Massimiliano (Max) Claps is the research director in European IDC Government Insights team and IDC European lead analyst for the future of transportation. His research will empower technology suppliers and IT executives to embrace disruptive technologies including artificial intelligence, edge computing, and IoT, to realize the benefits of strategic initiatives, such as smart cities, mobility as a service and citizen-centric government services.

Max Claps has almost 20 years of public sector experience. After starting his career as a management consultant, he joined IDC in 2002 as the lead analyst for the government, healthcare, and education industries in Europe. He then held various analyst and management roles at both Gartner and IDC. In those roles he advised technology suppliers and professionals in the public sector globally. Over the past two years, Max was the global lead for the SAP Future Cities program.

Claps holds a degree in international business from Bocconi University in Italy.