Homan Farahmand is a senior director analyst within Gartner for Technical Professionals (GTP) covering digital identity and access management (IAM) modernization and emerging technologies adoption including decentralized web and blockchain platforms/protocols.
Previous experience
Prior to his current role at Gartner, Farahmand led the Gartner Identity and Access Management consulting practice globally as well as the Security and Risk Management consulting practice in the financial services industry.
He has worked in multiple commercial industries and public-sector organizations across North America, Europe and Japan. His IAM engagements during the last decade have spanned strategy and roadmap development, current architecture assessment, future architecture development, governance and organization development, risk and control management, technology and vendor evaluation, implementation oversight, and benchmarking and sourcing.
Before joining Gartner, Farahmand held consulting and leadership positions at Burton Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Meta Group and GE Capital IT solutions. Prior to that, he was involved in hands-on application development and system engineering.
Professional background
Burton Group
Principal Consultant
Meta Group
Vice President, Strategic Solutions
GE Capital IT Solutions