Omar Ansari is a Senior Director Analyst in the Tech Product Manager team of Gartner's High Tech & Invest (HTI) organization. Omar covers the Analytics, Data Science, AI, and Data Management markets, with a focus on products that enable data-driven insights, such as data marketplaces, analytic app creation, machine learning, data science and augmentation, business intelligence, data visualization, and reporting. Within data management, Omar focuses on applied data management, data quality, data fabric, and emerging data management challenges.
Omar focuses on delivering both market intelligence and product strategy best practices to Chief Product Officers (CPOs), Product Managers and Leads, and business teams offering solutions in the analytics, machine learning, AI and data management spaces.
Omar is a seasoned product leader and expert in analytics, leveraging over a decade of experience demonstrating the value of data and analytics effectively. Omar is particularly skilled in working with data product teams who are looking to build a roadmap to prioritize what they build, or bring a product to market and convince customers of its proposition.
In his past experiences, Omar has helped scale new analytics and data science divisions for several Fortune 1000 companies. He was also instrumental in defining the role of the data product manager by both owning data outputs as products (such as machine learning models, analyses, dashboards, and data sets), as well as strategically managing the data technology stack as a product to help reduce barriers for data users to access insights.
JetBlue Airways and PNC Bank, Analytics Professional, 6 years
Johnson & Johnson, Product Manager & Designer, 1 years
Take Two Interactive, Product Manager, 2 years
Toast, Senior Product Manager, 2 years
Lead With Product Management Excellence
Craft World-Class Product Strategies
Business Buyer Insights
Boost Customer-Led Growth
Excel at Product Creation and Delivery
Bachelors of Arts in Economics, Emory University
I guide CPOs on their product roadmap and strategy to capture new markets or maintain relevance in their sector
I help Product Managers price and package their data and AI products in a manner that optimizes revenue while positioning themselves competitively and favorably with customers
I assist Product Managers in understanding how to create and prioritize new features that bring value to customers
I advise CPOs and Product Leaders in understanding the competitive landscape within the Analytic Platforms and Data Management marketplaces
I support Product Leaders understand activity in the marketplace for Machine Learning, Data Science, and AI solutions