Gartner Expert

Tim Nelms

Sr Director Analyst

Tim Nelms is a research analyst in Gartner's digital workplace and enterprise application team. He covers knowledge and information management including document management, enterprise AI search tools, and information governance. Over the 30 years Tim spent at software vendors, his experience included everything from software engineering to sales leadership. He has a deep understanding of enterprise software applications, go-to-market strategies and buying patterns.

By advising on enterprise application strategy, selection and vendor evaluation, Tim helps improve buying decisions and ensure investments take account of both customer needs and vendor's abilities.

Previous experience

As VP International for Crawford Technologies, Tim was responsible for a team delivering sales, services and marketing a software portfolio covering customer communications, content services and accessibility solutions. During Tim's tenure the customer base more than doubled and NPS exceeded 75+.

Professional background

CDC Solutions, Director of Sales Consulting, 3 years

Crawford Technologies Inc, VP International, 7 years

EMC Computer Systems, Strategic Alliance Manager, 7 years

Areas of coverage
  • Digital Workplace Applications

  • Enterprise Applications Leadership

Education

Industrial Computer Science

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

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Developing (or enhancing) an enterprise document management strategy

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Evaluating and selecting document management solutions/vendors

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Evaluating Microsoft 365 enterprise content service capabilities

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Creating an information governance strategy for document management protection, privacy and Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

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Evaluating and selecting enterprise AI search solutions/vendors