Gavin is a senior partner and co-founder of fassforward consulting group. Over the past several years Gavin has advised Fortune 100/500 companies on the impact of market changes and their interrelationship with marketing and business strategy. He brings a unique perspective on growth and innovation, and the barriers to achieving desired results in these areas.
Prior to fassforward, Gavin was VP and Director of Web Strategy at Gartner, where he oversaw development of e-business assets in the research and advisory firm’s London and Stamford offices. Earlier, Gavin worked for McGraw-Hill. He was a founding member of the London Business School’s i:Lab. Gavin wrote the case study “Netscape Communications Corporations” for London Business School. He has spoken at conferences such as the global industry conference on Finance and Technology in Geneva, and taught at the Global Information and Telecommunications Industries [GiTi] Executive Program at INSEAD.
A graduate of Great Britain’s Royal Military College at Sandhurst, he served as a platoon commander in the King’s Own Border Regiment. Gavin has worked in the defense, automotive, publishing, and manufacturing industries. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and an MBA in Strategy, Innovation and Information Technology from THESEUS Institute in France. He is a Sainsbury Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a member of the ACM, and the Fédération Européenne d’Associations Nationales d’Ingénieurs.