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George Spafford
VP Analyst
George Spafford is a Vice President Analyst for Gartner, covering DevOps / DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Platform Engineering and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), I&O organization, I&O strategy, I&O metrics. His publications include hundreds of articles and numerous books on IT management, as well as co-authorship of "The Phoenix Project," "The Visible Ops Handbook" and "Visible Ops Security."
Previous experience
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Spafford consulted on ITIL, IT strategy, Information Security and overall IT service improvement. Mr. Spafford holds an M.B.A. from Notre Dame, a B.A. in materials and logistics management from Michigan State University and an honorary degree from Konan Daigaku in Japan. He is a certified ITIL Expert, a TOCICO Jonah and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
Professional background
Cognizant Technology Solutions, Senior Manager, 1 years
Pepperweed Consulting, Principal Consultant, 3 years
Spafford Global Consulting, Founder, 4 years
Areas of coverage
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I&O Organizational Strategy
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I&O Operations Management
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I&O Platforms
Education
M.B.A., University of Notre Dame
B.A., Materials and Logistics, Michigan State University
Certificate in Asian Studies - Japan, Michigan State University Honorary Degree, Konan Daigaku
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
How best to implement and scale DevOps or DevSecOps in large IT organizations?
How best to implement and leverage site reliability engineering (SRE) in enterprise IT organizations?
How to leverage platform engineering or infrastructure platform engineering?
How to do strategic planning for I&O?
How is an I&O organization structured?