Gartner Expert

Mr. Schlegel has been covering the data and analytics space since 2003. During that time, he has served as the global conference chair, research community leader, agenda manager and lead author of the Magic Quadrant, Hype Cycle, Critical Capabilities, Score, Predicts, and opening Keynote. Key themes of his research include:

1) Using "Analytic Franchises" to create an organizational model that strikes a balance between centralized control and decentralized empowerment.

2) Applying the Gartner analytics continuum to help organizations find insights and create "Metrics that Matter."

3) Deploying emerging technologies such as automated insights, analytic catalogs, metric layers, and data storytelling to improve the experience for analytic content consumers.

Meta Group, Program Director, 10 years