Alan Braybrooks has over thirty years of experience in the field of data and analytics, including large scale data management, business intelligence, advanced analytics and artificial intelligence. He currently serves as Vice President and Program Director for Gartner's Data & Analytics Research Board (DARB). Prior to joining Research Board, Alan spent nearly five years as a Gartner Executive Partner, advising Chief Data & Analytics Officers and other D&A leaders on strategy and execution. Prior to joining Gartner, Alan was Senior Vice President, Business Intelligence, for a subsidiary of Aetna/CVS Health, and spent over a decade leading global D&A delivery teams and related practice areas for KPMG, BearingPoint and Deloitte. Alan spent the first decade of his career in corporate IT, developing, architecting and leading the implementation of large scale data management, data warehousing and BI solutions.Alan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Temple University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Drexel University.