Ryan McKinney is a Principal Analyst at Gartner in the IT Leaders Sourcing, Procurement and Vendor Management team. Mr. McKinney covers the IT managed services market, in particular, managed services and trends, provider selection, sourcing strategy, contracts and negotiation and cost optimization. Mr. McKinney also guides Gartner clients in injecting thought leadership, innovation and transformation into services partnerships.
Mr. McKinney has over 10 years of experience in IT procurement, including category management, sourcing strategy, and supplier relationship management. He has worked in Manufacturing, Health care, Finance, Fintech, Innovation, and Government industries on programs throughout EMEA. He has steered programs at KPMG, Britishvolt and the Digital Catapult.
Britishvolt, IT Category Manager, 1 years
Constellia, IT & Technology Business Partner, 2 years
KPMG, Global Procurement Manager, 1 years
IT Contracts Negotiations
IT Vendor Portfolio Management
Technology Innovation and Strategy Leadership
IT Sourcing, Procurement and Vendor Management Operating Model
IT Sourcing Strategy Development and Execution
Chinese Studies, BA< Sheffield University, Hons
Develop and execute a sourcing strategy and effective partnership for applications services
Injecting innovation and thought leadership into sourcing agreements
Best practices in establishing and managing SLAs, penalties and incentives for applications services
Cost optimization and holistic IT Services spend analysis to reduce technical debt and drive efficiencies
Organisation change management as a result of IT Services Sourcing projects