John Kost
Managing
Vice President
Gartner,
Inc.
John Kost is a managing vice president in Gartner Research,
where he leads the Public Sector worldwide. He writes and coordinates
Gartner research for topics particularly unique to government. Mr. Kost
is nationally renowned for his work in information technology management
and procurement reform.
Mr. Kost
has an extensive background related to government, including starting the
state and local sales organization at Siebel Systems, serving as vice
president for worldwide business development in TRW's Public Sector
systems integration business, and starting a state and local government
focus while serving as senior vice president at Federal Sources. Prior to
his private sector career, Mr. Kost spent 20 years in government in
Michigan, which culminated in his becoming state chief information officer
(1992-1996). During his tenure as CIO, he was responsible for the state's
procurement process. He also previously served as chief deputy state
welfare director and director of policy for the Michigan Senate. He began
his state government career in 1976 as a welfare caseworker.
Mr. Kost
received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of
Michigan in 1978 and a master's degree in public administration from
Michigan State University in 1981. He also attended the State & Local
Executive Program at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard
University in 1993.
Betsy Burton
Vice
President
Gartner,
Inc.
Betsy Burton
is a vice president and research area director in Gartner's Research
organization.
Prior to
joining Gartner, Ms. Burton held product marketing and management
positions at Borland International, Sybase, Santa Cruz Operations and
Brittan Lee. She was also an active member of numerous standards
consortia, including the SQL Access Group, X/Open and the Open Software
Foundation.
Ms.
Burton earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado in
computer science, with minors in English literature and mathematics.
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