Gartner Expert

Hiroyuki Katayama

VP Analyst, KI Leader

Hiroyuki Katayama focuses his research on IT financial management, such as IT budgeting and IT cost optimization, as well as showing and measuring the business value of IT, and the value of IT department, advising CIOs and IT executives in enterprises.

Previous experience

In his previous position at Gartner, Mr. Katayama did research and analysis on IT spending trends, IT needs and wants, and the SMB market in Japan. He advised technology and service providers on their marketing strategies, using statistical data from the Enterprise IT User Demand Study Japan, which he launched in 1999. Prior to this, he did research and analysis on the enterprise server system market for Dataquest.

Before joining Gartner, Mr. Katayama was a sales engineer at Hitachi, responsible for sales and support of systems and integration services to Japanese national tax agencies. He also managed regional sales partners of Hitachi-affiliated companies around Japan.

Professional background

Hitachi, Sales Engineer, 5 years

Areas of coverage
  • CIO Management of Technology Finance, Risk and Value

  • CIO and Executive Leaders in Japan

Education

M.B.A., Warwick Business School, U.K.

B.S., Mathematics, Waseda University, Tokyo

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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IT investment optimization

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Business value of IT

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IT cost optimization

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IT cost transparecy

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Value of IT department