Gartner Expert

Paul Mezzera

Sr Director Analyst

Paul Mezzera is a Senior Director Analyst within the Gartner ITL Identity and Access Management team. Mr. Mezzera's primary focus areas are privileged access management (PAM), identity governance and administration (IGA) and Cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM)

Previous experience

Prior to his current role at Gartner, Mr. Mezzera led the IAM teams at UC Davis and McKesson, managing all aspects of the IAM program and services, including identity governance, privileged access management, and customer IAM. He also recently led the product and market strategy for an IGA vendor. Prior to that, he worked in the financial services industry with varying technical roles as a systems and data communication programmer and engineer, and then as a web security and IAM architect.

Professional background

McKesson, Director & Principal Security Architect, 8 years

Saviynt, VP Product and Market Strategy, 2 years

University of California Davis, Head of IAM and Collaboration Technologies, 1 years

Areas of coverage
  • Identity and Access Management

  • Infrastructure Security

Education

Master of Science, Information Technology, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA.

Bachelor of Science, Management and Information Technology, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA.

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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Privilege Access Management (PAM)

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Identity Governance and Administration (IGA)

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Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM)

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IAM Architecture, Strategy, and Program Management