Rishit Shah
Summary
Strategic research leader with 9+ years of experience building and executing intelligence programs that drive business strategy. Skilled in analyzing markets, monitoring competitors, and identifying disruptive trends to provide organizations with a clear view of risks and opportunities. Adept at designing intelligence frameworks, synthesizing multi-source data, and translating insights into actionable recommendations for senior leadership. Track record of enabling informed strategic planning, product positioning, and go-to-market initiatives across technology and business services sectors.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal, Research
Gartner
04.2023 - Current
- Led competitive and market intelligence initiatives to evaluate industry dynamics, vendor landscapes, and emerging trends, shaping Gartner’s research agenda and client deliverables.
- Supported high-visibility outputs (e.g., Magic Quadrants, Market Guides) through deep-dive analysis on market sizing, competitive positioning, and technology adoption trends.
- Partnered with senior leadership to design scalable intelligence frameworks, aligning insights with practice goals, product roadmaps, and go-to-market strategies.
- Directed a portfolio of intelligence projects, guiding hypothesis development, secondary research, competitor profiling, financial benchmarking, and opportunity assessments.
- Built intelligence dashboards (Power BI) to track competitive signals, earnings call insights, and client consumption patterns—enabling proactive decision-making.
- Advised business leaders and sales teams through strategic enablement materials, uncovering growth opportunities, investment feasibility, and white-space markets.
- Mentored and developed a team of researchers to deliver actionable, high-quality intelligence that strengthened Gartner’s advisory capabilities and client outcomes.
Senior Market Research Specialist
Gartner
08.2020 - 04.2023
- Developed industry and competitor insights by tracking cross-industry trends and conducting Go-to-Market feasibility assessments, industry analysis, and competitor benchmarking for Gartner Research & Events.
- Collaborated with agenda and content leaders to shape research topics, driving innovation in methodologies by leveraging client inquiry data, content consumption insights, data visualization, and topic modeling techniques.
- Generated new business opportunities, built strong partnerships, and maintained long-term relationships with the analyst and researcher community.
- Conducted systematic and intuitive secondary research to support strategic decision-making and insight generation.
- Mentored full-time employees and summer interns, onboarding them into Gartner’s culture, guiding early career development, and facilitating learning & development initiatives.
- Coached new team members and early-stage MR Specialists on research techniques, domain expertise, and analytical methodologies.
- Served as project manager overseeing quality checks and operational processes, including productivity tracking and team staffing management.
Senior Research Analyst
Sutherland Global Services
02.2016 - 08.2020
- Understanding the potential and investment feasibility of an industry by providing industry forecasts, trends, and detailed analysis as per client requests
- An in-depth profiling of companies going into their line of business, financial analysis, strategy analysis, recent mergers and acquisitions and SWOT analysis
- Conducting market sizing along with market entry strategy to understand the market attractiveness for multiple industries across geographies
- Opportunity assessment and gap analysis for captive team within Sutherland to entrench existing opportunities from competitors and plan for acquiring new process to increase the wallet share
- Designed a concept paper for a France-based football club to demonstrate monetary and non-monetary benefits of organizing a pre-season football tournament highlighting the business value proposition, branding strategy, tournament format, and financial profitability for the client
Education
MBA - Marketing & Operations
ICFAI Business School
01.2016
B.Tech - undefined
A.D.Patel Institute of Technology
01.2013
Class XII - undefined
Saint Mary’s School
01.2009
Class X - undefined
Saint Mary’s School
01.2007
Skills
- Mixed-methods research experience
- Report Writing
- Strategic Planning
- Data Visualisation & Insights
- Perceptive Storytelling
- Stakeholder Management
- AlphaSense
- Capital IQ
- IHS Markit
- SimilarWeb
- Bloomberg
- Factiva
- LinkedIn Sales Navigator
- Official Board
- Proficient with Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
- BoardEx
- Power BI & Power Query
Awards
Mr. Dependable - 2025; Gartner,
Best Collaboration Project – 2022; Gartner,
Rookie Of The Year – 2020; Gartner,
Best Performer – 2018; Sutherland Global Services,
Prodigy Of The Year – 2017; Sutherland Global Services
Timeline
Principal, Research
Gartner
04.2023 - Current
Senior Market Research Specialist
Gartner
08.2020 - 04.2023
Senior Research Analyst
Sutherland Global Services
02.2016 - 08.2020
B.Tech - undefined
A.D.Patel Institute of Technology
Class XII - undefined
Saint Mary’s School
Class X - undefined
Saint Mary’s School
MBA - Marketing & Operations
ICFAI Business School
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