I am a Senior Director Analyst and a Key Initiative Leader in Gartner's R&D research group, part of the Supply Chain practice. Gartner's R&D team develops insights, tools, benchmarks, and guidance for R&D and innovation leaders at large and midsized companies to help solve their most pressing challenges. We aim to arm these leaders with unique, high-value research and indispensable advice on leveraging technologies and trends to create and deliver highly successful products and services.
Prior to Gartner, Svetlana worked for the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency, managing programs under the Cooperative Threat Reduction initiative in the areas of biosafety and biosecurity. One such projects was the construction of the U.S.-funded Central Reference Laboratory in Kazakhstan.
U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Program Coordinator, 3 years
New Product Development
R&D Technology Strategy and Incubation
R&D Function Strategy and Management
Master's Degree, International Economics and European Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
R&D Functional Maturity Diagnostic; Technology Scouting Processes; Scenario Planning in R&D; Front-End Innovation Management; R&D Metrics