Gartner Expert

Ron Blair

VP Analyst

Ron Blair is a VP of Research, whose current coverage is primarily focused on helping clients improve IT resilience.

Previous experience

Previously, Mr. Blair was a Global Product Director for a number of cloud, disaster recovery, desktop-as-a-service and mobility-related service offerings. Areas of responsibility included idea generation, business case creation and funding, development, pricing, vendor partnering, sales enablement, marketing and delivery readiness. Prior to that, his roles had evolved from database engineering, to global I&O service delivery, to executive account management for a global account.

Professional background

CSC, Product Management Director, 8 years

CSC, Global Account Executive, 5 years

Bank of America, Various - Database Engineer, Application Development, Sales/Marketing, 7 years

Areas of coverage

  • Head of I&O People and Organization Leadership

  • IT Operations and Cloud Management

  • I&O Strategy, Business Value and Cost Optimization

  • AI, Cloud and Data Center Infrastructure

Education

M.B.A., Indiana University

B.S., MSIS, The Pennsylvania State University

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

01

Establish approaches to improve IT Resilience for both on-premises and cloud.

02

Create programs, strategies and plans related to disaster recovery.

03

Conduct a business impact analysis for purposes of understanding resilience requirements.