2024 Calendar
Analyst Series
Strategy Technology Executive Series

Technology Executive Business Strategy, West

On demand
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speakers
  • Speaker Rick Villars Group Vice President, Worldwide Research

    Thriving in a Digital-first World: Cloud, Automation, Trust

  • Speaker Greg Woodard Principal

    Cloud BI in 15 Minutes or Less

  • Speaker Dave Martin Senior Director, Product Management

    Threat Response

  • Speaker Paula Thrasher Senior Director of Infrastructure

    Accelerating Digital Maturity Through Service Ownership

  • Speaker Andrew Sheedy Cert. Solutions Sales Director

    Critical Information Infrastructure Management in a post-COVID world: Making the case for Managed PKI

  • Speaker Rahim Walker VP of Sales

    The problem facing IT and why Citizen Development is the wave of the future

“What a pleasure to attend this event to learn about emerging tech trends, including generative AI, and how they might affect the digital landscape in the future."

– Rakesh Reddy, DirectTV, Chief Digital Officer

Interact & Network LIVE Wherever You Are

Thursday July 22 | 2:00-4:00 PM PT

 

The Virtual Analyst Series now features market analysis from our strategic research partner, IDC, the global leader in market research and analysis. Following the event you’ll be granted access to its highly-valued Technology Executive research package that will be presented during the event.

Presenter: IDC Group Vice President, Worldwide Research, Rick Villars

As Group Vice President, Worldwide Research, Rick Villars guides IDC's research into broad ICT industry trends, particularly the strategic adoption of technology by Global 2000 businesses and the industries in which they compete. He is a member of IDC's worldwide management team, as the leader of IDC's Future of Digital Infrastructure research practice.

Mr. Villars leads IDC's global cloud research team, driving the ongoing development of IDC's widely-used cloud services forecasts and the tracking of cloud services adoption. He also leads the development of IDC's annual Worldwide FutureScapes themes and predictions that focuses on the transformation of the technology industry (and other industries) in this time of accelerated innovation.

His research enables clients to create preemptive business and technology strategies grounded in sound financial practices and a comprehensive understanding of competitive ecosystems. He empowers technology leaders to deliver strategically-aligned organizational development and talent management plans. A skilled executive coach and change agent, he works with clients to foster executive intrapreneurship in enterprise-class organizations.

Over the past decade, he has been a keynote speaker at IDC's annual Directions conferences in the U.S. and in many other countries as well as at Technology Executive and Partner Summits and other major industry events. He also regularly interacts with buy-side, sell-side and private equity financial analysts to discuss the implications of emerging ICT trends on leading ICT companies.

Prior to taking on this role, Mr. Villars has spent over 30 years assessing the evolution of network, storage, and server infrastructure as well as advising companies on the impact of the cloud on existing technology practices. The role included developing IDC's viewpoints on the workloads driving the adoption of converged and software defined tech solutions as well as public and private cloud solutions. He also led IDC's ongoing assessment of the evolution of datacenter design, placement, and management strategies. And advised clients on the impact of new technology consumption models and technologies on organizations' infrastructure, deployment, procurement, and management practices.

You’ll get the full benefits of our live regional roadshow events – what TechTalk is known for – networking while learning about the most cutting edge technologies in a live environment. Meet and speak with our sponsors, the companies you need to know on the cutting edge of technology, get specific information for your applications and arrange follow-up.

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