About

Ehtisham Zaidi is a Vice President Analyst at Gartner with over 11 years of experience in IT research and advisory. He has a strong background in data management and analytics tools, architectures, and best practices. Ehtisham has worked in various domains such as Pharma, Telecom, and Banking and has closely worked with industry leaders in these verticals. Ehtisham specializes in IT research and consulting, with his key focus areas being Data Integration, Data Engineering, Data Fabric, Data Management, Data Virtualization, Data Preparation, and Data Warehousing. He is renowned for his industry research, including Magic Quadrants, Hype Cycles, and Market Clocks. He also conducts client inquiries and presents at Gartner events, along with assisting clients with pricing and contract reviews for Data and Analytics software tools and technologies. Ehtisham provides guidance and practical advice to clients through Gartner Research regarding the evolution of the data management infrastructure and analytics to meet their new and evolving demands in enabling a digital business. He is passionate about data management technologies and architecture and believes that information is what fuels the organizations' ability to make decisions, drive business differentiation, and unlock new business opportunities. Ehtisham has a PGPM in Marketing and Analytics from GLIM and a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Electronics and Communication Engineering from GGSIPU. He has also completed his Class 12th and Class 10th from St. Columba's School, New Delhi, and The Doon School, respectively. Ehtisham's tech stack includes Research Scientist, infra, Data Engineering, and Integration. Before joining Gartner, Ehtisham worked as an Assistant Manager for Digital Online Business and a Business Analyst-IT at Oxigen Services India, where he streamlined and redesigned the MIS and reporting structure of the firm for all the products and services. He also implemented Business Intelligence tools like QlikView across all the functions and Business Units to cater to the tactical and ad-hoc analytical requirements of the firm.