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Per Anders Waern leads Gartner Consulting, which employs 500 consultants worldwide. He provides strategic advice to CIOs and other C-level executives, and contributes to consulting engagements focused on the management of IT, IT strategy, benchmarking and performance optimization, and strategic sourcing.
Waern has extensive experience leading business growth and performance optimization in international markets. Prior to his current position, he held several senior leadership roles within Gartner Consulting, most recently leading the global Core Consulting organization with operations in North America, EMEA and Japan. Previously, Waern was responsible for consulting and measurement operations in Scandinavia, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and also served as country leader for Germany.
Before joining Gartner, Waern was head of corporate IT strategy at a $4 billon energy company. In this position, he initiated and led corporatewide IT initiatives, including application portfolio changes (ERP) and improving communications infrastructure.
Prior to this role, Waern held the position of managing director at a data service company that offered a wide range of consulting, information system development and IT operational services. There, he led the integration of multiple IT organizations into one operational IT company, which resulted in significant cost savings.
During his 20 years of industry experience, Waern has also held management positions in marketing, business development and operations.
Waern earned his executive master of business administration from Stockholm School of Economics. He also studied economics and information technology at Stockholm University, and technology management at Harvard Business School. | 