Gartner Expert

Mike Cisek

VP Analyst

Mike Cisek is an analyst on the CIO Strategic Technology & AI Team. A 26 year practitioner with a diverse background in infrastructure design and operations management his research focuses on infrastructure, operations and cloud strategies and tactics tailored to CIOs.

Previous experience

Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Cisek held the title of Director of Emerging Infrastructure & Operations Support for a $400 million transportation company. Under his leadership, his team was honored by CIO Magazine and Midsize Enterprise Summit, and was listed twice on the Information Week 500.

An accomplished technologist, he has spent more than 26 years as an IT Leader, Consultant and Engineer with a strong background in all aspects of IT systems design, operations support and project execution as well as building and leading high performance teams.

Professional background

Alcoa, Active Directory and Messaging Consultant, 2 years

Catholic Healthcare Partners, Technical Project Manager (Data Center Colocation), 1 years

Pitt Ohio, Director of Emerging Infrastructure and Operations Support, 8 years

Areas of coverage
  • CIO Management of Technology

Education

Point Park University

Penn Technical Institute

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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Infrastructure and Operations Strategies

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Cloud Strategy

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I&O Organizational Structure

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Infrastructure and Operations Maturity

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Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure