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Leo Brenner
Sr Director, Advisory
Mr. Brenner is a Senior Director in the CIO Advisory team (Gartner Business & Technology Insights).
Multilingual, his 24-year career spans FinTech, IT, Media and Start-Ups across several continents, often driving business development.
This broad exposure equipped Mr. Brenner with a keen sense of 'what business values most', as he brings this focus to interactions with CIOs, IT and business leaders.
Mr. Brenner's focus areas are helping CIOs and their leadership teams:
- develop IT Strategies that align with what the busienss values most
- increase the Business Value of IT
- rethink their IT Operating Models
- develop sound Talent Management tactics and strategies, and
- build practical programmatic plans for Culture and Change Management.
Previous experience
At CEB, Mr. Brenner was responsible for advising clients on go-to-market best practice within Computer Software, Services, Hardware and Industrial manufacturing verticals - and generating solutions business from that client base.
Professional background
AFA Media Group, Project Director, 6 years
CEB, Director, Sales and Marketing Solutions, 2 years
LGAB & Associates, Founder, 6 years
Areas of coverage
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Provide Strategic Business Leadership
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Implement Strategic Operating Model
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Enhance Personal Effectiveness
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Integrate Technology to Achieve Business Outcomes
Education
M.A., Oriental Studies/Chinese
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
Business Value of IT - demonstrating and elevating BVIT
Operating Model/ Shift to Product Lines/Digital Product Management, and scaling the model - key success criteria and pitfalls
Culture - what are the beliefs, mind-sets and behaviours that drive successful digital transformation
Talent - how to define the workforce of the Future
Governance - how to think of adaptive and co-created governance suited for the digital journey