Milind Govekar is a Chief of Research with Gartner's Infrastructure & Operations (I&O) Research. He researches and sets the direction and framework for worldwide integrative research across all I&O aspects, such as, cloud computing, AI & Machine Learning, automation, performance and availability management, I&O agility, IoT management, "Serverless" infrastructure, IT infrastructure and IT service management. He is often invited to be a keynote speaker at events globally, and has led several projects, such as, conference chair for Gartner global I&O events. He frequently works with and advises executives, globally, in large and small enterprises, investors, governments, technology and service providers.

Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Govekar has been involved in multiple areas of IT for the past 30 years: as a IT Design Authority for UK Electricity Deregulation project, as a IT Operations leader, project manager, consultant, software developer, IT architect and analyst. His experience covers all areas of Infrastructure & Operations, program management, technology advisor to CIOs, leading advanced technology projects, leading and managing global teams and training, working for consultancies, end-user organisations and software vendors.