Ed Medeiros is vice president of events and learning and development at Gartner, the world's leading IT conference provider. He is responsible for ensuring profitable growth of the events business by developing a client-focused organization and supporting the 45,000 business and technology professionals who attend the company's 65 conferences and symposia held around the world each year. Previously at Gartner, Ed held positions in global sales training, where he was responsible for sales development in countries around the world. During his tenure in these roles, Gartner Events maintained double digit revenue growth and was the fastest growing sales channel at Gartner. Ed joined Gartner in 2006 after three years at META Group, where he helped develop the small and midsized business sales channel. He holds a bachelor's degree from Western Connecticut State University.