadership teams make informed decisions to achieve successful digital business outcomes.

The key areas where Dongbae can be your go-to-expert for targeted recommendations are IT operating model innovations, product line management, culture and mindset shifts, agile ways of working, and designing the digital strategy.

Prior to joining Gartner, he had worked with Deloitte, E&Y, IBM GBS, Microsoft and Blue Yonder (JDA) and had various positions of Industry lead, Engagement Partner, Solution and Services Sales and Large Program Director.

He was an expat for 10 years with his family in China, Australia and Singapore and had an opportunity to develop cross-cultural intelligence across Asia.He had served many MNCs and Global Companies in this region as customers and was passionate in sharing industry point of views, conducting workshops with key stakeholders including CIOs and CXOs focusing on the adoption of Digital Transformation, Customer Experience Management, Supply Chain innovation, Digital Workplace and AI enabled Big Data Analytics.

Previous experience

Management Consulting, Software and Services Sales and Delivery

Professional background

Blue Yonder (JDA), Korea, Country Manager, 2 years

IBM, Industry Lead, Associate Partner, 10 years

Microsoft, Services Lead, 7 years

Areas of coverage
  • CIO Innovation Leadership

  • CIO Leadership of People, Culture and Change

  • CIO Impact on Strategy and Execution

  • CIO Management of Technology Finance, Risk and Value

  • CIO Executive Leadership Development

Education

Master of Business Administration from Korea University

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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How to adopt or improve product management approach

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How to transform IT operating model

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How to shape IT strategy to accelerate enterprise digital transformation

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How to introduce greater adaptability and agility into enterprise and I&T governance

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How to build workforce to enable digital business acceleration