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Errol Rasit

Practice Vice President

Errol Rasit is the Practice Vice President for the Emerging Technologies and Trends (ETT) Group, Gartner's centre of excellence for Emerging Tech and Trends across Gartner. Focusing on C-Level advice for providers, adopters, and Innovation leads. Research brands include Impact Radars, Emerging Tech Hype Cycles, Futures Lab, Tapestry, Top 10 Strategic Trends, Predicts, Maverick, Executive Bets and more.

The group's mission is to Hunt out the edge of Emerging Tech, Trends and Innovation to help Strategy and innovation leaders decide if, when, and how to invest in and monetize key futures across emerging technologies and overall strategic trends.

Previous experience

Mr. Rasit was Managing Vice President for Gartner's Emerging Tech and Trends Software organization, supporting the growth of Gartner's Emerging Technology research model and client impact.

Prior to his appointment in the Emerging Tech group, Mr. Rasit was the Chief Innovation and Product Officer at Procurement Leaders, an end-user focused procurement and supply chain advisory organization. In his remit was Research, Events, Digital Development, Communities and Editing. He was successful in positioning the organization for sale in the summer of 2019 to Private Equity investors having outpaced 24 months of EBITDA expectations.

Prior to joining Procurement Leaders, Mr Rasit was at Gartner for over 13 years, joining as an analyst and ending his tenure as a Managing Vice President in the Technology and Service Provider Research organization.

Professional background

Gartner, Managing Vice President, 13 years

Procurement Leaders, Chief Innovation and Product Officer, 2 years

Various, Front end and DBMS development, 4 years

Areas of coverage
  • Advance Product and Services Strategy

  • CIO Innovation Leadership

  • Craft World-Class Product Strategies

  • Emerging Technologies and Trends Impact on Products and Services

  • Lead for Growth and Competitiveness

Education

B.Sc., Business Information Systems, University of Hertfordshire, With honors

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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What is Gartner's emerging technologies and trends research strategy and how can it help Innovation Leaders?

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How can companies succeed with emerging technology?

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How can companies work more effectively with innovative startups?

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Which Emerging Technologies should companies plan for?

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How can I effectively work with Gartner's ETT research practice?