Larry Cannell is a Research Director in the Gartner for Technical Professionals Digital Workplace service. Mr. Cannell covers enterprise collaboration, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Copilot, SaaS-based intranets and has a deep interest in all collaboration technologies.
Mr. Cannell was previously the Workstream Leader for collaboration and social software research for Ford Motor Company's Advanced IT group and a Program manager of collaborative solutions. Mr. Cannell was also an original member of the Enterprise 2.0 Conference Advisory Board (previously known as the Collaborative Technologies Conference).
Mr. Cannell has successfully deployed innovative IT services for more than 35 years. His experience covers a broad set of areas, including collaborative, content and communication solutions, as well as networking, security, distributed systems and open-source technologies.
Ford Motor Company, IT Researcher and Program Manager, 23 years
Digital Workplace for Technical Professionals
B.S., Computer Science, Western Michigan University
Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams and Copilot for Microsoft 365
Enterprise collaboration
Office 365-based intranets