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Michael Wodka
Managing Vice President
Michael Wodka is a Managing Vice President within the IT Infrastructure and Operations group. His team covers a broad set of enterprise networking and infrastructure cybersecurity technology topics. These topics include agentic NetOps, AI network fabrics, SASE, Zero Trust networking, enterprise LAN infrastructure (wired/wireless), data center switching, and managed network services.
Previously at Gartner, Michael managed the storage analyst team and the I&O executive advisory team. Prior to his management roles, he was a Director, Advisory covering enterprise architecture and information security and risk management. In this role, Mr. Wodka advised enterprise architecture and information security executives on functional and operational best practices.
Previous experience
Mr. Wodka previously worked for CEB on their IT Roadmap Builder product, a SaaS tool that helps IT organizations develop strategy and technology roadmaps. He specialized in customer success management and advising technical leaders on best practices in IT roadmap development.
His prior roles at CEB also include post-merger integration project management, business intelligence, software development, and research in CEB's Innovation and Strategy group.
Professional background
CEB, Business Intelligence/Operations Manager, 1 years
CEB, Integration Project Manager, 1 years
CEB, Senior Research Analyst/Research Analyst, 2 years
Areas of coverage
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AI, Cloud and Data Center Infrastructure
Education
B.A., Economics, Cornell University
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
Storage Platforms
Hybrid/Public Cloud Storage
Backup and Recovery
Data Archiving
Ransomware Protection