Each year, Gartner awards the title "Fellow" to a select number of its best and brightest. These are the analysts who, over time, are consistent innovators and thought leaders.

This "think tank" resource combines the best of industry and academia to ensure that Gartner remains at the leading edge of trends and ideas, and Gartner's future research agenda is heavily influenced by the Fellows' work.
Fellows may be nominated by Gartner employees or by Gartner clients. Selection is based on four criteria:
Gartner Fellows are appointed for two years and given the freedom, during that time, to work outside the usual Gartner system to research and develop three to five high-impact ideas. Their work is published as Gartner Research and judged by the response of peers, the press and Gartner clients.

Once active participation is completed, exceptional Fellows can be awarded the title Gartner Fellow Emeritus. Then playing a strategic role, they are sought out for advice and direction, and may return to active Fellow status at any time.

Some leading edge topics that Gartner Fellows are working on include:

Agility: IT and its Impact on Business Performance

Agility: the ability of an enterprise to sense and respond effectively to change in the business environment. Technology plays a key role. Gartner Fellows are at work on a model to identify organizational weaknesses and implement solutions to improve agility.

CIO Primer — How Effective CIOs Lead

CIOs need to lead like CEOs, analyze like CFOs and execute like COOs. Gartner Fellows are researching how effective CIOs shape and manage expectations and deliver cost-effective services.

How to Capitalize on Emerging Technology Opportunities

In collaboration with venture capitalists and academics, Gartner Fellows are working to detect and project the business value of emerging trends and technologies along with building a master list of those trends and technologies.



Gartner Fellows spend their time with the best and the brightest of global innovators and thinkers. Their wide-ranging, one-on-one interviews are must-reads for anyone who needs to be on the leading edge of IT.

John McDermott, CIO
Xerox




Interview Conducted
By Ken McGee
John McDermott's background and professional experience mirror the profiles of a rapidly growing number of CIOs joining Global 1000 companies. Gartner Fellow Ken McGee met with McDermott to find out how he was conducting his CIO duties, especially during these profoundly difficult economic times.


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Colin Angle Colin Angle
CEO, iRobot Corporation




Interview Conducted
By Mark Raskino
Kurt Kuehn Kurt Kuehn, CFO, UPS



Interview Conducted
By Ken McGee
Ray Ozzie Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect at Microsoft


Interview Conducted
By Neil MacDonald & David Mitchell Smith
Ivan Seidenberg Ivan Seidenberg, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Verizon


Interview Conducted
September 2009
By Ken McGee
Shai Agassi Shai Agassi, Founder and CEO of Better Place


Interview Conducted
February 2009
By Kristian Steenstrup
Geary Rummler Dr. Geary Rummler, BPM Pioneer


Interview Conducted
May 2008
By Daryl Plummer & Elise Olding
Ian Pratt Ian Pratt, Virtualization Visionary


Interview Conducted
2 May 2008
By Brian Gammage
Stephen Johnson Stephen L. Johnson, Administrator of the EPA


Interview Conducted
8 February 2008
By Ken McGee
Thad Starner Dr. Thad Starner, Wearable Computing Pioneer


Interview Conducted
29 January 2008
By David McCoy and Jackie Fenn
John Suffolk John Suffolk, U.K. Government CIO


Interview Conducted
12 November 2007
By Mark Raskino
Kim Cameron Kim Cameron, Microsoft Chief Identity Architect


Interview Conducted
20 November 2007
By Neil Macdonald
Nicholas Donofrio Nicholas Donofrio, IBM Executive VP

Interview Conducted
28 June 2007
By Diane Morello
John Thain John Thain, CEO of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)


Interview Conducted
June 2007
By Ken McGee
Eric von Hippel Eric von Hippel, Author of Democratizing Innovation


Interview Conducted
January 2007
By Tom Austin
Amir Hasson Amir Alexander Hasson, Founder of United Villages


Interview Conducted
January2007
By Jackie Fenn
Alvin Toffler Alvin Toffler, Author and Futurist


Interview Conducted
November 2006
By Ken McGee
John Clarke John Clarke

CIO for Nokia

Interview Conducted
By Mark Raskino
Jeff Hawkins Ralph Szygenda

CIO for GM

Interview Conducted
By Ken McGee
Jeff Hawkins Jeff Hawkins

Author and Founder of Numenta

Interview Conducted
March 2006
By Tom Austin
Tom Mendoza & Gil Shwed Tom Mendoza & Gil Shwed

Check Point Software Tech.

Interview Conducted
October 2005
By Michael Maoz & Gartner GVP, Joel Wecksell
Dr. David Nabarro Dr. David Nabarro

World Health Organization

Interview Conducted
22 December 2005
By Ken McGee
Ku-Taek Lee Mr. Ku-Taek Lee

Author, Consultant, and Venture Capitalist

Interview Conducted
18 April 2005
By David Mitchell Smith
Geoffrey Moore Geoffrey Moore

Author, Consultant, and Venture Capitalist

Interview Conducted
18 April 2005
By David Mitchell Smith
John Kelly John Kelly

Former US Ambassador to Lebanon

Interview Conducted
14 June and 15 July 2005
By David McCoy
Don Tapscott Don Tapscott

President, New Paradigm Learning Corporation

Interview Conducted 9 March 2005
By Howard Dresner
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Gartner has awarded the title "Fellow" to 23 analysts who over time have been consistent innovators and thought leaders.


Audrey Apfel
Vice President
Gartner Fellow Emeritus
Tom Austin
Group Vice President
Gartner Fellow
Jennifer Beck
Group Vice President
Gartner Fellow Emeritus
David W. Cearley
Vice President
Gartner Fellow
Jane Doorly
Group Vice President
Gartner Fellow Emeritus
Joseph Feiman
Vice President
Gartner Fellow
Jackie Fenn
Vice President
Gartner Fellow
Brian Gammage
Vice President
Gartner Fellow
Simon Hayward
Vice President
Gartner Fellow Emeritus
Richard Hunter
Vice President
Gartner Fellow
Andy Kyte
Vice President
Gartner Fellow
David McCoy
Vice President
Gartner Fellow Emeritus
Neil MacDonald
Vice President
Gartner Fellow
Ken McGee
Group Vice President
Gartner Fellow
Diane Morello
Vice President
Gartner Fellow Emeritus
Massimo Pezzini
Vice President
Gartner Fellow
Daryl Plummer
Group Vice President
Chief Gartner Fellow
Jamie Popkin
Group Vice President
Gartner Fellow Emeritus
Stephen Prentice
Vice President
Gartner Fellow
Mark Raskino
Vice President
Gartner Fellow
Martin Reynolds
Vice President
Gartner Fellow
Roy Schulte
Vice President
Gartner Fellow Emeritus
David Mitchell Smith
Vice President
Gartner Fellow Emeritus
Kristian Steenstrup
Vice President
Gartner Fellow