Jonathan Edwards
Senior Analyst, The Skills Connection
Jonathan spent 14 years at Gartner where he was Research VP in the healthcare team. Based initially in the US he moved to the UK, becoming the lead healthcare analyst for international markets. He then spent 4 years at the Advisory Board Company where he launched and led a global research and advisory service serving healthcare providers and vendors. Subsequently he ran an independent consulting firm, providing advice to IT vendors and service providers on product strategy, marketing and communications.
Andrew Butler
Senior Analyst, The Skills Connection
Andrew Butler, former chairman of Gartner’s European Symposium, has a vast range of experience in the tech industries. He was a distinguished analyst at Gartner for 20 years and was the author of many influential Magic Quadrants, Cool Vendor reports, Vendor Ratings and Market Clocks. He also chaired the European Data Center Summit for more than a decade and served as lead analyst for several major data centre vendors. Before joining Gartner in 1997, Andrew spent 14 years at Hewlett Packard in senior systems engineering and marketing roles in the UK and Germany.