Sean Bankston is a Director within the Gartner CIO & AI Advisory practice. He supports CIOs and their teams in the areas of strategic portfolio management and value delivery. Specifically, Mr. Bankston provides guidance on the strategic portfolio management life cycle, resource management, evolving PMO services, project manager skills development, IT operating models, fusion/product teams, application portfolio management, business value of IT, communities of practice, open-source change, and strategic portfolio management technologies.
Before joining Gartner, Mr. Bankston dedicated 25 years to building teams and leading people across several industries, including a research-focused higher education institution, a Fortune 500 consumer services corporation, and a non-profit organization funded via a public-private partnership.
Core Civic, Manager, Operations Finance, 3 years
Florida State University, Director, Technology Services, 12 years
Florida Telecommunications Relay, Inc., Executive Director, Program Management, 6 years
Best-in-Class Portfolio Office
Strategic Portfolio Management
Software Engineering Practices
Digital Leadership (For ELKI Entitlements Only)
Enhance Personal Effectiveness
MS, Information Studies
BA, Business Administration
Evolving PMO/EPMO Services, Project Portfolio Management Demand Management and Prioritization
Project Management Skills, IT Score for Program & Portfolio Management
Scaling Agile in the Organization, Enterprise Agile, Agile Roles
Adaptive Project Management & Reporting (APMR) Technologies, Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) Technologies
Demonstrating Business Value of IT