Dana Gardner

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President and Principal Analyst | IT Industry Analysis, Content Production

Gilford, New Hampshire, United States
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Interarbor Solutions

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Dana Gardner is host and moderator of the Data Cloud Podcast, now in its seventh season and with 550,000 listeners worldwide. The podcast, sponsored by Snowflake, is ranked in the top 200 in the Technology category on Apple Podcasts.

With a robust background in IT industry analysis and media, his expertise in producing and distributing in-depth and thought-provoking multi-media content has been honed over decades, evidenced by the successful podcast series BriefingsDirect, which has become a staple in IT industry analysis with more than 900 episodes produced since 2005.

In founding Interarbor Solutions, Dana developed a niche in blending IT industry analysis with social media-driven content, creating a global platform that benefits IT planners, users, and vendors. This approach—rooted in strategic planning and effective content dissemination—has established Dana as a thought leaders in the field, with a keen focus on delivering insights that drive AI innovation and efficiency in the ever-evolving realm of information technology.

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  • President and Principal Analyst

    Interarbor Solutions

    - Present 20 years 11 months

    Gilford, NH

    By combining strategic and independent IT industry analysis with production and distribution of social media-driven content, BriefingsDirect podcasts and associated media fill many needs. IT planners and users gain valuable and vetted insights. Sponsors and marketers gain a global platform to explain their value and innovation through their own customers' words.

    As founder, president and principal analyst, I provide the full planning, production, hosting, and distribution of…

    By combining strategic and independent IT industry analysis with production and distribution of social media-driven content, BriefingsDirect podcasts and associated media fill many needs. IT planners and users gain valuable and vetted insights. Sponsors and marketers gain a global platform to explain their value and innovation through their own customers' words.

    As founder, president and principal analyst, I provide the full planning, production, hosting, and distribution of high-quality, IT-focused content that forms the primary service offering of Interarbor Solutions.

    Uniquely combining the roles of IT industry analyst, social media influencer, and podcast/blog personality, I prepare and debrief IT experts on the most important business and IT issues. The resulting knowledge is then delivered via social networks to those most interested in learning about cloud, AI, security, and data center transformation.

    My work is also to fulfill sales, marketing, operations, production, IT, business and consulting roles at Interarbor Solutions, now entering its 21st successful year.

    Significant accomplishments include:

    • Success in establishing, sustaining, and executing a profitable business model during a period of rapid industry transformation.

    • Planned, produced, and distributed more than 900 podcasts produced since 2005.

    • Recognized as a high influencer and subject matter expert on topics, including cloud computing, AI, application development, security, data center architecture, storage, and digital transformation.

  • Yankee Group Research, Inc. Graphic

    Senior Analyst

    Yankee Group Research, Inc.

    - 2 years 4 months

    Boston, MA

    As the Lead Analyst for application development and deployment strategies, I track and researched cloud computing, SOA, Web services, EAI, ALM, BTO, and middleware. Specifically I was involved with:

    • Providing marketing and forecasting advice for enterprise telecommunications and software development clients.

    • Defining and producing presentations, surveys, and research reports that educated enterprise and vendor clients on infrastructure software markets, deployment trends, and…

    As the Lead Analyst for application development and deployment strategies, I track and researched cloud computing, SOA, Web services, EAI, ALM, BTO, and middleware. Specifically I was involved with:

    • Providing marketing and forecasting advice for enterprise telecommunications and software development clients.

    • Defining and producing presentations, surveys, and research reports that educated enterprise and vendor clients on infrastructure software markets, deployment trends, and strategies.

    • Selling and delivering advisory services, pertaining to business value and productivity increases from IT expenditures and growing consulting revenue and margins within challenging business environments.

  • Aberdeen Group, Inc. Graphic

    Research Director

    Aberdeen Group, Inc.

    - 3 years 4 months

    Boston, MA

    As the Lead Analyst on collaboration and enterprise portal platforms, messaging systems, instant messaging, directory services, and Web Services, I:

    • Tracked and defined software infrastructure markets and technology trends for enterprise and service provider segments by supplying analysis and research.

    • Performed consulting on marketing strategies in software infrastructure and technology / web services, competitive analysis, enterprise portal platforms, business development…

    As the Lead Analyst on collaboration and enterprise portal platforms, messaging systems, instant messaging, directory services, and Web Services, I:

    • Tracked and defined software infrastructure markets and technology trends for enterprise and service provider segments by supplying analysis and research.

    • Performed consulting on marketing strategies in software infrastructure and technology / web services, competitive analysis, enterprise portal platforms, business development, sales strategies, and internet trends.

    • Delivered custom research reports for clients such as Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, and Openwave Systems.

  • InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. Graphic

    Editor at Large

    InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.

    - 4 years 3 months

    San Francisco, CA

    Informing an emergent online/web publishing paradigm offering real time, global IT industry-wide news delivery, my responsibilities were to:

    • Analyze industry-wide IT news developments and to assign award-winning coverage for a staff of 15 reporters and editors.

    • Manage coverage of Enterprise Java, Windows, application development, middleware, and application integration subjects.

    • Identify and explore emerging enterprise, internet, and service provider trends and…

    Informing an emergent online/web publishing paradigm offering real time, global IT industry-wide news delivery, my responsibilities were to:

    • Analyze industry-wide IT news developments and to assign award-winning coverage for a staff of 15 reporters and editors.

    • Manage coverage of Enterprise Java, Windows, application development, middleware, and application integration subjects.

    • Identify and explore emerging enterprise, internet, and service provider trends and technologies.

    • Shape Web paradigm of real-time, online IT news delivery by conceptualizing and helping to launching initial www.infoworld.com news site.

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    Global News Editor

    IDG News Service

    - 1 year 9 months

    Boston, MA

    Principal assignment and content editor for breaking information technology industry news worldwide for 225 publications in 63 countries by creating virtual newsroom operations for 18 dispersed correspondents and editors, catering to newspaper, online, and magazine clients.

  • Cahners Publishing Graphic

    News Editor

    Cahners Publishing

    - 5 years 3 months

    Newton, Massachusetts, United States

    News editor for twice-monthly industry trade publication, Design News, focused on design engineers

  • Editor

    The Arlington Advocate

    - 1 year 3 months

    Arlington, Massachusetts, United States

    Editor of weekly community newspaper.

  • The Times Leader Graphic

    Business Editor

    The Times Leader

    - 9 months

    Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States

    Editor and reporter for business section of regional daily newspaper

  • The Gazette Graphic

    Editor

    The Gazette

    - 1 year 1 month

    Old Lyme, Connecticut, United States

    Editor of award-winning regional weekly newspaper.

  • Record-Journal Graphic

    News Reporter

    Record-Journal

    - 1 year 4 months

    Meriden, Connecticut, United States

    Reporter for features and city hall beat.

  • The Patriot Ledger Graphic

    General Assignment Reporter

    The Patriot Ledger

    - 3 years

    United States

    General assignment reporter for breaking news at large regional daily newspaper in Massachusetts.

Education

  • Northeastern University Graphic

    Northeastern University

    Bachelor of Science Journalism

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    Activities and Societies: Reporter, columnist and managing editor of weekly university student newspaper, The Northeastern News, 1981-1984. Also, as a co-op student, was part-time and full-time reporter at The Boston Globe and then The Patriot Ledger daily newspapers, 1980-1984.

    Began as an electrical engineering student and in sophomore year transfered to journalism.

  • Belmont High School, Belmont, MA

    High School College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program

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    Activities and Societies: Freshman Football, Varsity Wrestling, Senior Class Play

    College prepatory

Volunteer Experience

  • President of the Board of Directors

    Powerhouse Theatre Collaborative, Inc.

    - Present 2 years 6 months

    Arts and Culture

    Powerhouse Theatre Collaborative (PTC) is a professionally managed community theatre and the resident theatre company of the historic Colonial Theatre in Laconia, New Hampshire. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, PTC strives to create theatrical opportunities that brighten people’s lives, spark a passion for the performing arts, and illuminate aspects of the human condition. By collaborating with professional directors and designers, PTC provides high-quality artistic and educational…

    Powerhouse Theatre Collaborative (PTC) is a professionally managed community theatre and the resident theatre company of the historic Colonial Theatre in Laconia, New Hampshire. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, PTC strives to create theatrical opportunities that brighten people’s lives, spark a passion for the performing arts, and illuminate aspects of the human condition. By collaborating with professional directors and designers, PTC provides high-quality artistic and educational experiences for local community participants.

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Projects

  • HP Discover Barcelona Podcast 2013

    Learn how HP with Shunra Software uses Application Performance Engineering with User, Network, and Service Virtualization to help its developer, tester, and operations users improve the distribution, creation, and lifecycle of software applications from Todd DeCapua, VP at Shunra Software. The discussion is moderated by Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions.

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  • Check out my Cloud Magazine: http://flip.it/vX7vB

    - Present

    A curated canvas of cloud, mobile and big data news and analysis.

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Languages

  • English

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