Julian Dobbins is a VP, Analyst at Gartner where he covers Analyst Relations as part of the Tech Product Marketing research. Julian has over 20 years of tech marketing experience, including analyst relations, product marketing, product management, marketing and communications at IT services and software product vendors.
Julian started his IT career in software development, as coder, tech support, pre-sales, solutions architect, consultant and trainer, before moving into Marketing, Product Management and Comms, where he began working with industry analysts. He has also worked as a freelance copywriter.
Cognizant, Analyst Relations, 8 years
Micro Focus, Product Manager, 9 years
webMethods, Sales Engineer, 3 years
Analyst Relations Best Practices
Analyst Relations Impact on the Business
Analyst Relations Leadership and Evolution
BSc, Zoology, University of Nottingham
Driving business value through industry analyst engagement
Developing a world-class analyst relations program
Using industry analysts to drive success in product marketing and product management
Building greater operational excellence for analyst relations teams
Becoming a better a corporate storyteller